Road To Master

by Nightshock5

In a new Universe: Ash has a dark past that eats him. After thinking about his past, Ash decides to begin his journey in Kalos along with a wild Pikachu he befriends. Along with a strong team, Ash will take on his strongest challenge yet! (Amourshipping) What will happen when Ash challenges the Pokemon League? Will he win? Will his father haunt his head? T for Violence

44. Chapter 44

Incase you did not read the end of the last chapter:

"Ninja!" Greninja shouted as he landed in front of Hydreigon with a clearly scratched up body. Greninja then fell to his knees and struggled to stay up as he was lit on fire. It was clear that the burn was doing a lot against Greninja, but that would not stop the sinister water type from at least trying.

"Greninja is still burned after that battle with Darmanitan, could it even stand a chance?"

"Greninja use water shuriken!" Ash commanded. Greninja was fast as he quickly made the blue ninja stars and launched them towards Hydreigon. Damian did not even make the dark type avoid the attack as it hit Hydreigon to get consumed in a small explosion. "Now go in with aerial ace!"

"Use dragon rush!"

Both pokemon charged up their attack and charged at each other. The scene circled around the frog ninja pokemon with white limbs to then see the dragon pokemon with a blue aura charging each other in between a large area of deforestation. The two pokemon collided in what seemed to be a stalemate, Greninja standing his ground well despite having a weaker move. Both trainers gritted their teeth knowing that this could end a stalemate, and it did as the center of the field erupted into an explosion of smoke and cut down tree debris.

"What an intense explosion, what could have possibly happened?"

"Dreigon…" Hydreigon grunted as he fell to the ground to then get back up in front of Greninja, who was still standing.

Greninja was shown for a moment standing fine, but then a fire consumed Greninja which caused him to wince a little, but still stay standing. "Nin…" Greninja's body then went limp and fell on its side to hit his head against the ground with swirly eyes.

Rob did not even waste a second to call out the defeat: "And Greninja is unable to battle, Hydreigon wins!"

"And Hydreigon has gotten Damian back on track! Amazing performance by the dragon type!"

"Greninja are you alright?" Ash shouted as he and Pikachu ran out from the trainer's platform to check on the water type.

"Ninja..." Greninja apologized as Ash held onto him with his hand around the ninja's shoulder.

"Don't apologize," Ash said with a smile as he looked at Greninja's eyes. "We will have our chance to show everyone who we are together, but I need to win this battle with someone else." Ash then gave a toothy grin, "You were awesome out there against Darmanitan too!"

"Pika!" Pikachu agreed reassuringly towards the water and dark type.

"Ninja," Greninja smiled under his scarf as Ash recalled him back into his pokeball. Ash and Pikachu then walked back into the trainer's platform only to hear things that he had been dreading to hear the whole battle.

"Pathetic as always," Damian said as he looked back up towards Ash. "I was able to take back the ground I lost with one pokemon, and I plan to take the lead with him."

Ash narrowed his eyes noticing that Pikachu was looking at him with a very worried look. The raven haired trainer ignored Damian as he reached into his belt. He felt the same particular pokeball shivering with a little more power now, but Ash instead of choosing that one went for the one right next to it. Ash then showed that pokeball in front of his face and launched it into the field: "Goodra, I choose you!"

"GOOOOOOOOO!" Goodra shouted as he appeared in the middle of the debris with a determined look. "GOODRA!"

"And Ash decides to go with Goodra next! This may as well be what gives Ash the lead into the next portion of the battle, but it is definitely going to be a tough battle of pseudo legendary pokemon!"

Ash smiled at this as he heard the crowd cheer in approval to the scene of Goodra, one of Ash's most elite pokemon. Ash looked towards the scoreboard and noticed he the team that was being wasted the quickest, but that did not matter to Ash. All that mattered to the raven haired trainer at this point is getting the advantage:

Damian: Metagross Darmanitan (pokeball) (pokeball) (pokeball) Hydreigon

Ash: Greninja Sceptile (pokeball) (pokeball) Pikachu Goodra

At the stands:

"I think that Goodra could win, but it would have to take a great amount of power for it to happen, Hydreigon is very tough," Clemont said as he adjusted his glasses. "This is no walk in the park, this battle has not even reached its peak yet."

"Go Ash!" Bonnie shouted as she jumped out of her seat.

"Oh Ash," Serena said with a nervous expression and grabbing her ribbon. "Please be careful."

A/N: This chapter is going to be an interesting one as Ash attempts to keep up with Damian. There is only one problem though, and that is that Hydreigon is still on Ash's way.

How will Ash cope with Hydreigon? Will he even be able to do anything? Can Goodra be enough to knock out Hydreigon? Or will Ash have to hope someone else can miraculously do the work?

These answers will be answered this chapter! Goodra against Hydreigon first, let's make sure that the slimy dragon we love pulls off the upset and defeats that terrible undefeated hydra!

Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!

Key of Kalos League:

The announcer won't be referenced as the announcer. Any text in italics that is in quotations is the announcer and assume that it can be heard by everyone in the stadium.

League Scoreboard System:

Bold: In use pokemon/trainer name

Italics: Fainted pokemon

Underline: Resting pokemon

(Pokeball): Unrevealed pokemon

Trainer A: Poke1 Poke2 Poke3 Poke4 Poke5 Poke6 (Active one)

Trainer B: Poke1 Poke2 (Pokeball) Poke4 Poke5 Poke6 (Active one)

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon

Chapter 44- The biggest ears can also be the most deaf ones!

At the stadium:

"Look Chespie, the battle is getting more intense as it progresses," Mairin said as she restlessly looked out the glass that was in front of her. Behind her, Professor Sycamore was looking at the battle as well. He had a very skeptical look as he looked down towards Ash and Goodra who were battling against Damian and his Hydreigon. He watched as Goodra landed a thunder to then get hit back with a dragon pulse.

"Yes, it is," the Professor implied as he looked back towards Mairin. "Although people seem to be rooting for Damian, I am actually rooting for Ash. Mostly because he is my most interesting student I have had in a long time."

"Professor," Mairin said as she looked back up at the older man. "Isn't that Damian guy the same one that I ran into yesterday?"

At this Chespie seemed to become a little agitated as the professor began to answer: "I am afraid he is. That is another reason as to why I am cheering on for Ash, Damian is one of the most cunning and dishonest trainers I have ever met." Professor Sycamore then sighed as he said the next part while hearing the announcer exclaim something and the cheers of the audience were heard as Goodra managed to shoot a draco meteor into the air. "I honestly also think that Damian has been a bully to Ash this whole time, I am hoping that Ash can finally stand up for himself and the others like he said he would in the interview yesterday."

Mairin looked down at the field in awe to eye Ash. He seemed like a very admirable person to Mairin, mostly because he was very serious during the battle. The red head girl then noticed how the raven haired boy with a Pikachu at his side ordered for a bide which caused Goodra to turn on Hydreigon with a white beam of pure energy. Hydreigon then turned around and launched a powerful dragon shaped attack towards Goodra and when the two attacks collided, the field was enveloped in a lot of smoke. "Oh man Ash, good luck."

Looking down on the stadium:

Decidueye used his amazing vision through his glasses to see that Rob was getting off his place as referee inside the smoke. The archer owl did not hesitate as he pulled back a quill and a vine to load the projectile. Looking down, the hooded owl then made his arrow glow purple before firing it down towards the battle field landing in front of Rob. The referee for the battle noticed this and stepped back into his original position as Decidueye smirked and looked towards Night, who was waving him a thumbs up.

Just then, a helicopter blew by on top of Decidueye and caused the poor Alolan starter to stagger back and fall on his head to then slide off the roof of the stadium and end up in a free fall. "DUDEYE!" Decidueye shouted as he flapped his wings and prevented his falling from becoming dangerous. The archer owl then looked back towards the helicopter that had just zoomed past above him and then loaded another arrow on his vine. The archer owl did not even blink as he sniped the shot to his the front windshield of the flying machine. The helicopter then began to stagger a little as Decidueye laughed at himself and flew back up to his station. As soon as he reached it, he could not see under him because there were rain clouds blocking his view.

"Decidueye…" Decidueye sweat dropped as he adjusted his view to be able to look well into the arena and beyond the rain clouds.

At the battlefield:

"Goodra, let it go!" Ash shouted as he pointed forward to the destroyed portation of deforestation.

"GOOOOOOOOODDDRRRAAAA!"

"Use dragon pulse!"

"DREIGON!"

"BOOM!" the middle of the stadium was involved in a large explosion that left the smoke piling up in all directions. Ash noticed something come down from the sky, it looked like a purple arrow, but the raven haired trainer dismissed it as he looked back across the field to see that Hydreigon was unharmed and Goodra was still standing tall. "Use tri attack!" Damian shouted to which the dark hydra began to make his three heads charge up three elemental beams that shot towards Goodra.

"Uh oh, Goodra was just hit with lightning, fire, and ice!"

"Pika!"

"Oh no! Goodra!" Ash shouted as he noticed that as soon as the small explosion that surrounded Goodra was gone, the slimy dragon was frozen from the head down with ice. Damian smirked at this as Ash then pointed at the sky with bright gleaming eyes: "Use rain dance!"

"GOOOOO!" Goodra's green eyes sparkled as he then made a large battlecry that summoned some rain to begin to fall from the trees above. Noticing this, Ash smiled as he then felt the small sprinkling develop into real drops of rain that were falling on him and Goodra. "DRAAA!" Goodra shouted as he he caused the ice to shatter in all directions. As soon as that happened, the dragon type briefly glowed green as he then stood back up tall and proud while facing the Unovan pseudo legendary.

"Goodra just broke out of the ice just because of the rain!"

"Now Goodra, use thunder!" Goodra charged up his electric attack has he began to glow in electricity. The beam then streaked through the destroyed trees and within seconds managed to land on Hydreigon, the latter wincing in pain because of the electricity.

"Ground your tail," Damian said calmly as he looked across the field. Hydreigon got to work fast as he made his tail dig into the ground which then caused the electricity to stop hurting his dark and dragon type pokemon. Ash gritted his teeth as he saw this, he was not predicting such a smart way of avoiding his own electricity. "Now what Ash?" Damian taunted. "Goodra can't do anything now!"

"Now what? Grounding his tail like a groundwire, Hydreigon will not take any damage from thunder! What an amazing plan by Damian!"

Ash just narrowed his eyes, "Yes he can and the best part is that you can't move now!" Damian flinched at this as he then noticed how Hydreigon's grounded tail prevented the dark type from moving. With bright eyes and putting his arm out, Ash made a devastating move: "Use draco meteor!" Goodra made a huge battle cry as he charged up an orange orb in his mouth that swirled with power. The slimy pokemon then looked up towards the rain and released the insane attack upwards in an attempt to conceal it in the clouds. As soon as the orb disappeared, the crowd was silent until there was a lot of commotion when the numerous meteors began to fall from the sky.

"Get out of there!" Damian shouted with a panicked voice as he noticed that Hydreigon was struggling to get out. "Argh!" Damian grunted in annoyance as he noticed that Hydreigon was stuck to the ground with his tail grounded.

"Dreigon!" Hydreigon muttered as he was ejected from the ground and into the air with a dazed expression.

"What a counter attack!"

"Now use thunder!"

"GOOODRAAAA!" Goodra shouted as he made his crackling electricity bolt through the rain and pierce the black and purple dragon that was struggling to get back up. Hydreigon staggered as he fell to the ground and panted heavily. Damian called out to his pokemon that surprisingly got back up, Ash knowing that the hydra was far from being defeated.

"Use thunder once more!" Ash shouted as he threw his hand out.

"Use brutal swing!" Damian ordered. Hydreigon got on the air and rushed through the rain to make his two hands glow purple. The large three headed pseudo then shocked the gooey pokemon that was charging up electricity as he swung his arms around to slam his purple limbs into Goodra.

"Goodra was just hit extremely badly! What can Ash do about this?"

"Gooo!" Goodra grunted as he stumbled back in front of Ash with his hands in the ground and nicks appearing on his body. "Goodra…" Goodra muttered to notice that Ash has been gritting his teeth so much because of the battle.

The raven haired boy looked down at the edge of the trainer's platform and the battlefield to then clench his fist in frustration on what to do. "Goodra, prepare yourself," Ash said as he pumped his fist behind him. "When you get a chance, use your powerful bide in order to absorb the damage." The purple dragon nodded at this as he looked onwards to the field to notice that a dragon pulse was directed in his direction. When the colorful attack collided, Goodra winced in pain as he put a hand over face to then have the claw chomp down on his arm that caused an explosion around Goodra. When the smoke cleared, there was a blood red aura around the pokemon that Ash then raised his hand into the air: "Let's GO!"

GOOOO! DRRAAAA!" Goodra shouted as he released a white beam of energy in the direction of Hydreigon.

Damian flinched as he saw this and raised his hand into the air as well, "Fly Hydreigon!" Hydreigon pushed off from the ground and with his corrupted wings began to fly upwards thus avoiding the attack which crashed down into the ground below Hydreigon and caused and explosion combined with debris from the crashed down trees. "Now throw the trees towards Goodra!"

"Hydra!" Hydreigon exclaimed as he grabbed tree branches with his hand-like arms and then tossed them towards Goodra.

"Whoa! Hydreigon is now using the trees as a way to take down Goodra!"

"Look out!" Ash shouted, but unfortunately for the purple dragon, it was too late as the attack collided and Goodra stumbled back with a completely dazed expression in front of Ash. "Goodra, come on! I know you can keep going!"

"Goodra…" Goodra muttered to himself as he tried to get back up with barely any energy. The dragon slumped back down but caught himself as he had one eye open and a very trembling attitude towards the battle.

At the stands:

Serena watched as Goodra slowly got up with a lot of difficulty and then stood in front of Ash as the rain clouds began to clear. "There goes the rain," Clemont said as he watched Goodra and Hydreigon interchange a thunder and dragon pulse in the middle of the field to then cause a large and devastating explosion that left both pokemon on the ground, but slowly getting back up and staring down each other.

"This is so frustrating, specially for Ash," Calem said as he looked down closer to the battlefield. "Ash has been training hard for this battle, but that Hydreigon just won't go down to anything!"

"It seems like if Greninja and Sceptile did no damage at all, and Goodra is still struggling too much with it," Trevor implied as he put a hand to his chin. "If only Goodra could turn things around."

"Knocking out Goodra is the biggest advantage that Damian can get," Brock said as he turned attentions towards where he was. "Hydreigon is what Damian needs to knock out Goodra, and if that happens, it could knock down Ash's confidence and maybe even cause Ash to ultimately be defeated."

"But Ash won't lose," Serena said with clenched fists. "I know he can win, Ash can defeat that Hydreigon!"

"But even if he does, what other pokemon do you think that Damian could have? It took two pokemon to knock down Darmanitan and it is taking three for Hydreigon. Ash's pokemon cannot get too tired because then he will end up with very debilitated pokemon," Tierno said.

Shauna sighed as she looked at Serena, "I still think that Ash can find a way." Serena looked back up to her friend with hope and smiled thankfully to see someone that was keeping her hopes up. Serena had to admit, she did not see Ash getting very far with Damian, but she wanted the raven haired boy to win so badly, she wanted Ash to somehow emerge the victor regardless of how it happened.

"Go Ash!"

"Nenne!" Bonnie and Dedenne shouted towards the raven haired trainer as they looked towards the field.

Serena then looked onto the field and stood up with determination, "Come on Ash! Get Damian back for everything he has ever done!"

At the battlefield:

"There has to be a way…" Ash thought to himself as he then had his thoughts interrupted by another command:

"Hydreigon, use dragon rush!"

Ash saw how the dark and dragon type hydra began to charge up his body in a blue glow to then begin to charge Goodra. The slimy dragon was on the ground and extremely weakened by the attack. Ash put his fist out and shouted, "Goodra! Put everything you have into this thunder!"

"Goodra…" Goodra shouted as he looked towards Hydreigon and began to make his surroundings crackle in electricity which Ash knew could be the only attack he can use to prevent getting slammed on by the attack. The electric beam shot forward and slowed down Hydreigon, but the latter still was edging himself on Goodra, seeing this, Ash gave a command that he knew would either work or fail. The crowd cheering evermore powerful which indicated Ash of amusement people were having to see that the battle was nearing its climax.

"Bide!"

Goodra stopped his attack and let the dragon collide with him which made him skid in front of Ash across the dirt and the debris with a glow of red on himself which looking down at the ground with his ears hanging. Damian ordered for a dragon pulse which formed the shape of a dragon and began to charge at Goodra. The dragon shaped beam was only halfway from the way to the slimy dragon before Ash then put his hand into the air and signaled for Goodra to release the bide. "Gooo…" Goodra staggered as he charged the beam and then sank more to his knees. Goodra though, he got his face to look back upwards to Hydreigon and then launched the large white beam that interacted with the dragon shaped beam.

"Oh man…" Ash gritted his teeth as he saw the stalemate cause a huge shockwave echo through the stadium which raised the volume of the cheering and the excitement of everyone watching.

"ROAR!" The dragon beam made a roar like sound as it suddenly grew bigger and then rushed through the field towards Goodra, who had his green eyes gleaming with awe as the attack came closer. "BOOM!" a huge explosion happened in front of Ash which caused the raven haired trainer to cover his face as his scarf waved violently. The smoke did not take long to clear, but when it did, Ash saw Goodra on the ground completely motionless… Knocked out.

"It seems that Goodra has been knocked out! Wait, what is going on?"

"Use dragon pulse once again!" Damian shouted to which Hydreigon began to charge up the attack to then fire it to streak across the entire arena to which Rob was smirking with a satisfied face.

"It appears that the referee has not made the call yet!"

The stands were murmuring to themselves in confusion as they saw Ash run into the field covered with trees and branches, who was putting everything he had into running to protect Goodra while Pikachu was watching with wide eyes. The same pokeball on Ash's belt shook more and more powerfully. "Goodra, I am here," Ash said as he put himself with his back towards the attack, not wanting to see it come into contact with him. After a couple of seconds, the raven haired trainer opened his eyes expecting an attack, but he then heard an explosion come from behind him. Looking at the bat on the ground struggling to get up, Ash noticed what happened: "Noivern no!"

"Noi!" Noivern shouted as he got up from the attack and shook his head to then shoot a boomburst into the air: "VEEEERRRRNNNN!"

"Noivern has come to the rescue!"

With Decidueye:

The hooded owl watched as the large bat shot a boomburst right in his direction. "DUEYE!" Decidueye grunted as he fell on his back to then see the bright sky above him while developing an irritation mark on his forehead. Decidueye definitely did not appreciate getting blown away by the powerful sound wave attack.

At the battlefield:

Noivern flew next to Ash and grabbed Goodra's hand as Rob made his call: "Goodra is unable to battle, Hydreigon wins!" Rob them smiled as he proceeded to make another call: "There will now be a intermission to change fields." At the same time, Damian recalled Hydreigon back into his pokeball, which Ash noticed would probably be to rest the dark and dragon type.

"Damian will be substituting his Hydreigon now! At the same time, Ash is now at a disadvantage!"

"Thanks Goodra, return," Ash said as he made Goodra get transformed into red energy before going inside the pokeball and then disappearing. Ash clipped the pokeball on his belt and walked back to his platform with gritted teeth and clenched fists while Noivern followed close behind him. "... Grrrr…" Ash muttered to himself in agitation as he made his eyes show his burning anger. A closeup then zooms into his eye as the brown detail is shown with a bright gleam from the sun above.

At the stands:

"Poor Goodra," Shauna said as she saw the battlefield go down towards the ground to be changed for another one.

"Look at Ash," Brock said as he clenched his fist. "He looks extremely off, he may not battle the same way as before. I think his confidence may have been shattered too."

"Ash… What will you do now?" Serena muttered to herself along with the worried faces of the raven haired trainer's friends.

With Rob:

Rob waited patiently until the battlefield he was on reached the bottom of the tracks. When that happened, the referee hopped down from the field and looked at the next one: a desert. He had to admit, it was very interesting to see what would happen during that battle as well.

Getting on, Rob noticed that he was starting to get elevated back towards the sounds of cheering and muttering. The announcer could also be heard from above as they rose to then be at the same level as they were before with the forest. This time in a desert.

At the battlefield:

Ash looked across to notice that the second battlefield rose up to be a desert field. Something he was not expecting as there was a lot of sand, similar to the same battlefield that he had battled Hau in. At the same time, there were some places where there was cactus and ferns that were common to desert biomes.

"The second half of the battle is in a desert field! Damian has an advantage and Ash cannot relax at this point, this will be a tough battle which I am excited to see!"

Damian looked at Rob and the two nodded at each other as the blue haired boy took out a pokeball from his belt. "Go! Weavile!"

"Vile!" Weavile shouted as he landed on the sand with a very sinister look on his face while staring towards Ash. The raven haired trainer gritted his teeth as he noticed this, it was not a powerhouse brute, it was a speedy glass canon. Ash knew he would probably need something to counter the ice and dark type, which meant using a steel or fire type-

"NOI!" Noivern shouted next to Ash which made the raven haired trainer look at him with a puzzled expression. It looked like Noivern wanted to battle, but Ash did not like the idea because of the type disadvantage.

"Noivern? Wait, I don't think this is a good time for you to battle," Ash pleaded as he looked at the sound wave dragon. The big eared dragon stepped into the sand against Ash's will which made the raven haired trainer grit his teeth in frustration, but he then resigned to the fact and sighed, "Alright Noivern, I am counting on you!"

"Ash has apparently been forced into using Noivern!"

"Still can't control your pokemon?" Damian asked with a very intimidating tone. "Why don't you force him out of battle if you don't want to use such a pathetic pokemon like him?" This made Ash and Noivern's blood boil as it caused the black dragon to dig his claws into the sand as Ash clenched his fists.

"I can battle with whoever wants to!" Ash retaliated. Rob smirked as he saw this and then signaled to resume the battle. Ash was the first to move as he put his hand into the air and made the first attack: "Noivern, start this off by using boomburst!"

But what happened next was not boomburst at all…

"NOI!" Noivern shouted as he took flight and made himself glow gold before diving down towards Weavile. Noivern was using sky attack to Ash's surprise. 'What? Did he not pay attention to what I told him to do?'

"Noivern is using sky attack instead of Boomburst like Ash ordered, is there a little bit of an obedience issue going on?"

"Use double team!" Damian countered. Weavile got to work as he spread his claws out and made several cries that formed several copies of himself in front of Noivern. The sound wave dragon swooshed through the copies and ended up not being able to hit the real Weavile, who was now above Noivern with a very lethal look on his face. "Use night slash!" Damian ordered as he put his fist out. Weavile made a purple blade with his hand and swung it around as he slammed the dark type move into Noivern's back which caused the young flying type to fall to the ground and make a cloud of sand. "Now use ice shard!"

"VILE!" Weavile shouted as he made several shards of ice spit out and go towards the sound wave dragon who was slowly getting back up.

"Noivern, counter it with supersonic!"

"Noi!" Noivern once again disobeyed the commands that the raven haired trainer was giving by jumping into the air and attempting to avoid the shards of ice. The thing that Ash knew from his battle with Wulfric is that the ice shards followed the target, and Noivern seemed to forget that as he tried to outmaneuver the ice shards. "Vern!" Noivern shouted as he fell in front of Ash dazed.

"Noivern is hit once again!"

"Pikapi!"

"Noivern are you alright?" Ash asked with a very confused tone to then see Noivern stretch out his wings and fly back into the air. "Argh Noivern! Come on! Listen to me!" Ash just watched helplessly as Noivern attempted to go in a head on collision with giga impact from Weavile only to stagger back and fly into the air above the cheering stands. Ash noticed how every so often, Noivern would then turn back around and launch a boomburst towards the field which caused sand to pick up in devastating ways that even caused Ash to back his view away to then see that the battlefield was being destroyed. "Noivern!"

"Your pokemon are pathetic," Damian said as Noivern landed in front of Ash while growling. Damian then smirked as he turned his gaze back towards the ground and at his Weavile, "Unlike your Noivern, my Weavile actually obeys me." Damian then gave a hearty laugh, "After completely crushing Noivern, you will be down to two pokemon while I will still have four on my side to take down your Pikachu and your Charizard with ease, like we did to that cocky Sceptile, your slow Greninja, and that Goodra that only really takes hits like a punching bag."

"There is more tension between the trainers now, Ash's side seems to be very unhappy!"

Noivern and Pikachu both tensed up their muscles as the Kanto native then put on a defensive stance: "Oh yea! Well what tells you that you can judge my poke- friends like that?"

"Nothing," Damian said with a very genuine tone. "It is just the truth."

At the stands:

"Can Damian not be so much of a douche bag?" Brock asked while he crossed his arms in front of him.

"I just want to strangle him," Calem said while looking down. "Specially if he causes me to lost to opportunity to have a rematch with my friend."

"Oh Ash, be strong for us," Serena muttered to herself as she clenched her ribbon.

Shauna noticed once again the honey blonde's distressed look and put a hand on her shoulder. Serena noticed this and smiled sadly to the brunette to then look down at the arena with a very alarmed to look Ash completely motionless in his trainer's platform. "Ash needs our support right now guys," Shauna said. Everyone turned to the brunette who was pumping her fist. "If Ash can go through many things, then he can do this!"

"She's right!" Clemont smirked as he stood up from his seat. "Ash, I don't usually do this, but go and win this battle! Use the science to your advantage!"

"Oh my goodness big brother," Bonnie sighed as she also stood up. "GET THEM ASH!"

"DON'T GIVE UP UNTIL THE VERY END!" Serena shouted with a very determined tone as she cupped her mouth. The cheering crowd was also showing support towards Ash, but it seemed as if the raven haired trainer was ignoring it, like he was too lost in his thoughts.

At the battlefield:

"Grrrr…." Ash grunted as he shadowed his eyes in his cap. He did not want to have to face any sort of criticism, and he wanted to stand up for himself, but he knew he couldn't… Ash felt a team roll down his cheek and down his chin to then fall into the ground below him.

"Pika?" Pikachu asked through the murmuring crowd. Ash just raised his cap to expose his eyes, which were now filled with fire and anger, something that Pikachu had not seen since the raven haired trainer had been personally attacked. Pikachu and Noivern then gave a very shocked look towards Ash as he noticed that scarfed trainer pump his fist.

"Use boomburst Noivern! And this time actually listen to me!" Noivern charged up the boomburst and Ash noticed that the dragon was actually listening to him for once as the attacked streaked like a tornado of sound effects that was on its way towards Weavile.

"Dodge it!" Damian shouted as Weavile jumped into the air. The transparent beam of sound rushed under the small ice and dark type pokemon to then slam into the opposite trainer box: A direct hit on Damian. Instantly seeing this, Ash, Noivern, and Pikachu all had their mouths go agape as Damian came out of the smoke with a very agitated look: "So you feel like you can kill me huh? Isn't that against the rules, Rob- Ref?"

Rob smirked at Damian's outburst and looked at the raven haired trainer with a smile, "Ash has to recall Noivern back into his pokeball or else he will forfeit the match!"

"PIKACHU!? PIKA PIKA!"

"NOI NOIVERN!?"

"WHAT!?" Ash asked as he heard more murmurs from the stands obviously not expecting such a call as he turned towards Rob, "Damian ordered for a dodge and he got hit! It was not our intention!"

"We have been looking into this and apparently it was not Ash's intention to attack Damian. The referee has now forced Ash into switching? What is going on?"

"Do you wish to file a complaint after you are forfeited from the match?" Rob taunted as he looked towards the other side of the desert. Ash gritted his teeth at this as he then slowly pulled out a pokeball from his belt.

"Come on Noivern," Ash said as he showed the dragon the pokeball.

"Noi! NOIVERN!" Noivern shouted with a very agitated tone as he felt the beam surround him and cause him to get helplessly sucked into the device.

Ash had to keep the pokeball closed with his hands in order to prevent it shooting open. Ash looked down at Pikachu with a sad face as he then noticed that he was putting Noivern inside of its pokeball against his own will. It made him hate himself for what he had done, it was like if he had forced Pikachu back into his pokeball: An act of betrayal in Ash's part. Ash sighed as he battled with the sound wave dragon to keep him inside the red and white ball, "Look Noivern, I know you did not want to be put inside, I understand that, but I want to give you an opportunity later, I promise it!"

The pokeball instantly stopped shaking and Ash knew what he had to do next as he looked back onto the field to see Weavile still in front of Damian with a crooked smile. "Ash, your anger is what will lead for you to lose this battle," Damian said. "You are out of my league, the only reason why I lost the first two battles was so that I could understand your strategy and weaken you, now you have no chance!"

"I will just have to burn that anger then," Ash shouted as he pulled a pokeball in front of him with a very determined look. "Charizard!" Ash shouted as he then threw the ball frisbee styled into the battlefield. "I am counting on you!"

"Gruaw!" Charizard shouted as he appeared in front of Ash and flew into the air. The fire type with the mega pendant around his neck then encircled the desert before landing in front of the dark and ice type with a very fiery spirit. "GRRRUUUUAAAWWWW!" Charizard shouted as he looked directly at Damian and put on a battle stance.

"Ash decides to pull out his Charizard now! Will things be able change now that his entire team had been used?"

The crowd cheered, it was the first time that the raven haired trainer noticed that the stands were rooting for him. Ash then smiled as he grabbed the edge of his cap, "I don't need you to judge me Damian, I have everyone on my back." Ash then put his fist out: "Dragon claw!"

Damian was shocked at the speed in which the fire and flying type raced the field, he quickly put his hand out knowing that things could shift out of his control if he was not careful: "night slash!"

"GRUAW!/VILE!" Both pokemon shouted as they clashed in the middle of the field with their respective attacks. The sunlight beamed down on the pokemon as they made purple and green sparks shockwave in the desert arena. The two pokemon then staggered back to be in front of their distinct trainers. Weavile gritted his teeth as he looked at Charizard, the larger fire type was not one that would be overpowered easily.

"Take flight!" Ash ordered with a determined voice as he pointed upwards. The fire and flying type leaped into the air with ease as he then spread his wings and looked down towards the smaller clawed minion that was on the sand below. The Weavile fired off an ice shard towards Charizard which spiraled into the air and began to close in on the infernal dragon from five direction. Charizard saw this and narrowed his eyes as a mirage image of Ash showed the raven haired trainer who was crushing his hand into a fist in front of him as his scarf waved: "Use dragon claw!"

"GRUAWW!" Charizard shouted as he made his claws glow green and spin around to then swipe all of the ice shards down. "ROAR!" Charizard then cried as he then dived down towards the battlefield with green scaly claws. Pulling up while causing a pick up of sand, Charizard then began to swing his claws around to which Damian flinched.

"Use giga impact!"

"WEAVILE!" Weavile shouted as he made himself glow in an white and yellow swirling aura that then collided with the claws of the dragon type. Both pokemon gave battle cries, but Weavile seemed to then get an edge as he made his power increase. "VILE!" Weavile shouted as he made both his and Charizard's attack cancel. Weavile landed in front of his trainer and with one hand on the sand, indicated that he could still battle.

"What a powerful resistance from Weavile!"

"Now, Weavile go in with double team and then follow up with night slash!" Damian ordered with a quick tone. The entire stadium erupted into cheers as they saw that Weavile had surrounded Charizard with multiple copies, all that had purple blades which then charged towards the fire type in between.

"Charizard, ignite yourself with flare blitz!" Ash shouted as he pumped both of his fists. Charizard instantly glew on blue fire as he then stood still. The copies collided and caused an explosion from which Weavile appeared in front of Charizard with a dazed look. Ash then noticed a familiar shine on the ground, instantly identifying the glass shards like in the battle he had with Hau. Maybe there was a way in which he could use the glass to prevent getting hit…

"Use ice shard!" Weavile jumped into the air and launched the pieces of ice towards the fire type who was in the same place of the ground without any protection… Unless.

"Charizard grab the glass shards under you and throw them towards the ice shards that are coming your way!"

"What?"

"GRUUUAWWW!" Charizard cried as he grabbed the glass from below him and swung his arms around to then have the blue ice interacting with the transparent gleaming shards of glass. They formed smaller crystals that then harmlessly fell into the ground which then gave Ash's opportunity to strike:

"Charizard go in with dragon claw!" Charizard did not waste time as he then made his claws and took flight to then strike the ice and dark type. The glass cannon was pushed back through the ground and ended up causing sand to be picked up. Surprisingly for the raven haired trainer, Weavile got back up with a very dazed expression, from the looks of it, the ice type was looking extremely fatigued from the battle.

"Amazing! Ash used some glass shards to his advantage to strike Weavile!"

At the stands:

"Something doesn't seem right," Brock said as he put a hand to his chin. "If the only menacing thing that Damian has is Hydreigon, then why does Damian have a key stone on his sun glasses?"

"Wait? Are you implying that something more powerful than Hydreigon might be in the battle?" Trevor asked as Tierno flinched at the thought. It was clear, but hard to see, on the sun glasses at the side of the frames there was a glistening stone to the sunlight.

"If that pokemon is a counter to the rest of Ash's team, then how can Ash win?" Calem asked. I am sure that it is not Hydreigon though, last time I checked, Hydreigon can't mega evolve."

"But Damian has something that can mega evolve," Clemont replied as he looked down at the battlefield. "The fact that Ash has already used all of his pokemon and has one less than Damian is a big disadvantage!"

Looking at the scoreboard, it was clear: Ash had one less pokemon than Damian and he had also used all of his pokemon at least once in battle:

Ash: Goodra Greninja Sceptile Pikachu Noivern Charizard

Damian: Metagross Darmanitan (pokeball) (pokeball) Hydreigon Weavile

"It does not matter," Serena said as she looked down at the battlefield with a serious tone. The crowd was cheering, predominantly for Ash knowing that he was the underdog of the entire battle and definitely wanting him to get the edge. "Ash still has the advantage in one way. He has a team, something that Damian has not used yet. Hydreigon was the pokemon Damian used the most and that has to ultimately be his strongest, and the mega evolved pokemon can't be more powerful."

"What are you implying Serena?" Tierno asked with a confused expression to which everyone turned their attention to the honey blonde girl.

"That means that Ash has a team of pokemon that have continuously battled, it means his team must be stronger overall," Serena replied as she pumped her fist.

"I still worry about what that mega evolved pokemon is, but Serena does have a point," Calem said as he crossed his arms. "The way in which Damian is battling means that he is reaching his limit, can he even predict Ash's strategy anymore?"

"I do see where this is going," Tierno replied.

"Ash seems to be more unpredictable now than he was earlier on in the battle, despite not having the advantage, he does know how to keep Damian from reading him now," Shauna completed as the group kept watching the battle with hope that the raven haired trainer would win.

At the battlefield:

"Alright Damian, how do you like Charizard now?" Ash taunted as he watched Weavile stagger back from being hit with a thunderpunch. "Not so pathetic as you once thought, right?"

"Still as pathetic as ever!" Damian grunted as he then put his fist out. "Use giga impact!"

"Flare blitz!"

"GRRRUUUAAAWWW!"

"VVVVVIIILLLLEEE!"

Both pokemon made their respective auras and closed the gap in a matter of seconds. The two pokemon stood at a stalemate for a couple of seconds, but then one pokemon staggered and fell back in front of his trainer. "Charizard, go in with dragon claw!" Ash shouted as he watched Weavile on his knees in front of Damian.

"Gruaw!" Charizard shouted as he took flight and made his claws glow green while looking down at Weavile.

"Weavile get up and use night slash!" Damian ordered in a panicked voice as he saw the incoming attack. Weavile looked up and made his purple blade to then jump up in the direction of Charizard. The dark and ice type then leaped off towards Charizard and instantly interlocked his purple blade in the infernal dragon's green claws.

"ROAR!" Charizard shouted as he pulled back his claw a little bit to then thrust forward and follow through. Weavile was instantly ejected from the collision and ended up landing on the ground in front of Damian with a large explosion which picked up the sand from the ground. "GRRRUUUUAWWWWW!" Charizard shouted as he pumped his fists and roared victoriously. Damian looked shocked as in front of him was a knocked out Weavile who was groaning something clearly inaudible to everyone else in the stadium.

Rob gritted his teeth as he raised his hand: "Weavile is unable to battle, Charizard wins!"

"And it is over for Weavile! Ash managed to tie the match!"

"Alright Charizard, you were great, return!" Ash shouted as he recalled his fire type back into his pokeball. The large fire type roared once more as he returned back into his device, which was later put back into Ash's belt. Damian stayed silent as he recalled his Weavile into his pokeball which Ash found kind of sad as he seemed disappointed in Weavile's power. Ash though, knowing his options, did not want to hurt Noivern any more than he already was, so he pointed forward, "Pikachu, I choose you!"

"Pika!" Pikachu shouted as he jumped into the sand and began to collect electricity on his cheeks. "Pika Pikachu!"

"Ash substitutes his Charizard for Pikachu! How will Damian respond?"

Damian did not even hesitate to take out a pokeball as he then threw it forward: "Gigalith let's go!" The pokeball then opened up to a large blue and red rock formation that stood on four legs with a clearly menacing stance. Instantly, Ash saw as a whip of the sand then began to go around which caused him to instantly notice what was going on: sandstream. Before he knew it, there was a storm of sand enveloping him and Pikachu.

"A Gigalith against Pikachu, this will be an interesting battle of sizes, although it seems Ash has learned to adapt to sandstorms during this league!"

"Pika…" Pikachu groaned as he felt the sandstorm once again during this league. Ash did not look shocked as he noticed that this was the third time that he was against a sandstorm, and to make things more interesting, it was the second pokemon that Ash had battled with sandstream as the ability.

At the stands:

"Sandstream? Another sandstorm? Ash's got this!" Calem smirked. "We know that all Damian has left is Hydreigon and the other mystery pokemon, but I am sure that Pikachu can take this one out!"

"He's right, but I still feel like it could be trouble for Pikachu if Ash is not careful, keep that in mind," Brock said as he looked towards the battle and narrowed his eyes seeing that the visibility was poor from the point of view of everyone in the stands and even the announcer since there was just a large cloud of sand surrounding the entire arena.

At the battlefield:

"Hmmmmm…" Ash muttered as he recalled to his previous battles during this conference. 'Gigalith is stronger than a Tyranitar when it comes to physical attack and physical defense… But it is weaker against special moves, I am expecting some sort of strong moves from this guy.'

Rob signaled to start the battle, so Damian was the one that gave the first move: "Use hyper beam!" Gigalith stayed still as he charged up a very large dark gaia beam of energy in front of his mouth and then expelled it in the direction of Pikachu who was still struggling with the sand storm in front of him.

"Dodge it Pikachu!" Pikachu shot open his eyes as he then jumped to the right of the scene to which the hyperbeam crashed into the ground in front of Ash and caused an explosion that was big enough to make Ash flinch. Freeing himself from the blast, the raven haired trainer then looked at the ground and noticed that there was no water or anything that could help him with the sandstorm, this meant that he would need to wait out the sandstorm before he did anything or he could go ahead and do the same strategy he used against Trevor. Knowing this, Ash smirked as he called out to his pokemon: "Pikachu, can you hear me?"

"Pika!"

"Go for an electric overdrive now!"

"Pika pika pika pika!" Pikachu shouted as he made the rain clouds that began to appear slowly in the sky. Pikachu then ignited himself in electricity as the sandstorm began to clear around him. "PIKA!" Pikachu shouted as he summoned lightning that then slammed into Gigalith, but the rock type got back up to see that Pikachu, covered in electricity had jumped into the air and was on its way to send the barrage of lightning land towards Gigalith.

"The sandstorm is over just like it was predicted, but what can Damian do to stop the powerful attack?"

"Use stone edge!" Damian shouted while putting his fist out. The large rock type made a battle cry as he made the blue rocks appear in front of him and go towards the electric mouse. Just as Pikachu was about to slam his electric fist into the sand, a blue rock shot out of the ground and slammed into Pikachu's thoracic cavity this launching the smaller creature into the air.

"Pikachu!" Ash exclaimed as his best friend landed in front of him. "Are you alright Pikachu?" Ash asked with a very worried expression on his face as he noticed that the rain had prevented the sandstorm from going any further, but the rain had stopped after Pikachu was hit, and to make things worse, the attack did not go through. All Ash got was the sandstorm to be forcefully eradicated. "Pikachu,you still feel like you got this?"

"Pika pikachu!" Pikachu shouted as he got on all fours without missing a beat.

Ash then flinched as he heard Damian made his next call: "Go for a stone edge again!"

"GIGA!"

The rocks got closer and closer, but Ash knew what he had to do in order to prevent Pikachu from getting hit: "Pikachu use iron tail and use it to slam your way up into the air!"

"PIKA! PIKACHU!" Pikachu shouted as he swung his hardened tail around and then down cut on a blue stone that was in front of him. Pikachu then saw himself getting high up into the air and overlooking the sandy arena as he then smirked down. "Pikachu!"

A mirage image of Ash then gave Pikachu the next command as the electric mouse charged himself up in electricity: "Use reverse counter shield!"

"Pika… CHUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Pikachu exclaimed as he began to spin and send a bolt of electricity down towards Gigalith in a spiraling matter. Gigalith groaned in pain as he sank a little after receiving the continuous attack. "PIKA!" Pikachu shouted to another command of iron tail from Ash to which he slammed down on Gigalith's head with a powerful steel type move that made the rock type stagger a little.

"What an amazing combination of moves to hit Gigalith! Extremely well done by Ash and Pikachu!"

"We were not finished yet, you ready to try and keep up with us?" Ash asked with a very mature and commanding voice towards Damian, the blue haired trainer starting to look more frustrated by the minute.

"Grrr…" Damian grunted as he then put his hand out. "How do you like this move? Specially to your pesky electric type! Earthquake!"

"GIGALITH!" Gigalith shouted as he made the ground begin to shake and break apart from below. It was something that Pikachu was looking wide eyed at as he then noticed that Ash was not flinching at all, in fact he was smirking.

"Earthquake? This will be devastating for Pikachu!"

Ash pointed forward in a very commanding matter and did not even bother to second guess his attack, "Use quick attack!" Pikachu did not know what Ash was up to, but he went with it as he made a trail of white power circle around him. Pikachu then shot out like a bullet through the shaking and cracking earth as he avoided the growing cracks that the ground type move was causing, this made Ash become even more determined as he noticed that there were some rocks that were being thrown around by the shaking earth which caused him to smile and point upwards: "Now Pikachu use iron tail on those rocks and get into the air once more!"

"Pika!" Pikachu shouted as he took a small leap and then front flipped to slam his tail into the rock and then get propelled into the sunny sky while then arching down and diving towards the rock type pokemon below.

Damian flinched as he predicted an oncoming attack from Ash, it was clear that this would have to be one of the most devastating attacks if it actually landed: "Use hyper beam straight up!"

Ash did not waste time as he put his fist out: "Thunderbolt on yourself!"

"GIGA!" A large beam swirled from the rock type's head to then shoot upwards towards the direction of the electric type that was falling towards the ground with his electricity beginning to make an aura of lightning and high voltage.

"Pika!" Pikachu shouted as a close up of his gleaming eye shows determination and spirit as the two attacks collide. Pikachu being the projectile in this case began to run through the hyper beam with all of his strength to approach the rock formation in front of him. Pikachu then staggered a little as he got closer to Gigalith and then eventually made the attack be right in front of the rock type's face, cutting away at the dark draconic beam.

"Pikachu is catching up to the hyper beam! Can Ash pull the finisher?"

"NOW USE IRON TAIL!" Ash shouted while pointing forward.

"PIKACHU!" Pikachu shouted as he then made his tail glow white once more to then swing it around and then slam right into the Gigalith.

"BOOM!" Ash and Damian both covered their eyes to the large shockwave that shook their clothes and also flickered the lights and scoreboard of the stadium because of billowing electricity.

"Pikachu!" Ash shouted in panic as he felt his scarf waving in front of him. Damian stayed silent as he flinched a lot to the explosion in front of him. The stadium was cheering with a lot of excitement as the smoke began to clear. One look at the field made Ash throw his fist into the air with victory and pride. "YES!"

"PIKA!" Pikachu cried covered in nicks as he pumped his fist in front of Ash, obviously the electric mouse not being defeated.

Rob looked at Gigalith and once again gritted his teeth in frustration as he looked at the state of the rock type. "Gigalith is unable to battle," Rob said with an unamused tone. "Pikachu… wins!" Damian silently recalled his rock type because of this as he then clenched his fists in irritation.

"And it happened! Pikachu has come out victorious!"

With Professor Sycamore:

"Yes Ash!" Mairin cheered as she hugged Chespie. It was not expected that Pikachu would pull off such an amazing strategy to defeat such a colossal pokemon and Mairin began to feel a large admiration towards the raven haired trainer, who was celebrating with Pikachu.

Professor Sycamore smiled down at the battlefield as he saw this and sighed, "He got the lead again, impressive battling from his part."

At the stands:

Night smirked as he looked down at the field and then turned to Jolteon, "It does not get better than that, doesn't it?"

"Jolteon!"

Serena was out of her seat at this point with a pumped fist: "Alright Ash!" She shouted through the cheering crowd as she felt the sun light beam down on her face.

"That was impressive, I have to say that as an electric type specialist," Clemont admitted as he looked proud of his friend on the field.

At the battlefield:

"Your win streak ends here, Ash," Damian said with a very serious tone. "GO BLASTOISE!"

Damian threw the pokeball into the air, which then opened to a flashing light that then exposed a large blue turtle with a brown shell that had two water shooters on either side, who also had a mega stone on his left hand.

"And Damian has now revealed the last pokemon of his team next to Hydreigon! It is a powerful looking Blastoise!"

Ash smirked at this as he looked at Pikachu and nodded and pumped a fist in front of him, "Pikachu and I will then have to show you how it's done!" Ash then put his hand out with gleaming auburn eyes: "Use thunderbolt!"

"Pika!" Pikachu shouted as he ran forward a little and then hopped into the air with crackling electricity while making a back flip to then shoot electricity with determined and gleaming eyes towards the large turtle through the sand. "PIKA… CHUUUUUUUUUUUU!"

The scene then freezes with Ash and Damian opposing each other, Blastoise and Hydreigon with Damian as Pikachu, Noivern, and Charizard were with Ash. The climax is right around the corner!

A/N: How will this battle end? Will Ash win? Will Damian ultimately humiliate Ash into a depressive state? The end is soon to come for the battle, and this is definitely something that everyone has been waiting for!

Remember to R & R and I will see you guys next time!

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Responding to some reviews:

Ninjafang1331: Thanks for reviewing! I am glad you enjoyed!

NickThePikachu2: But what happens if Ash loses instead? Uh oh...

Amourshipper35: Let's see what happens next chapter, and spoiling is not orthodox in my story ;)!

Ryan: NOOIIIIIVVVVVVEEEERRRRRNNNN! GOOOOOOODDDDRRAAAAAA!

Thor94: IDK, maybe Diantha is also corrupt, who knows? Anyways, Goodra didn't do much... RIP! Glad you enjoyed and thanks for reviewing!

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TFlameNeedsAMega: Maybe I will give a story on Clemont and Korrina later, right now we are focused on ze Kalos League! I am glad you enjoyed, but FYI, I already finished this book a some time ago, so there will be a conclusion to this story, at least this arc! Thanks for reviewing!