Yeehaw! Just finished college finals! Anyways, this chapter is Ash vs. Cynthia! Enjoy!

The Next Day

Ash sat in the locker room, in the half-lotus position, meditating and calming his aura for the upcoming battle.

Ash opened his eyes, and stood up, refreshed. (Just so you know, meditating focuses on "living in the moment" and relaxation)

"Today, I fight Cynthia. I wonder how it's going to go." Ash grinned. He had never had the chance to fight the Sinnoh Champion before and loved the fact that he was going to now.

He sobered. "After Cynthia, I'll go to the finals. After that, the Shadow King." Ash had been training even after his battles, not taking any chances for his match with the Shadow King.

"PIKA!"

"Hi, Pikachu."

"Chu...Pika...pi!"

Ash smiled at his best friend.

"Are you ready for this? Let's go!"

On the Stadium

Ash stood on the field, staring at Cynthia, who was in the ready position as well.

"All right! The long awaited battle between the Sinnoh Champion and trainer Ash Ketchum! Let's not waste any time. This battle will be a three on three Pokémon battle. The battle ends when all six Pokémon of any trainer are unable to continue battling!" The announcer bellowed from the sideline.

Cynthia called out to Ash before the battle started.

"Just because you're destined to fight the Shadow King doesn't mean I'm going to go easy on you!"

Ash smirked. "Wouldn't have it any other way."

"BEGIN!"

"Go! Spiritomb, Milotic, and Wargle!" Cynthia released the immensely strong Pokémon and waited for Ash.

"Let's win this! Quilava, Lucario, and Pikachu!" Ash yelled, releasing the Volcano Pokémon and the Aura Pokemon. Pikachu jumped off of Ash's shoulder and took its battle position.

"Let's start this off! Spiritomb, Shadow Ball fury! Milotic Whirpool, and Wargle, Gust on the Whirpool!"

Spiritomb reared its head back and spewed forth purple, shadowy goblets of ghostlike energy.

"DODGE!"

Lucario jumped clear of the Shadow Balls, while Pikachu and Quilava spin-dodged them.

Then, Milotic glowed blue and shot a swirling maelstrom of water and energy towards Ash's three Pokémon.

Wargle screamed its name and flapped its wings strongly, using the Gust created to power up Milotic's Whirlpool.

Lucario, coming down from its leap got swamped by the Whirlpool.

Ash grimaced.

"Quilava, Flame Wheel into the Whirlpool! Pikachu, Quick Attack from the Whirlpool!"

Quilava yelled its name and enveloped itself in red-hot flames. It charged towards the Whirlpool.

Meanwhile, Pikachu used Quick Attack and started running along the sides of the Whirlpool. The audience gasped.

Quilava collided with the Whirlpool, causing an explosion of steam and dust to fly everywhere.

This destabilized the Whirlpool, which lurched forward.

"Lucario, get out of the way! Quilava, Protect! Pikachu, Launch!"

Lucario leaped out of the way, while Quilava protected itself in a green orb of energy.

Pikachu launched off of the Whirlpool, and with the angular momentum carrying into tangential momentum, collided with Wargle powerfully. Wargle yelled and fell to the ground.

"Pikachu, Spin Iron Electric Tail!"

As Pikachu fell, Pikachu began spinning and its tail glowed white and orange.

"Milotic, look out!"

Pikachu's electrically charged iron tail slammed into Milotic, causing to scream its name out and faint.

"Wargle, try to get up! Spiritomb, cover Wargle! Dark Pulse!"

"Quilava, counter with Lava Plume! Lucario, get Pikachu out of there and use Dragon Pulse!"

Quilava surrounded itself with a red energy and expulsed the lava like substance in a circle the same way Spiritomb did with its Dark Pulse.

Lucario sprinted towards Pikachu, picked it up, and hi-jumped back to its position while using Dragon Pulse on Spiritomb.

Quilava's Lava Plume hurt Wargle, causing it to faint, then became evenly matched with the Dark Pulse. However, Lucario's Dragon Pulse caused Spiritomb to waver and the Lava Plume pushed through, damaging the ghost-type.

"Now Lucario, when it's weak! Odor Sleuth and Extremespeed! Quilava, Flamethrower! Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"

Lucario focused its energy so that it would be able to hit the elusive ghost-type Pokémon and dashed towards it at an Extreme Speed, damaging the Spiritomb.

Quilava spewed a frothing stream of fire and flames which covered the Spiritomb in painful heat.

Pikachu jumped up and shot his electrical energy towards Spiritomb, shocking it and causing it to faint.

Lucario, Pikachu, and Quilava returned to the original position.

"AMAZING! Ash's Pokémon have completely decimated Cynthia's Pokémon!" the Announcer shouted into his microphone.

Ash grinned pleased with himself.

Cynthia smiled sadly.

"Return, Spiritomb. You deserve a nice, long rest."

"Lucario, Quilava, Pikachu! Can you keep fighting?" Ash looked at his faithful Pokémon. They nodded.

"All right! The next battle will take place on an ice field!" Ash's Pokémon got off. The announcer pressed a button and the normal field retreated, being replaced by an icy, slippery field. Ash's Pokémon got back on.

"GO! Lucario, Shibirudon, and Garchomp!" Cynthia released the aura Pokémon, the electric eel, and the dragon-type.

"Let the battle begin!"

"Let's start out first! Pikachu, Quick Attack on Garchomp, Lucario, Aura Sphere on Shibirudon, and Quilava, Flamethrower on Cynthia's Lucario!"

Pikachu dashed forwards at Garchomp, Lucario coalesced a glowing sphere of aural energy and fired at Shibirudon, while Quilava fired a Flamethrower at Cynthia's Lucario.

"Lucario, Protect! Garchomp, jump! Shibirudon, dodge!"

Cynthia's Lucario protected itself against the Flamethrower. Garchomp propelled itself upwards using its muscular legs, while Shibirudon attempted to dodge, but was hit by Lucario's Aura Sphere. It yelled its name in pain.

"Shibirudon, pull through and use Wild Bolt! Garchomp, Dragon Rush down! Lucario, Bone Club!"

Shibirudon reared back its head and shot several balls of electrical energy towards Ash's Pokémon.

Garchomp, coming down from its dodging leap, crossed its arms together and glowed blue while plummeting towards Pikachu.

Lucario rushed towards Quilava and a blue Bone Club materialized in its hands.

"Pikachu, Agility! Lucario, Extreme Speed! Quilava, Dig!"

Pikachu dashed fowards from its position and tackled Shibirudon, which caused the Wild Bolt to miss.

Lucario jumped in the air and almost simultaneously attacked Shibirudon, Garchomp, and Cynthia's Lucario. Garchomp faltered and the angle of its dive became incorrect as it crashed to the ground with a loud explosion, damaging itself. Shibirudon fell to the ground, struggling to get back up.

Cynthia's Lucario, however, managed to strike Quilava with its Bone Club, sending it flying, before Ash's Lucario struck Cynthia's with Extreme Speed. Lucario caught Quilava, and set it down to the ground. Both were panting.

"Quilava, continue with Dig! Pikachu, get on Lucario!"

Quilava quickly burrowed a hole and leapt underground. Pikachu jumped onto Lucario's back.

"Now, Quilava, Eruption! Lucario, jump and Aura Sphere flurry! Pikachu, Strafing Thunder!"

From underneath the ground, an Eruption of volcanic magnitude exploded and collided with Cynthia's Pokémon. Quilava jumped out of the hole made in the ground, exhausted.

Lucario jumped and fired three Aura Spheres, each one colliding with a separate Pokémon.

Pikachu leapt off of Lucario's back and let loose a powerful yellow-orange Thunder attack that strafed all of Cynthia's Pokemon. Lucario caught Pikachu on the way down.

Cynthia's Lucario and Garchomp were still standing, but Shibirudon had fainted.

"Good job, Shibirudon. Return!"

Shibirudon was recalled into its Pokéball.

"Lucario, engage! Aura Sphere at Cynthia's Lucario! Pikachu and Quilava! Volt Tackle and Flare Blitz on Garchomp!" Ash called out.

"Lucario! Counter with your Aura Sphere! Garchomp! Giga Impact!" Cynthia countered.

Both Lucario charged large orbs of aural energy and with a roar, simultaneously fired.

Meanwhile, Pikachu charged himself with white-yellow lightning energy and streaked towards Garchomop. Quilava did the same with his fire energy in the form of Flare Blitz.

The Aura Spheres collided with a resounding explosion but remained there, straining against each other. Both Lucario's eyes were closed as they concentrated on overpowering the other.

Garchomp roared and stampeded towards Pikachu and Quilava, enveloping itself in pure white normal energy.

Ash concentrated on his Lucario. "Lucario! The Aura is with you!"

"No Master...The Aura is with US!"

Ash's Lucario opened its eyes and yelled.

The audience gasped. Ash's Lucario's Aura Sphere was absorbing Cynthia's Lucario's Aura Sphere! Now, no longer hindered, the doubled Aura Sphere sped towards Cynthia's Lucario.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Cynthia's Lucario flew into the stadium wall and fell down, fainted.

"Return Lucario!" Cynthia recalled her Pokémon.

Meanwhile, Pikachu and Quilava collided with Garchomp.

KAAA-SPEEWWWWWWWWWW-BAA-BOOM!

Quilava and Pikachu stared at Garchomp. Garchomp did the same to those two.

Lucario made a move towards the trio.

"Lucario, let them be." Ash told his Aura Pokémon.

The audience was dead silent. All they could hear was the panting of the various Pokémon.

Suddenly, Quilava crumpled, as the recoil of Flare Blitz, added to the damage of Garchomp's Giga Impact got to it.

Garchomp turned to Pikachu. Pikachu's face was screwed in concentration and was breathing heavily from exertion.

Slowly, Garchomp smiled...then fell to the ground, unable to continue.

"AND THAT'S IT! ASH KETCHUM HAS DEFEATED CYNTHIA THE SINNOH CHAMPION!" The announcer jumped with glee and the audience roared.

"Return, Lucario, Garchomp." Cynthia smiled sadly.

"Return! Lucario, Quilava! Take a nice rest. Come here Pikachu!" Ash grinned as Pikachu ran up his soldier.

"I'm really proud of you buddy."

Pikachu cooed. "Pika!"

Ash turned around as he saw Cynthia approaching him.

"Ash...the way you battled today...truly inspired me. You'll go far. I believe you can defeat the Shadow King." Cynthia smiled at Ash.

"Thanks." Ash replied.

"But first, you have to get through me!"

Ash whipped around.

"Lance! I take it you won your match?" Ash asked.

"But of course." Lance grinned toothily.

"Don't get too overconfident Lance. Ash is a strong trainer." Cynthia spoke up.

"I'm looking forward to our battle, Ash." Lance directed his statement at Ash.

"So am I." Ash smiled again.

"ASH!" A feminine voice called out.

Ash turned around...again...to see the rest of his friends running towards him, before a red blur streaked into him and tackled him to the ground.

"Are you going to greet me like that every time you see me?" Ash joked.

"You were absolutely amazing! There's no way you're going to lose to Lance!" May squealed, ignoring Ash's earlier comment.

"HEY!" Lance exclaimed in mock hurt.

"Oh well, May. Tomorrow's tomorrow. Today, we have some fun!" Ash stood up and pulled May up as well.

"Where are we going?" asked Ash's friends simultaneously.

"Well, last time Tracey, Misty, and I were here, there was a ceremony about the Chosen One, remember?" Ash replied.

Tracey, Misty, and Melody nodded.

Melody knew what Ash was going to say.

"And since it's that time of year, I thought it might be fun to go to the Shamouti Island ceremony!"

"YES!"

Hello again all. I'm sorry for not updating this in like...forever+2 months. Finals, family, finals, friends, finals, schoolwork, finals...it really gets to you. Now that it's winter break, I'm hoping to update sooner.

3 R's! Read, Review, and Recommend!

Peace out!

-LegendsAlmighty