Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry! School, Family, Friends, Business, HUGE VACATION, etc, etc.

I'm sad at the lack of reviews. This is my first story. It's starting to become a slight disappointment...HOWEVER...I give thanks to Gerbilftw for being my most frequent reviewer!

Enjoy!

At the stadium

"All right, people! Let's get this battle for the top 4 position under way! In the green corner is renowned Pyramid King, Brandon! In the blue corner is trainer Satoshi, who has now been revealed to be Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town! He personally took down Team Rocket, Magma, Aqua, and Galactic! This should be a heated battle! Each trainer will be allowed 6 Pokémon with substitutions allowed and no time limit! The whole battle will be on a normal field! The computer has decided that Ash will go first!"

"This should give you some nostalgia, Brandon! Let's go, Regigigas, and Regice!"

The lord of the Hoenn golems and the ice golem teleported into the stadium, due to the fact that Ash's Gallade had transported them in.

"That does bring back memories. Go, Solrock and Ninjask!"

The sun rock Pokémon and the ninja fly Pokémon emerged from two red and white Pokeballs.

"Regice, Zap Cannon on Ninjask! Cover Regigigas until its Slow Start has passed!"

Regice drew its arms together and gathered up a strong electrical cannon. It aimed at the flying ninja fly and fired.

"Ninjask! Double Team!"

Ninjask flashed white for an instant, than multiplied its image and formed three overlapping spheres around Regice.

"Regice! Water Pulse!"

Regice gathered liquid power from deep in its freezing core and expulsed it out in a sphere, dissolving all but one of the copies arranged in spheres.

"Now, when it's down, Zap Cannon!"

"Solrock, cover Ninjask! Psychic!"

Solrock dove in front of Ninjask and its droopy eyes glowed purple for an instant before the Zap Cannon struck a shimmering, purple-tinted shield and was deflected into the sky in front of the psychic rock type. Suddenly, Regigigas growled and nodded at Ash.

"All right! Regigigas is in the game now! Iron Head on Solrock! Regice, dodge and use Ice Beam on Ninjask!"

Regigigas charged at Solrock with blinding speed, surprising for such a huge golem, and glowed silver white. It headbutted Solrock and sent it into the air. Regice jumped and shot a powerful ice energy beam that grazed Solrock and was about to hit Ninjask when Brandon yelled, "Agility!"

Ninjask shot foward at a speed greater than ever thought possible and dodged the Ice Beam. Regice followed Ninjask as it fell to the ground, creating a maze of criss-crossing ice paths on the ground of the field. Regice was about to impact the hard ground when Ash urged, "Regice! Direct yourself onto the ice paths!"

"What does he have in mind?" thought Brandon.

Regice pushed its body foward until it was right above the ice path. Instead of the crash that was expected, Regice stood there, floating a few inches above the ice.

"Now! Signal Beam on Solrock!"

Regice dove foward and its feet never touched the ground. It simply glided along the path that it had carved at astonishing speed, jumped and shot a weird bug energy beam at Solrock. The energy beam hit dead center and Solrock fell to the ground, fainted.

"Ninjask! X-Scissor on Regigigas!"

Ninjask shot forward and its claws glowed bright blue and white. Just as it was about to slash at Regigigas, Ash yelled, "Crush Grip!"

Regigigas swung its right hand and its orange-red fist crushed the flying ninja Pokemon.

"Solrock and Ninjask are unable to battle!" shouted the announcer.

Brandon returned his two Pokémon and threw out a Dusknoir and a Kangaskhan.

Ash called Regice and it went to the sidelines and sent out Gallade for a repeat appearance since the battle with Paul.

"Gallade, Trick Room!" shouted Ash, not waiting for Brandon.

Gallade materialized a warp in time-space and boxed everybody in it.

"I get it. Regigigas's Slow Start is still in effect, so Trick Room negates the speed drawback..." analyzed Brandon.

"Regigigas, Iron Head on Dusknoir," smiled Ash.

"Dusknoir, dodge!"

However, due to the effects of Trick Room, Regigigas bounded off with tremendous energy and slammed into Dusknoir, knocking it back with the strong physical attack. Out of nowhere, Gallade ran past Dusknoir and used Night Slash on it, fainting the ghost type.

Paul returned Dusknoir and shouted, "Kangaskhan! Crush Claw on Gallade!"

Kangaskhan, its speed boosted by trick room, roared and its right claws glowed blue. It slashed at Gallade, leaving a faint bluish white line where it had been. Gallade flew through the air and landed in the middle of the field.

"Regigigas, protect Gallade! Dizzy Punch!"

Before Regigigas could move, Brandon yelled, "Hyper Beam!"

Kangaskhan fired an orange-red beam of pure energy and caught Regigigas dead center. Regigigas flew backwards and landed next to Gallade. For the first time in the history of the World Cup, Ash's Pokémon fainted.

"Return, Gallade and Regigigas." Ash zapped Gallade back into its ball, and Regigigas was helped to the sidelines by Regice.

"Kangaskhan, can you keep battling?" asked Brandon.

Kangaskhan growled affirmatively and Brandon said, "Good. Now, let's go! Rhyperior!"

A large brown Pokémon with orange plates of armor came out and roared its readiness.

"Those two are very strong Pokémon. I'll use Altaria and Palkia..." Ash decided.

"Go! Altaria! Palkia! I need your assistance!" Ash shouted to the heavens.

The blue white dragon-bird, Altaria, popped out of the thrown Pokéball.

A purple-pink spiral of spatial energy twisted out of the air around Ash and Palkia roared through.

"All right! Let's end this quickly. Palkia, Water Pulse on Rhyperior, and Altaria, Dragon Pulse on Kangaskhan."

Because Trick Room had been canceled due to Gallade's defeat, Altaria attacked furse, firing a strong, billowing pulse of dragon energy towards the mother Pokémon. Kangaskhan fainted instantly on contact.

"That was stupid keeping Kangaskhan out." remarked Ash.

"True. Return Kangaskhan. Go, Froslass."

"Oh crap." muttered Ash, realizing its effectiveness against both Palkia and Altaria.

Meanwhile, Palkia's sphere of high pressured water plowed into Rhyperior, which knocked it back a few feet.

"Frosslass, Blizzard! Rhyperior, Rock Wrecker on Altaria!"

"Yup. I'm screwed..."

Froslass generated a freezing cold storm of snow and ice and pushed it towards Altaria and Palkia. Palkia, used to such attacks, twisted space around the attack directed towards it and the Blizzard appeared behind Rhyperior. So, Rhyperior was hit by the super-effective ice move, and fell, making the Rock Wrecker boulder flying towards Froslass. Altaria dodged the Blizzard and shot a Dragon Breath at Rhyperior. The combined effects of Palkia's Water Pulse, the Blizzard, and Altaria's Dragon Breath made Rhyperior faint.

Ash looked to see Froslass get pummeled by the boulder, fainting on contact.

"Well, looks like I win!" shouted Ash to the sky.

"Unbelievable. No wait, Believe it people! We should come to expect these things from Ash Ketchum from now on folks. So it looks like the Pyramid King is out of this competition!" announced the announcer.

"Well done Ash. You have truly grown since our last meeting, at Snowpoint," congratulated Brandon.

"Thanks."

"But, I have a question. How did Gallade, Palkia, and Altaria attack without orders?" inquired Brandon.

"It's simple, really. Gallade and I communicate telepathically. All the legendaries, and Lucario, I communicate with my aura. And Altaria, well, she knows how to handle herself in a fight," responded Ash.

"Huh."

Ash and Brandon looked at the electronic screen.

"Well, Cynthia and Lance won their battles, so I'll be fighting Cynthia next round."

"Well, good luck Ash."

"Thanks Brandon."

"Ash!" May shouted, climbing down to meet Ash.

"Hey, May!" Ash grinned, giving May a twirl.

"That was amazing! Palkia, Regigigas, Regice!"

"Yeah," Ash smiled as Palkia disappeared into a portal, and Regice and Regigigas teleported back to Snowpoint.

"I have a question for you, Ash," whispered May.

"Shoot," Ash replied.

"Why do you love me? After all that time? It did seem a little rushed," May said, almost demanding an explanation.

"Well...when I was out training and taking out the four regions' crime organizations, I kept thinking about how I feared that you and all the others would reject me and think that I was a coward for running away from home. But then I realized that no matter what, only you would, you know, care for me, accept me, and possibly like me right off the bat," shuddered Ash, releasing his inner reasons, "Et toi?"

"Huh?" May said confused.

"It means 'and you' in French," clairified Ash.

"Oh. Well, you see, you were always kind and caring. Whenever I would fail at something, you would always be there to lift me up and encourage me, when we were traveling together. Then, after you disappeared, I always had this feeling that you would come back, possibly, to me," described May.

She was about to say more when suddenly a enormous explosion was heard from inside the stadium, where Ash and May were.

"What the heck was that?" shouted Ash.

Ash and May could see a pillar of smoke rising in the distance.

"Come on, let's go check it out!" urged Ash as he and May raced off to the site of the explosion.

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Cliffhangers! Sorry, for not updating in nearly a month. I was in Europe for three and a half weeks!

As always, need Pokémon and Legendary suggestions for Ash.

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-LegendsAlmighty