A man sat in a well-lit room staring at a wall.
A wall that held eight trophies, each inscribed with their own titles.
Indigo League Champion: Ash Ketchum
Orange League Champion: Ash Ketchum
Silver Conference Champion: Ash Ketchum
Ever Grande Conference Champion: Ash Ketchum
Lily of the Valley Confernece Champion: Ash Ketchum
Vertress Conference Champion: Ash Ketchum
Kalos League Champion: Ash Ketchum
Hoopa League Champion: ...
That one had nothing written on it, for in the five years that Ash had been the champion of the Hoopa League, no one had beaten him, nor come close to that honor.
On his lap lay a Pikachu - though it was more a Raichu now: his cheeks had long since turned red and his tail had become somewhat thinner. At first, opponents of the Hoopa League tried to pin Ash with accusations of illegal experimentation on Pokemon, but an appearance from Arceus himself had quickly quelled those concerns. He chuckled. Getting ranted on by the creator of all things was not something he had planned for himself, and he pitied the reporters that Arceus had verbally ahnialated.
But just because he hadn't been pushed near his breaking point didn't mean that he hadn't had some very strong challengers.
Red, for instance, had managed to knock out three of his Pokemon before Ash sent in Charizard to do clean-up.
And Brendan and Sapphire? Ash smiled at the memory. Those two had swept through the League, only briefly stumbling when confronted with Jessie and James, with their double-battling prowess all the way until they had gotten to Ash.
His Mega Gardevoir and Gallade showed them who was boss pretty quickly.
He remembered what Arceus said about him being impossible to beat, but he was seriously contemplating challenging him just to see if he could do it. If nothing else, he'd lose and have an obstacle to overcome, something he hadn't had in the last five years.
Well, almost.
No matter how hard he looked, he never got more than a glimpse at the Pokemon Steven called Magearna, and Tobias wasn't talking about its location either. That was okay though, he liked challenges.
Plus, Arceus had gone quiet recently and all of the sudden Ash started hearing rumors of a seventh region - one far beyond any of the main regions and even the Ranger regions.
And if that wasn't enough, he had been exploring some ruins near Unova when he found a text that made one refernece. It referenced a hidden land that humans could not enter - a land filled with all kinds of Pokemon.
And Arceus wasn't much of a help on that matter either - the only thing he said was, quote, "A lot of mysterious things happen in the rainy routes of my homeland..."
And Ash wanted to find it.
Plus, the world had many more strong trainers that Ash hadn't battled yet. People were flocking to his pseudo-region by the dozens, all wanting their shot at taking his title.
Not that they could ever take his position as Champion, of course, it was his League, but they wanted to beat it.
Still though, first things first. Ash had made up his mind.
Ash grabbed a Master Ball from the chain around his neck and tossed it into the air, releasing Hoopa.
"Take us to the Hall of Origins."
"I know why you're here."
Ash nodded - he didn't need to say anything.
"Do you really want to try? Do you really think you have a chance?"
Ash just smirked and turned his hat around.
A ghost of a smile crossed Arceus' face and he nodded.
"So be it. Chosen One, come at me!"
Ash pulled off the chain around his neck and snapped off six Master Balls while pointing for Pikachu to take the field. He would use his most powerful Pokemon for this; it wasn't any time to be messing around.
One by one, the Master Balls snapped open, revealing their contents.
Mew.
Lugia.
Rayquaza.
Dialga.
Kuyrem.
Hoopa.
All six legendaries took up positions near Pikachu and the battle began.
"Mew! Lugia! Dialga! Pikachu! Cover Rayquaza and Kuyrem!" Instantly, attacks started flying towards Arceus, but Ash paid them no mind. He simply grabbed his Mega Bracelet and sent a wish up to the heavens. Suddenly, Rayquaza erupted into a bright light and when it died down, Mega Rayquaza was in his place.
Gesturing for Rayquaza to join the battling Pokemon, he turned towards Kuyrem and pulled out the DNA Splicers from his backpack along with Zekrom's Master Ball. He released Zekrom and allowed Kuyrem and the Splicers to do the rest and after a few moments, Kuyrem had shifted to his Black forme.
Ash smiled. Now he could battle.
"Lugia! Aeroblast his right flank! Dialga! Roar of Time on his left!"
The two legendaries complied and shot their signature attacks at Arceus, but the Creation Pokemon simply tapped a hoof onto the ground and the attacks were sent careening back into their owners. Dialga took the worst of the attack, though, seeing as he was part Dragon and Roar of Time was a Dragon-typed attack, and he dropped to a knee.
Arceus capitalized on that momentary weakness and shifted to his Fairy forme, releasing a Fairy-typed Judgement on Dialga while simultaneously negating both a Draco Meteor from Kuyrem and a Dragon Rush from Rayquaza.
"Dialga, dodge!" Ash yelled, but the attack came too fast and Dialga was sent into unconsciousness. Ash recalled his fallen Dragon-type and clipped his Master Ball back onto his chain while unclipping another.
"Palkia, Spacial Rend!" He shouted, tossing the Master Ball into the air. With a roar, Palkia emerged and launched her signature attack at Arceus, scoring a lucky hit while the legendary was in it's Rock forme.
"Lugia! Hydro Pump!" While Arceus was still in rock form, Lugia shot the high-powered water-type attack at him, slamming Arceus back into a pillar.
Ash smiled, pumping a fist, until Arceus got back up and glowed white.
Recover.
Suddenly, Arceus roared, sending a multicolored wave of energy in all directions at Ash's Pokemon.
Ash's eyes widened. "Dodge!" He screamed.
Ash's legendaries (and Pikachu) reacted quickly. Mew teleported who-knows-where and reappeared after the wave passed, Pikachu dug into the floor, Rayquaza flew straight through the celing, smashing a massive hole in it, and Hoopa just warped out of the way.
However, Lugia, Palkia and Kuyrem had no such luck, and were smashed by the energy wave and thrown through the air.
Ash knew that when they hit, they'd be unconscious, and apparently Kuyrem knew that too, so his Ice-type sent one last attack that hit Arceus while he was in his Grass forme - Glaciate. The attack did massive damage and had the bonus effect of freezing Arceus' legs to the ground.
Suddenly, Ash's battle instincts acted up, and he knew what to do.
"Mew! Hydro Cannon! Raquaza! Earthquake! Hoopa, Hyperspace Hole! Pikachu, jump onto Rayquaza and use Thunder!"
If there was one thing to be said about Ash, it was that he always trusted his gut.
If there was another thing to be said, it was that his gut was usually right.
Sure enough, Arceus shifted to his Fire forme to melt the ice, and that was when the powerful, and now super-effective, attacks hit him.
And then Arceus started to glow white again, and that was when Ash initiated phase two.
"Oh no you don't! Mew, Heal Block!" Mew glowed a dark purple for a second and then suddenly Arceus stopped glowing, no damage recovered. Ash smirked.
"Alright! Now, Mew, use Embargo!"
Suddenly, Arceus glowed black and found himself unable to shift formes. Ash smiled. Arceus' type-shifting relied on him being able to use his Plates - his held items. Take away the ability to do that... And, well, Arceus was trapped in whatever forme he was in, which in this case was his Fire forme.
Then, Ash decided to make up for the Pokemon he had lost to Arceus' attack, unclipping three Pokeballs from his chain.
"Suicune! Regigigas! Landorus! I choose you!"
With their respective roars, the three Pokemon emerged from their Master Balls and turned towards Arceus.
"Ash pointed at Arceus with a determined look in his eye.
"Hit him with all you're got! Stick with Ground and Water-type moves if you want, though - he's locked into his Fire forme!"
Mew transformed into Primal Kyogre and unleashed a Origin Pulse at Arceus.
Suicune started launching a barrage of Hydro Pumps.
Rayquaza alternated between Thunders, Dragon Ascent, Waterfalls, and Earth Powers.
Regigigas just stood next to Arceus and punched the crap out of him.
Landorus hovered around the battlefield using what looked like Earth Power, but Ash wasn't too sure.
Pikachu stood on Landorus' cloud and launched the occasional Thunder at where he thought Arceus was.
And Hoopa shifted to her Unbound forme and summoned a tons of massive portals in an attack that Ash now knew to be Hyperspace Fury.
Still though, Arceus had a lot of fight left in him.
As the battle transformed into a giant field of dust, high-powered attacks, and explosions, Ash was forced to turn away.
He ran to the other side of the room and pulled out his Go-Go Goggles and watched intently, but he still couldn't tell what was going on.
Eventually, though, the explosions became less frequent and the dust settled, allowing Ash to finally see what was going on.
And what he saw made his jaw drop.
Mew, Suicune, Rayquaza, Regigigas, and Landorus had all fainted. Ash recalled them and thanked their Master Balls profusely before turning back to the scene.
A newly-confined Hoopa and Pikachu stood over Arceus, triumphant smiles stretching across their whole faces.
Ash couldn't help it - he ran right at the two and scooped up both of the smaller Pokemon into his arms and twirled them around.
"You did it! You did it!" He chanted, until Arceus decided to break up the scene with a groan. Immediately, Ash set Pikachu down and allowed Hoopa to start hovering again and all three turned towards the Creation Pokemon, who had a tired but genuine smile on his face.
"That battle..." He started, "That battle I limited myself to the restraints of a Pokemon. I was the most powerful Pokemon on the planet at that time, but I was still a Pokemon, and could be defeated like any other."
"However, the fact that you managed to do so proves that you are more than worthy to capture me. I never doubted you, Chosen One, and it pleases me to no end that this day has finally come. So now I ask you to take out the Master Ball that you use to call upon me and truly capture me."
Ash did so, gently lobbing the modified Master Ball at Arceus' flank. Everyone was silent as the ball traveled through the air, but right before the Master Ball hit Arceus, the Creation Pokemon said one last thing.
"Chosen One, you are truly undefeatable."
A year later, Ash stood on one of the balconies in his house staring out at the twentieth island of the Hoopa League. He had asked Arceus to create another, smaller, island in between his island and Stone Island, and build a state-of-the-art laboratory on it for Gary. The budding researcher had been absolutely stunned, and had immediately moved to it.
When Gary came, though, so did Delia, who Ash welcomed with open arms and immedately opened up his home to her.
And, from what he heard from Max, the construction of a Contest Hall near Psychic Island was going along perfectly and should be done within the next day.
And, of course, by construction Ash meant that Max was just creating a perfect model of exactly how he wanted it. Dawn had even stopped by and gave Max the input of a Coordinator, allowing him to create the perfect Contest Hall. And once he created a model, Ash would give it to Arceus and allow him to do the rest.
It'd be a pretty good birthday suprise for May, Ash thought.
Of course, it would be Dawn's as well, but Ash knew that May wouldn't mind and the two would both probably be ecstatic at the prospect of living in a Contest Hall.
It was a shame that he wouldn't be around for the grand opening.
No, he'd be travelling; on a new journey that would keep him occupied for probably a year or so.
The next day, Ash stood outside his door with Pikachu on his shoulder and his backpack on.
Arceus had finally decided to reveal the new region, and it looked amazing.
Sure, Ash had a slight advantage over everyone there, and would probably crush the gyms even though he'd be capturing an entirely new team there,
Still though, Ash would be returning frequently to the islands even if he wasn't needed to face a challenger, just to check up on everyone and spend some time with his Pokemon.
He wasn't making the same mistake he had made countless times before.
He wasn't going to neglect his Pokemon this time.
And with that in mind, he waved to his mom and stepped into the portal that would take him to Vermilion City, where he would catch a cruise to the new region.
After all, where was the fun in just warping everywhere?
A single cruise ship was making its way through an ocean, Wingull flying happily around as the passengers on the top deck threw them chips and bread. A pod of Mantyke emerged from the ocean along the sides of the boat, jumping in and out of the water as small children leaned over the rails, clapping excitedly as the water-types leapt through the air.
And then there was the man with the Pikachu, splashing around in the pool with a Pokemon who most definitely did not have any right to be splashing around.
"Fernape!" An Infernape cried as he sent another wave of water at his trainer while onlookers watched with awe and not a small amount of fright as Ash Ketchum retaliated by dunking his loyal Fire-type underwater.
When both Ash and the Infernape emerged from water, laughing with each other, it became apparent that, no, they weren't in fact witnessing a murder but instead were seeing a Fire-type that had managed to overcome its elemental weakness. Awed expressions graced the features of everyone present as they had never seen a Pokemon that had overcome its natural weakness to such an extent that it would feel comfortable surrounded by it.
And then they all did double-takes as they watched the Infernape shrink down into a Floatzel and drag Ash under the water.
And then their jaws dropped as Ash Ketchum rose out of the water upon the head of a Gyarados before falling comfortably onto the back of a Tropius, which glided down onto the deck.
"Alright, Ditto, you've had your fun. Lets go dry off now," Ash chuckled as Pikachu jumped out of his little inner tube and onto Ash.
The Tropius nodded, nuzzling Ash with his head before seamlessly shifting back to a pink blob-like Pokemon - one most of the spectators recgonized as a Ditto.
Ash walked over to a beach chair that was near the balcony and grabbed two towels from off of it, handing one to Pikachu and using the other one to dry himself off.
Ditto just transformed into a Slugma.
Suddenly, a single, slow clap rang out from behind the crowd. Curious, everyone turned and looked over the side of the boat, where a lone man was standing atop a Gyarados.
"Radical!" The man called out, leaping off of the water-type and onto the boat, before pulling out a Pokeball and recalling the beast.
"Hey," Ash called, "Who're you? I don't think I've seen you on the cruise," he asked.
The man laughed, running a hand through his hair before sneering.
"Oh, aren't you a bright one? I just hopped off of a Gyarados onto the boat. Do you really think I've been on this boat the whole time?"
Ash shrugged.
"I don't know, I mean, I've done that like eight times this week. I didn't know if you had wanted to try it or something," He explained.
The man did a double-take before pulling some oddly-shaped sunglasses out from his vest pocket and slipping them into his hair.
"...Right. Anyway, I'm Guzma, and I just wanted to wish you dudes a friendly aloha from Alola." Guzma smiled pleasantly at the passengers before cocking his head suddenly and snapping.
"Right! Oh, sorry dudes, I totally forgot," Guzma exclaimed. He threw his hands up and smacked himself on the forehead.
"I'm gonna need all of your Pokemon, so do me a favor and roll your Pokeballs to me, m'kay?"
As others on the boat quivered in terror and slowly started pulling out their Pokeballs, Ash started to laugh. Hard.
"Ha! You," Ash laughed again, trying to regain his composure but failing, "really must not know who I am!" Guzma scowled as the other passengers stopped grabbing their Pokeballs to stare disbelievingly at Ash, who just continued laughing, oblivious to the others' stares.
After a minute, he finally was able to compose himself enough to continue without breaking into laughter.
"Right then. Lets do some introductions, then, shall we? You can go first, Guzma."
Guzma smirked, puffing his chest up. Now was the time to strike fear into the passenger's hearts.
"I," Guzma started, drawing out the 'I', "Am Guzma, leader of Team Skull! I have stolen thousands of Pokemon from all over Alola, and today... I will add yours to that total!" Guzma exclaimed, pointing at Ash and the passengers dramatically.
Ash just cocked an eyebrow.
"Team Skull? I've never heard of them. Have you, Pikachu?" Ash asked, looking to his starter.
"Chu pikapi," His starter responded, shaking his head. Ash frowned.
"Well, how about you, Golem? Ever heard of Team Skull?" Ash asked, tossing a Pokeball into the air, releasing a very large, very intimidating Golem.
"Gol-Golem," Golem replied, shaking his head in the negative.
"Hmm... Well, what about you, Feraligatr?" Ash tossed another Pokeball upwards, releasing his Fertaligatr who turned and glared at Guzma - who was visibly paling - before shaking his head as well.
"Ursarang? Electivire? Shriftry?" Ash asked, unclipping three Pokeballs and letting them drop.
Again, all his Pokemon shook their heads, so Ash waited a moment, thinking, before snapping his eyes straight up to Guzma and sending the crime lord a feral grin.
"Well... What about you... Kuyrem?" And Ash let one Master Ball fall from the chain around his neck.
"I have not heard of this... organization... either," Kuyrem remarked.
"Well, that settles that then. You're a nobody. Regardless, though, I believe it is my turn to introduce myself. I am Ash Ketchum, Champion of six regions, Chosen One of nearly every single damn legendary, Trainer of Arceus, Champion of the Hoopa League... And... Pokemon Master. Who are you again?"
The whole ship went silent for a few moments before Guzma coughed nervously.
In the next moment, the criminal had released a Skarmory and was rocketing away from the ship.
"No... No gyms?" A flabbergasted Ash Ketchum asked to a passenger on the cruise. The two of them had gotten to talking about this new region - Alola, as she called it - and the poor girl had been the unfortunate carrier of bad news for Ash.
She had told him that no, Alola did not have any gyms. Apparently each island had a leader, though, who sort of acted like a Gym Leader, so Ash would at least be able to battle them.
And then Ash asked her what had brought her to Kanto.
"Well," she said, "I was here researching the Kantian variants of some Alolan Pokemon."
Ash raised an eyebrow.
"Kantian variants... to Alolan Pokemon? What are you talking about? Kanto only has one-hundred and fifty one Pokemon, and they're all unique!" Ash exclaimed.
The researcher smirked.
"Oh yeah?" She challenged, "explain this then!" And with that, she tossed two Pokeballs into the air. Out of one came an normal Exeggutor, and out of the other...
"What in the world is that?" Ash exclaimed, jaw dropped.
"This is Exeggutor's true form!"
"That is not an Exeggutor. Is it an evolution?"
Standing at over thirty-five feet, Ash thought that there was no way that this beast was an Exeggutor. The base and head looked the same, but in between was a neck so long that it reminded Ash of a tree trunk.
Before Ash could reply though, a voice rang out clearly in his head.
Surprise, welcome to the seventh region Ash.
'Oh Arceus,' Ash thought, 'This is gonna be interesting.'
XX
The end?
No way!
Those of you who have been here before have probably realized that, whoa, that cruise ship stuff is new!
And you'd be totally right! So, what I've decided to do is continue this story, in this location... As soon as I get a chance to play through the Alolan games, because, you know, I actually kinda need to know the region and its Pokemon, plot, etc, before I write about it...
Who knows, I may end up writing it as I play though and see where that goes!
But anyways, that's the plan for this! Peace mates!
XX This is the original AN XX
So how was it? Good? Bad? Okay? Seriously, tell me, it is my first fic, after all.
So yeah! About this chapter:
I was gonna cut it off at the "You're undefeatable" line, but then I was like, naw, that's too serious. Plus, I wanted to make good on the tidbit I snuck into chapter three (four?) about putting in smaller islands like a Contest Hall and a Lab.
Personally, I'm calling the Contest Hall the 'Contest Vahalla', but that's just me. I like the name.
So, this version of the Arceus battle is sort of like the original, but I think I prefer this one anyway. It is my belief that unless Arceus was seriously limiting himself, he could not be defeated.
Reviews!
...First off, I just want to say daaaaaaammmmmn, you guys work fast. Literally an hour after I posted the story I already had nine new reviews! You guys rock!
The Creator: 1) Naaaawwwwww. 2) I know... 3) You put Zero into a H***** fic? That's cool. I wish you would've said something earlier - I would've slipped a joke in about it. 4) ...Yeah, actually. That was scary accurate of all the ones I've read. Wow. 4.1) I believe all regions were created equally! But off the record, I've always loved Sinnoh. 5) Agreed. I just figured that warping in mountains and shit would be a bit overkill and *cough* fatal. 6) You know I'm obligated to say Ash's Pokemon would :) 7) 10.8.16: I'd watch for a h*ntai joke slipped in when I edit this fic... :3
.9: Sequel, eh? We'll see... I'm still thinking about it myself. Thanks for the response!
Guest: Another one for a sequel? Hmm...
FanficFan920: Sequel? That's three...
VxArloxV13: Four! And thanks, you flatter me :)
Quagsire12: Oh, here we go: you want me to continue this story? Alright... I'm still thinking, so we'll see. And by the way, thanks for the idea about the Arceus fight. If you can't tell, I may have used it.
Kasp7755: Most of what I want to say I said in that PM, but seriously, thanks for the review. Hopefully this chapter brought the fic back to it's old quality :)
bk42bk42: I'm not gonna lie, your review threw me off a little bit. All the reviews I had gotten before that had all been "Sequel!" or, "Continue!" and then here you are giving me a list of colors. I was seriously confused until I saw that you were reviewing from Chapter Six. Then I laughed at myself... But yeah, I'm fairly certain that you're right.
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