"Welcome to the final round in the Nimbasa City Clubsplosion! These two trainer's will now battle for the title of Clubsplosion Champion!" The announcer cried as Grace and Pikachu made their way to find a seat.
"Keep your eye out and let me know if you see your trainer," She told Pikachu. Pikachu nodded. Grace was under the impression that he'd be in the audience. But Pikachu knew he would be in the tournament. Pikachu was scanning the front rows, where people that had lost the battle would sit to watch the rest of the Clubsplosion.
"And our first semi-finalist is Mable, from Virbank City!" The crowd cheered as a girl with blonde hair came out, waving.
"And our second semi-finalist comes all the way from Pallet Town in Kanto! It's Ash!" Pikachu turn and saw entering the field.
"Pikapi!"
"Wow, Kanto, that's pretty far!" Grace said, looking down at the field.
"Pika!"
But Grace had already settled down, ready to watch the battle. Pikachu shrugged, Ash wouldn't be going anywhere if he was battling.
"Battle, begin!"
"Seismitoad!" Mable shouted.
"Sceptile, I choose you!" Ash called. Pikachu perked up, it had been a while since he had seen Sceptile.
The battle began, Sceptile quickly overpowering the Seismitoad.
"The first round goes to Ash!"
"Mandibuzz, your up!"
"Staraptor, come on out!"
"Wow, he has a lot of rare Pokemon!" Grace said, watching the aerial battle, with Ash winning once again. But Mable's Simisage quickly overtook Krookodile.
The battle raged on.
Pikachu remembered how a few weeks about a herd of Lapras had showed up in Castelia City's dock, one of them being the same Lapras that Ash had caught years before. After some begging Lapras had made sure Ash caught her again.
"Did you see that boy's Lapras?" Grace asked, "It took that Giga Impact without flinching!"
"Well Ash, I'm quite impressed," Mable said, "But my next Pokemon is my strongest. Emboar, battle time!"
"Charizard!"
Charizard landed in the center of the field, "Cool, a battle of the Starters! If he's from Kanto, then Charizard must have been his Starter!" Grace said.
Tears stung Pikachu's eyes, but he continued to watch the battle.
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"Flamethrower!" The two fire attacks collided in midair.
"Now use Hammer Arm!"
"Dragon Tail!" The Pokemon charged towards each other, but Emboar danced around and stuck Charizard.
"Yes!" Mable said, "We can win this!"
"I doubt that," Ash said, Grace was surprised at his confidence, "Your Pokemon is part Fighting Type."
"Yeah, so!" Mable shouted.
"Well, Charizard is part Flying! Charizard, Wing Attack, lets go!"
The Charizard rose into the air, and dove down at an amazing speed, wings glowing white. He struck the Emboar, then rose up into the air again.
"Wing Attack again!"
"Get out of the way!" Mable called, but Charizard was quicker, and it hit the Emboar.
"Emboar is unable to battle, so the winner is Charizard! And the match goes to Ash Ketchum!" The crowd erupted into cheering, along with Grace. She didn't noticed Pikachu frowning.
Ash was given a ribbon for winning the Clubsploison. "I didn't win this, my Pokemon did. I couldn't have done it without my trusted partners!" He said.
Pikachu was shaking with rage.
"That was an awesome battle," Grace said, standing up, she looked down at Pikachu. He was racing through the crowd, towards the front rows. "Pikachu! Were are you going!"
She ran and caught up with him. He was standing on the railing, glaring at Ash, who was starting to leave. Electricity was sparking around his cheeks.
"Pika pika pika..." The electrical current was forming around his tail, "Chu pi!" Pikachu launched the Electro Ball towards Ash.
The Electro Ball landed in front of Ash, causing him to turn around. The crowd turned to see what had happened. Pikachu launched himself into a Quick Attack and charged towards Ash, ramming into his stomach.
Ash grunted and fell on his back. Pikachu landed on Ash's chest, panting and glaring. Ash's eyes flickered with recognition and frustration. Ash tried to sit up, but Pikachu's cheeks started to spark, warning Ash to stay where he was.
"Pikachu! What are you doing?" Grace cried, jumping over the railing.
"Pikapi!"
Ash glared at Pikachu, then at Grace, "Get your Pikachu off of me."
"This isn't my Pikachu its..." She glanced at Pikachu, "Oh my... Pikachu, is this him?"
"Pika!" He said with a nod, still glaring at Ash.
"You're Pikachu's trainer!"
Ash once again tried to stand up, but Pikachu slammed Iron Tail next to his head. The crowd was watching, and officials were starting to gather.
"I don't have a Pikachu," Ash said coldly.
"Pikachu pika!" Pikachu was shaking with rage, but had tears in his eyes.
"You abandoned Pikachu in the woods! I found his Pokeball there!"
"I don't have a Pikaahhhhhh Oww!" Pikachu let out a Thunderbolt. Encased in the yellow light Ash shoved Pikachu off of him and stood up. Pikachu's Thunderbolt stopped short.
Ash brushed himself off, "You'll have to do better than that."
Pikachu launched himself into a Volt Tackle. Ash grabbed a Pokeball and let out Krookodile, who absorbed the electric attack. Pikachu was flung back and took the recoil damage.
"Pikachu!" Grace grabbed Pikachu, and Ash walked off the battlefield, and the crowd started to whisper. Pikachu lashed out against Grace's grip, but Grace held firm. Officer Jenny lead Grace off the field. "We'll let that one go since no one got seriously hurt," Jenny told her, "But learn to better control your Pokemon."
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Seeing Ash.
Iron Tail.
Seeing Ash battle without him.
Shattered rock.
Seeing Ash win without him.
Electro Ball.
Ash saying that Pokemon were his trusted partners.
Shattered tree.
I don't have a Pikachu.
Pikachu launch himself into Volt Tackle, charging straight towards a tree. He rammed into the tree, and the recoil from the attack washed over him. He turned around and charged for a boulder, again going for a Volt Tackle.
"Pikachu," Someone said quietly. Pikachu paused, and the recoil damage came over him again, but he didn't care.
Ash. The word felt like an Iron Tail slamming into him.
"Pikachu," The voice said again.
Pikachu turned and saw Grace standing there, with Amber in her arms. Pikachu stopped, and started to pant hard. She walked over.
"You need to stop doing that, you're just keep hurting yourself."
'I don't care.'
'What did I tell you,' Amber said, 'He is just like other trainers that leave their Pokemon, they don't care what happens to you.'
Grace couldn't understand the Pokemon, so she continued, "I'm sorry for what happened. We'll see what we can do." She brought Pikachu into a hug.
"We'll find him again, and we'll talk some sense into him. What do you say Pikachu, want to join my team? We'll become stronger together, then we'll battle your old trainer!"
Pikachu looked up at Grace, "Pika!" He leapt into Grace's arms.
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Ash turned and punched a tree, and his knuckles started to bleed, "Arg! Why does Pikachu have to be so stubborn!"
'Well,' A voice chided, "He's not the only one. Like Pokemon, like Trainer.'
Ash scowled, "How would you know, you've never had a trainer before."
'Well, neither have you.'
'I'm not a Pokemon," Ash said, crossing his arms. Something touched his bleeding hand, Ash glanced down and saw nothing, but still felt it. There was a soft glow and his hand was healed. "Thanks," He said quietly, rubbing where the injury had been.
'It was no problem,' A new voice said, which had a more squeaky, but not annoying, voice.
'It was a problem,' The first voice said, 'Ash just can't go around hurting himself for no reason.
A screech caused Ash to look up. Staraptor was swooping in. Something invisible landed on Staraptor, smashing down his feathers.
'Staraptor says the coast is clear,' The squeaky voice said while moving around on Staraptor's head. 'Can Staraptor take me for a ride?'
Ash rolled his eyes, "You can already fly."
'No I can't! I can hover, but not fly! Besides, I can't go that fast.'
"Fine, but don't be too long." Staraptor took to the air.
'It's no fair,' The first voice complained, 'I can't even hover.'
"You can fly in Sky Form," Ash replied, getting tired of the voices complaints.
'Well,' The voice said haughtily, 'There seems to be a lack of Gracidea flowers around here.'
Ash turned and watched a small Shaymin waddle out of the grass. She wrinkled her nose, 'I'm hungry.'
"Your always hungry," Ash told her, "And so am I," Ash pulled out a handful of berries, handing one to Shaymin.
'It's a little old,' Shaymin complained, but began eating it.
'Can I?' A small quiet voice asked, Ash sat up.
"Here you go," Ash said, holding up the berry. Something picked it up out of his hands, and a Celebi flickered into view, she took the berry and bit into it.
'Good,' She said quietly.
Ash laid back against a tree. He thought about Pikachu, he remembered the look on Pikachu's face when he had seen him. He had never seen Pikachu so mad, so betrayed. Ash sighed and covered his eyes with his hat.
'Ring?' Celebi asked.
"What?" Ash asked, sitting up.
'Ring?'
Ash frowned, ring? His hand went to his fingers. Oh no. Oh no, oh no, oh no!
"The ring is gone!"
'Sorry,' Celebi said, slinking back.
'Of course you lost it,' Shaymin said, rolling her eyes, 'You can never do anything properly.'
"Staraptor! Get down here!" The Pokemon obeyed. "Victini, come on!"
A Victini flickered into view, who was on Staraptor's head, 'Why? I was having fun!' She complained in a squeaky voice.
Ash recalled Staraptor, and began to pack up. "The ring is gone. I must of dropped it when I was attack by... Pikachu..." The tips of Ash's fingers began to glow blue, and a ball of aura was launched towards the ground.
Ash flinched and glanced down. Shaymin came over and sniffed at the scorched ground, 'You need to learn how to control that.'
"I'm trying!" Ash shouted, startling Pidoves into flight, now red light formed around his fingertips, he glanced now and quickly smothered the Aura. "We need to go back to Nimbasa. Go invisible, now."
Celebi and Victini did. Shaymin sighed dramatically. 'I guess I have in that backpack again.'
"Yes," He picked up Shaymin and placed her in, "Come on, we need to find that ring, or the whole world will pay!"
He charged down the path, with Celebi and Victini invisibly flying next to him.
A/n: I have noticed people asking if Ash has a good reason for abandoning Pikachu, I just want to say it will all be clear in a few chapters. This story was going to be a one-shot, but more people than I thought were enjoying it, so I decided to make it into a story, and I have a pretty good plot (I hope). Now that I am back in school chapters will now take 1-2 days to get up instead of just one.