Sinnoh League Victors

So the final battle of the Championship. After defeating Tobias, don't you think Ash can defeat pretty much anyone? Well Cynthia isn't just anyone too but you get the point. I skipped right into the Championship battle because I didn't want to write the final battle of the Sinnoh League. Let's just say that after defeating Tobias, Ash pretty much owned his last opponent and won his first official League. There will be a short recap from that battle and also for the Elite Four battles. To fight the Champion you have to beat the Elite first. That's basic knowledge from the Games.

Brief spoiler, however: Ash is not fighting Cynthia with the same team he used against Tobias. That team is very strong. But the team Ash shows today will prove that any of his Pokemon is strong.

Let's read!

Chapter 2: Passing Off The Torch

Ash stood on his side of the giant arena, ready to fight. As always he was accompanied by his starter Pikachu, although the Electric Pokemon would not be participating. This was the official final battle and Ash was going to go for the tittle of Pokemon League Champion. Despite his victory over Tobias and his Legends, it didn't mean this was going to be any easier. After all it was Cynthia, who he was fighting against. But Ash wasn't going to go easy on anybody. He had come a long way to throw everything away just to play fair. If he had to overpower things then he would.

His last match in the Valley of Lily Conference hadn't been as exciting as the others had. Just like before the match, the raven-haired trainer had made sure his team for the match had learnt new moves. The trainer had been Zane Trusdale and was from the Hoenn region. He had first used an Electivire and Ash fought it with his Torterra. The trainer from Hoenn thought that he would win, when his Lightning Pokemon charged with an Ice Punch. Ash, however, knowing that tactic after fighting the Gym Leader Volkner, merely ordered his Grass Pokemon to use Earthquake. Incredibly, Electivire fell uncounscious right away by the supper effective move. Then Zane had called out his Houndoom using Flamethrower on Torterra. The Grass starter, however, had survived the attack unscathed and then unleashed his more powerful Hyper Beam, knocking the Dark/Fire Pokemon right away. After that, Ash had recalled his Grass Pokemon and called out his Tauros to fight against Zane's Hitmonchan. Despite type disadvantage, Tauros knocked out his opponent with his newly-learnt Zen Headbutt. For the fourth match between Ash's Totodile and Zane's Leafeon. Ash again won his battle thanks to the fact he had taught Totodile how to use Ice Beam and Ice Fang. After the battle, Totodile had evolved into his second form of Croconaw.

Zane's last two Pokemon, a Duskull and a Rhydon had been simply knocked out by Ash's Infernape using Flamethrower on the Ghost-type Pokemon and Mach Punch on the Rock-type Pokemon. It showed how strong his Chimchar had gotten since Paul had abandoned him months ago.

The raven-haired trainer had later returned to his hometown in Kanto with his new League trophy, accompanied by Brock and Dawn. Many of the friends he had met over the regions had congratulated him, including a few Elite Four from the other regions. Even Scott had appeared congratulating Ash for his victory and telling him that the offer to become a Frontier Brain was still available for him. But Ash had politely declined knowing he had another battle to conquer first. After celebrating his long-awaited victory in an official League, the new teenage Champion had decided to head back into training. For that he had recalled some of his friends he had long ago parted ways with. He wanted all of his Pokemon to be as strong as they could before battling the powerful Elite trainers of Sinnoh.

His two best friends helped Ash train for weeks to get his Pokemon stronger for the Elite combat. In the process, Brock's Happiny and Croagunk had evolved into Chansey and Toxicroack respectively while Dawn's Buneary evolved into Loppuny, which made Pikachu's life a bit tougher to handle.

After a few weeks to prepare himself and a few evolutions, Ash's first Elite battle had been against Aaron. The Bug expert, while having fully-evolved and powerful Pokemon was no match for Ash's returned Pidgeot. The fully-evolved Flying Pokemon from Kanto proved just how strong it had got in the wild and training with Ash by making quick work of Aaron's Beautifly and Vespiqueen though almost losing to Aron's Scizor. But the Flying Pokemon from Kanto remained standing giving Ash his first Elite victory after a combination Steel Wing/Brave Bird.

Just a few weeks later came Bertha, the Ground-type expert. She proved to give a tougher competition to the teenage trainer. Ash had knocked out her Golem using his Glalie. Her Hippowdon finished Ash's winning streak by knocking out Glalie with only one Smack Down showing why it was her starter. However, Ash's Torkoal managed to broke the tie one-on-one after dispatching Hippowdon with a well-placed Solar Beam but then losing to Bertha's Rhyperior after a clash of Rock Climb and Rock Wrecker at point blank. However, Ash had then called out his Squirtle. Despite Bertha's last Pokemon having the ability Solid Rock to reduce the damage of effective moves, Squirtle's timing evolution into Wartortle turned the tide into Ash's favor. Using some of his newly-learnt moves including Water Pledge had been all that was needed to claim victory.

Compared to the latter, however, Lucian had been a much more weaker opponent. He could order his Pokemon with his Psychic powers, which gave him an advantage. But Ash had fought psychic trainers before and only needed Corphish to win. Lucian's Espeon had started the battle with Confusion. Which had of course caused Ash's Water Pokemon to land all of its attacks against the Psychic Pokemon. No one could still comprehend why the Water Pokemon had that unique quality. After knocking Espeon with a combination Vice Grip and Crabbhammer, Corphish had evolved into Crawdaunt gaining the secondary Dark type and full immunity to Psychic moves. Everything went downhill for Lucian as his Girafarig went down with only one powerful Dark Pulse. However, Bronzong defeated Crawdaunt after a very strenuous battle. But that left the Steel/Psychic Pokemon tired enough for Ash's Snorlax to obtain the easy knock-out with a double hit of Brick Break.

Out of the Four Elite, Flint had been the toughest challenge yet. Ash still remembered his unofficial battle and how he had lost three Pokemon to Flint's Infernape without landing any kind of damage whatsoever. This time, however, things had been more equal after training relentlessly. Flint's Camerupt was defeated by Ash's Buizel, which evolved into Floatzel. Then Ash defeated his Magmortar with his Noctowl, making sure to use special attacks to not be affected by Flame Body. However, things got worse for Ash as Infernape came up. The challenger had hoped that now his Water Pokemon could make some damage to Flint's powerful starter before he had to use his last Pokemon. While Floatzel managed to score a lot of Water moves and his new move Air Cutter, doing real damage to the Fighting Pokemon, Infernape casually disposed of Ash's Floatzel with only needing one Thunder Punch. Then Noctowl went again using her powerful Flying and Psychic moves. Infernape took a lot of damage from her before finally knocking her when their Sky Attack and Flare Blitz clashed mid air. Ash then released his last partner hoping that Infernape had been worn out enough. Everyone watching the fight had been shocked to see Ash's Meganium showing up. Everyone thought Ash had lost the battle right away. But the seasoned trainer from Kanto proved how wrong everyone was. His fully-evolved Grass starter used Stun Spore to paralyze Infernape, then Poison Powder to poison him and finally Attract to make the Fire starter unable to strike a hit. With the enemy infatuated, paralyzed and poisoned, Meganium proceeded to unleash hell on Earth by her trainer's commands, using a devastating Frenzy Plant/Gigadrain combo. Flint's Infernape finally went down giving Ash the last victory he needed.

And now, four months after his last Elite battle, Ash stood ready to fight against one of the strongest trainers in the whole world. He had trained with a lot of his Pokemon for this very day, not skipping any details in moves and how to use their abilities. He had first thought about using the same team he had used against Tobias. However, Ash wanted to prove all of his Pokemon were strong to challenge powerful rivals.

The Champion Cynthia, appeared on her side waving her hand to the audience. Her long blonde hair went down to her waist, one bang covering her charming cerulean eye. She looked very calmed but not arrogantly like Tobias had first been. After all, the gorgeous Champion knew who she was dealing with. All of Ash's accomplishments weren't very secret to find out. And that's without counting all the things she had seen for herself.

High on the stances, Ash could see some of his friends from the other regions cheering for him. Brock and Dawn were first in line, with their gym leader friend Misty, the seasoned coordinator May and her brother Max right next to them. All of them hadn't changed that much since Ash last saw them, except Max, who was a bit taller and was now a trainer with a Treecko for a starter. Ash's mom Delia along with Professor Oak and Tracey followed the line. The sketcher from the Orangue Islands was obviously drawing Ash's moment of victory for his collection.

Ash also saw Gary with Professor Rowen, not many changes for the two. Though Gary no longer was smirking against Ash but supporting him all the way. The challenger for the tittle smirked back with a nod to his former rival and now friend.

But Ash's eyes almost widen in shock. The two next trainers were Lance, Champion of Kanto and Johto and Wallace, the green-haired trainer/coordinator he had met in the Wallace Cup and Champion of Hoenn. If they were here to support him then it meant one thing: Ash had to be a very powerful threat that even other Champions wanted to see how he battled first hand.

Well, the fifteen-year-old trainer wasn't going to disappoint.

The two strong trainers were ready to rumble. The audience rained down on them with cheers, flags and even a few panties from some ravenous fangirls. Ash didn't know if the panties were meant for him or the Champion. The teenager shook that naughty thought away. Battle now, wet fantasies later.

The official referee walked to her booth, the audience going silent to hear everything happening inside the battlegrounds.

"This is a six-on-six battle for the Championship Tittle between the Champion Cynthia from Celestic Town and the challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town in Kanto. Pokemon substitution is allowed at any moment. Now trainers, send out your first Pokemon!" The referee said

"Spiritomb, go!" Cynthia called out the first Pokemon of the match. The ghastly Ghost/Dark Pokemon from Sinnoh stood on the arena giving goosebumps to everyone looking at it. But the trainer from Kanto wasn't deterred at all. He had stood fearless against the mighty Giratina. This little Pokemon was as scary as a Magikarp outside the water.

"Gengar, I choose you!" Ash sent out his Ghost Pokemon from his region. The former Haunter he had briefly befriended during his journey in Kanto had returned now as a fully-evolved Pokemon. Thanks to Sabrina, the Ghost Pokemon had been in a lot of battles as one of her main strongest Pokemon. And it was ready to battle after some kick-ass training with his first human friend.

"Spiritomb vs Gengar, begin!" The referee said.

"I hope you are not trying to lure me into a trap" Cynthia stated smiling not going to underestimate her opponent. Ash was unpredictable. But then again so was she "Now Dark Pulse!" Spiritomb unleashed the spiral-shaped darkness at high speed. Ash knew that technique very well. It would do a lot of damage to Gengar.

"Dark Pulse as well!" Ash countered. His Pokemon fired the spiraling black energy into the same attack. The two clashed mid way, an explosion following and meaning a stalemate of power. The swirling cloud of dust covered everything.

"Sludge Bomb!" Ash ordered knowing Cynthia couldn't see. The Ghost barfed a barrage of mud bullets all over the field. Spiritomb received the shower of Poison-type attack. His body glew in purple colors indicating new poisoning.

"Use Psywave!" The gorgeous Champion ordered now knowing her Pokemon would keep taking injuries by the poison. Her Dark type let loose rainbow-colored beams from its multiple eyes.

"Shadow Ball!" Ash ordered a counter attack. The Ghost sphere flew forward at high speed making the two blasts explode again equal in power with no one taking damage at all "Now Substitute!" Ash ordered to stall for time and let the poison do its job. Gengar suddenly disappeared leaving a fake copy of himself behind to take the attacks.

"Destroy that fake with Psychic!" Cynthia ordered now. With each passing second her Spiritomb lost more of its health. The Dark/Ghost Pokemon's eyes shone blue and slammed the dummy into the ground. The real Gengar reappeared with a headache. But Spiritbomb was also looking bad. Or so it appeared. It was difficult to read the body language of a body-less Pokemon.

"Gengar, finish him with Venoshock!" Ash ordered hoping the venom had drained enough of Spiritomb's life force. The Mischief Pokemon cupped his hands and let loose a volley of purple goo spheres. Many landed on his opponent doing extra damage to the already-poisoned Spiritomb. The Pokemon from Sinnoh look worst for wear ready to pass out.

"Use Curse!" Cynthia ordered at the last minute smirking. Spiritomb sent the dark waves through his tired eyes into the Ghost enemy. The Dark/Ghost Pokemon from Sinnoh fell backwards completely out of power but fulfilling his job. Gengar's body shuddered now losing strength.

Ash grinded his teeth. Cynthia had waited until her Pokemon was out of power to play a clever strategy on him. Now Gengar would lose strength with each turn.

"Spiritomb is unable to battle. Gengar wins. Trainer, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said. The cheers started again for Ash, who got his first victory. Cynthia recalled her Pokemon smiling. Despite her lost she wasn't afraid. If anything she was excited about having a proper challenge so far. Many had disappointed her beyond boredom. In more ways than just battles.

"Gastrodon, battle dance!" The champion called out her Shell Pokemon from the west. The slimy Pokemon from Sinnoh stood ready to fight.

"Okay Gengar, do you think you can keep going?" Ash asked towards his Ghost type Pokemon. The Mischief Pokemon rose his ghostly thump grinning until his body shuddered in pain.

"Gastrodon vs Gengar, begin!" The referee said.

"Hypnosis!" The challenger for the tittle comanded. Gengar's eyes glew red sending the Psychic-type move. The sleeping waves hit the Shell Pokemon putting it to snore right away. But the Ghost/Poison Pokemon kept taking damage by the last attack from his previous battle.

"Sleeptalk!" The blonde beauty commanded surprising Ash. Gastrodon barfed a three-arc Ice Beam hitting Gengar and engulfing half of its body inside an ice coffin. The Mischief Pokemon struggled to get away from his casket after taking some serious damage and still receiving injuries from Curse.

"Use Dream Eater quickly!" The teenager ordered. Gengar sent a faded version of himself towards Gastrodon. The fading ghost went through the opponent sapping some of its life force. Gastrodon's head shook and now he was wide awake. And Gengar was still half trapped inside his frosty coffin only his hands free. Both Pokemon looked tired.

"Gastrodon, stop him with Water Pulse!" Cynthia commanded. Gastrodon sent the mighty sphere of high-pressured water towards the weaken Ghost.

"Gengar, use Energy Ball!" Ash countered back. Gengar cupped his hands forward firing the glowing green ball. This time however, the two attacks met in a much stronger explosion, the shock wave sending the two combatants rolling backwards. They both had swirls for eyes this time after the collision.

"Both Pokemon are unable to battle. Trainers, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said. Both Champion and Challenger recalled their defeated Pokemon for a needed rest after congratulating them.

"Bulbasaur, I choose you!" Ash sent out his Grass-type. The Grass starter from Kanto appeared ready to fight standing on four tubby legs with lime skin and a green bulb on his back. Despite its small size the Seed Pokemon was easily stronger than many Ivysaurs put together.

"Lucario, to the battle!" The blonde gorgeous champion sent out another Pokeball. The blue-and-black furred jackal-like Pokemon stood with his eyes closed in meditation. Ash was surprised to see an Aura Pokemon.

"I didn't know you had a Lucario" Ash asked towards his cute opponent. The fact it looked powerful told Ash that the battle wasn't going to be easy.

"You never asked me" Cynthia replied with a sly grin. Lucario opened its eyes with a stern gaze. Bulbasaur didn't back down from it.

"Lucario vs Bulbasaur, begin!" The referee said.

"Bulbasaur, use Agility!" The challenger from Kanto ordered. His Grass/Poison starter sprinted getting faster with each stride he made towards the rival. Cynthia waited with Lucario doing the same both looking rather calm.

"Stop him with Extreme Speed and Hammer Arm!" The blonde Champion ordered now. Faster than anything Ash could see, Lucario closed the gap between him and Bulbasaur in less than a dashing second. The Grass starter had no time to stop on his tracks, when the Aura Pokemon sent his glowing left arm swinging into Bulbasaur's face. It smacked the shit out of the starter, sending it flying back. The starter, however, back flipped mid air and landed on his four feet. Now it had a painful bruise on his face.

Ash smiled. Bulbasaur had taken worse. But some of his ideas would not work. Lucario been a Steel type had full immunity to Poison moves.

"Bulbasaur, use Growth!" Ash ordered. Bulbasaur growled his body scintillating with green energy. Now his attack and special attack had increased one each.

"Lucario, Dragon Pulse!" Cynthia comanded while she could. Her Pokemon cupped his furred hands together and sent a green sphere of draconic might.

"Send it back with Twister!" Ash ordered earning surprised faces out of everyone. Bulbasaur took a deep breath before exhaling a tornado-like breath. The sphere was stopped by the powerful wind and then pushed backwards with the draconic gales augmenting its damaging speed. The two Dragon-type attacks landed on the stunned Lucario, sending him tumbling backwards. He skidded to a halt, his blue fur ruffled by such a powerful Dragon combo.

"Use Grass Pledge!" Ash ordered now while Cynthia wondered what had just happened. Bulbasaur stomped the ground with his front paws. Lucario was hit head on by torrents of green Grass energy. However, he still looked without a mayor blemish.

The gorgeous Champion didn't know what to say. A starter knowing Dragon-type move was simply unheard off. Ash was more than what met the eye.

"Sky Uppercut!" Cynthia ordered now her head back on the battle. The Aura Pokemon run through the remaining energy pillars and sprinted towards its small-sized opponent. His paw-hand was glowing crimson red. Lucario uppercuted his Grass enemy, Bulbasaur flying high by the Fighting move yelling in pain "Bring him down with Blaze Kick!" The Aura Pokemon jumped high, his foot charging fire on it.

"Stop it with Vine Whips!" The Seed Pokemon lashed out with his vines from his bulb. The grass whips hit Lucario over his body, leaving some scraps on him. However, the Aura Pokemon grabbed tightly on one of the vines suddenly pulling it towards him. The Grass Starter looked in shock as he flew forward to the incoming fire foot. The roundhouse hit Bulbasaur head on his right flank sending him spiraling downwards into the soil. Bulbasaur stood up despite its obvious burns over his lime-colored body. Lucario landed gracefully like a ninja.

Ash was clutching his teeth. This Lucario had to be one of the strongest he had met. Possibly stronger than Sir Aaron's. Attacking it head on might not be the proper solution to beat it. He would have to incapacitate it first.

"Use Agility around the field!" Ash ordered forming a plan. His Grass Pokemon sprinted around the field getting even faster with each stride.

"Again with that tactic?" Cynthia thought to herself her brow frowning in question "Intercept it with Extreme Speed!" Cynthia's order was all Ash needed to hear. The Aura Pokemon disappeared from sight again.

"Hook, line and sinker" Ash thought smirking "Stop and Sunny Day straight into Lucario's face!" Bulbasaur followed the order, halting himself a sphere charging on his bulb. Just as Lucario was visible again, the glowing light on Bulbasaur's bulb unleashed a yellow sphere straight on. The sunlight intensified for a while but Lucario growled in pain by his now injured eyes.

"Point blank Solar Beam!" Ash comanded knowing this could mean another victory for him. The rays of the Sun were gathered into Bulbasaur's bulb and was instantly ready. The instantly-powered Grass attack exploded like a wide beam of power sending Lucario skidding backwards like a fright train. The jackal Pokemon slammed into the wall of the arena framing it. He looked to be severely injured now.

"Nice try, Ash" Cynthia smiled. Her face, suddenly turned into a stern look that sent shivers down Ash' spine "But there's a reason why I managed to keep my tittle of Champion for years" Lucario jumped back into the arena either ignoring the pain. Or just outright not injured in the least after the attacks. Both challenger and Grass starter gawked in shock "Use Fire Blast!" A deep inhale and exhale and the Steel Pokemon unleashed the powerful star-shaped flames. Ash didn't have time to order his Pokemon to move away, the flames impacting like a bomb swallowing the starter.

Bulbasaur was out cold with swirls for eyes and soot over his body.

"Bulbasaur is unable to battle. Lucario wins. Challenger, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said.

"Rest up buddy, you deserve it" Ash complimented his first captured Pokemon with pride. Lucario was tiered despite how strong it tried to look on the outside "You are up, Luxray!" The black lion-like Pokemon roared, electric tendrils flying from his black fur. Ash had met Luxray when it had been a Luxio, which lived in the sewers of Sunnyshore City. But after his victory in the Sinnoh League, Ash had passed by and offered Luxio the chance to come with him.

He had also captured a couple of Nidoran and Nidorino alongside the wild Swampert that had once attacked him and Wailmer. But that was another thing for later.

"Luxray vs Lucario, begin!" The referee said.

"Use Quick Attack!" Ash ordered the first move this time. Luxray sprinted at bullet speed leaving a streak of blue lightnings at his pace.

"Bone Rush!" Cynthia countered. His Aura Pokemon ran up to the incoming enemy with an energy-made bone clutched to his hands. Such a Ground attack could do a lot of damage.

"Double Team!" Ash comanded now. Now a whole pack of three Luxrays were running towards the jackal Pokemon of the Champion. The Aura Pokemon slashed with his bone but cutting through a fake "Now Iron Tail!" The real Luxray flipped forward with his silver-colored tail at the distracted Lucario.

"Lucario, Protect!" Cynthia ordered. The jackal created a green dome around him halting the attack with a loud clang sound. Ash, however, was still ready to win this time.

"Now Electro Ball!" The challenger followed up. After Luxray finished his back-flip, the Gleam Pokemon barfed the voltaic sphere from his fanged mouth without stopping for a breath.

"Aura Sphere!" The Champion called out another move. Lucario hastily cupped his hands unleashing his trademark blue sphere. The orbs clashed mid air, a shower of sparks bathing the place.

"Use Rain Dance!" Luxray howled, the sky suddenly amassing storm clouds above the arena. Droplets of water started falling.

"Extreme Speed!" Cynthia ordered wanting to end this quickly. She knew her Lucario was not going to last much longer after taking so many attacks.

"Iron Tail on the ground!" Ash ordered smiling. Luxray aimed his glowing limb hard into the soil. The ground rumbled by the mighty shock Lucario suddenly stumbling forward by his lost of balance at high speed. Luxray showed his fanged smile at his stunned opponent, who was shaking his head "Now Thunder!" With a roar, Luxray let loose blue volts from around his whole body. With the rain active, Thunder couldn't miss its mark. Lucario screamed out in pain taking a lot of damage. Its body swayed until it finally fell forward with swirls for eyes.

"Lucario is unable to battle. Luxray wins. Champion, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said. The audience again came down with chants in support for the youngster. Ash sighed. Another win for him. So far so good.

"Roserade, to the battle!" Cynthia called out her Pokemon. The elegant Pokemon from Sinnoh appeared with its flower-like body. Ash decided to keep Luxray inside the raining battle.

"Roserade vs Luxray, begin!" The referee said.

"Use Weather Ball!" The Champion comanded. Roserade obeyed aiming her hands forward and firing a blue sphere of water. The water ball merely drenched Luxray, making him growl in anger.

"How is that going to work?" The challenger from Kanto wondered raising an eyebrow "Okay buddy, use Electro Ball!" Luxray's mouth widen again letting loose his volt sphere.

"Got you!" Cynthia though to herself now grinning victoriously "Now Mud Slap!" Roserade punched the ground, sending a wave of mud towards Luxray. The Electric attack had been absorbed by the wave of nullifying mud and then it drenched Luxray's whole body.

"Baton Pass!" Cynthia ordered with a grin. The Grass type returned to her Pokeball, allowing the Champion to send another Pokemon "Go Milotic!" The extravagant Snake Pokemon appeared in its full beauty.

"Crap! She used Roserade to weaken Luxray's Electric attacks. And now with Rain Dance active Milotic's attacks are even more powerful" Ash thought after falling for that strategy.

"Milotic vs Luxray, begin!" The referee said.

"Use Hydro Pump!" The Champion ordered ready to take control of the situation. Her Pokemon sent the high-pressured stream of water from the back of her throat. Luxray was hit head on. Yet he fought back clamping his claws on the shifty ground to not lose his footing.

"Luxray, stand strong and use Thunder through the water!" Ash ordered back with a serious expression. Luxray unleashed the powerful attack sending it against the incoming stream, hitting the Snake Pokemon. Milotic screeched out in pain with lightnings flashing across her whole body. Now Milotic had been paralyzed.

But Cynthia was only smiling by that fact, still not worried in the least. And Ash felt that something bad was going to happen big time.

"Use Facade!" The Champion of Sinnoh ordered. The snake shot forward covered in a vibrant orange aura. The high speed snake hit Luxray, doing quite significant damage to it.

"That move again!" Ash cursed. He remembered when Pike Queen Lucy had used it too against Pikachu. With status change, it duplicated its damage. Luxray was barely standing back up, roaring while he could.

"Another Facade!" Cynthia ordered. The Beauty Pokemon rushed forward again. Now the move would finish the battle.

"Luxray, use Giga Charge!" Ash ordered one last move from under his sleeve. The Gleam Eye Pokemon rushed forward, combining his red aura of Giga Impact with his volt-covered Wild Charge. The two Pokemon met in a mighty clash the explosion clouding everything. The plasma tv that showed everything high up blew up big time. A vortex of energy flew around the combatants.

Luxray was lying unconscious. Milotic was barely standing with its paralysis suddenly gone. Ash had to guess she had the ability Marvel Scale.

"Luxray is unable to battle. Milotic wins. Challenger, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said. The raven-haired trainer recalled his Electric Pokemon proud of him. Now Ash drew another Pokeball that could turn the tide.

"Typhlosion, I choose you!" The evolution of Quilava appeared standing on its hinder legs taller than Ash. The Ferret Pokemon ignited the fire on his shoulder blades. Cynthia didn't recall her Pokemon, the storm finally finishing.

"Typhlosion vs Milotic, begin!" The referee said.

"Use Attract!" The hot Champion ordered with a surprise. Milotic winked exaggeratedly, sending floating hearts towards the Fire Pokemon. But Ash knew better.

"Dig!" Ash ordered. His fully-evolved Fire Pokemon went underground eluding the infatuating hearts "And now quickly use Thunder Fang!" The ground bursted open beneath the enemy and Typhlosion bite on Milotic's body with his electric teeth. The snake Pokemon screamed in pain. However, the Champion had one last plan to put into motion.

Ash definitely wanted her tittle. Well, she wasn't going to simply hand it over without trying.

"Use Mist!" Cynthia ordered before the electricity beated her Pokemon. Milotic cried a wail of lament, the arena covering in a barely see-through mist. The counterpart of Gyarados from the Hoenn region then fell forward completely out cold by the super effective damage.

"Milotic is unable to battle. Typhlosion wins. Champion, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said. Cynthia recalled her Pokemon smiling. That Fire Pokemon was fast, no doubt about that. But her strategy had been pulled out perfectly.

"Roserade, to the battle!" Cynthia called back her Pokemon. The elegant Grass/Poison Pokemon appeared inside the grey fog.

"Roserade vs Typhlosion, begin!" The referee said.

"She keeps changing tactics mid battle. Now Typhlosion can't burn Roserade!" Ash cursed to himself. His Pokemon's fire attacks would still be very effective but there would be no status change to help him gain an inch of advantage.

"Use Weather Ball!" Cynthia ordered. Her Pokemon aimed her flower hands forward. The ice sphere was flung towards the last evolution of Cyndaquil.

"Flame Charge!" Ash ordered. His Pokemon sprinted getting faster with each step. The ice sphere melted instantly after coming close to the Johto Pokemon, who didn't stop its charge.

"Poison Powder around you!" Cynthia comanded with a strategy. Ash wasn't the only one, who could use Poison moves. Roserade expelled a cloud of purple dust around her body. The fire attack hit Roserade sending her rolling backwards in a cry of pain. But the fully-evolved Fire starter didn't leave unharmed. The Poison move was now coursing through his body weakening him.

"Wild Charge!" Ash ordered knowing he had to end this quickly. Typhlosion growled, charging forward with his aura of electricity around him.

"Use Venoshock!" Cynthia ordered earning a stunned expression out of Ash. Roserade fired a barrage of purple venom bullets. Typhlosion's body slanted forward falling on his belly caving a path. Now he was severely poisoned. the raven-haired couldn't believe how his strategies were now used against him.

"Typhlosion, please stand up!" Ash pleaded. He needed his remaining Pokemon to be as strong as they could. The fully-evolved Pokemon stood up ready. That's what happened when you trained with stubborn Infernape and Charizard "Great now use Fire Pledge!" The Fire starter punched the ground, sending the torrents of flames towards the enemy. Roserade was surrounded and swallowed by the blaze.

But the Grass Pokemon stood up still ready to keep going. When the fire disappeared, the Elegant Pokemon looked at the rival with very mean intentions on her eyes.

"Let's not waste any moment. Use Flame Wheel!" Ash kept the onslaught on before Typhlosion crumbled. The Fire Pokemon rolled into a ball and exploded in fire around him.

"Psychic!" Cynthia ordered. Roserade's eyes sent blue waves towards the incoming enemy. Ash suddenly smiled taking a page from his fight against Fantina.

"Use Flamethrower while rolling!" Ash used his famous Counter shield. The Fire Pokemon unleashed the flames while rolling, making the flames stop the psychic waves before it hit him. And it also had the effect of doubling the flames around Typhlosion's body. He hit the Elegant Pokemon head on earning a screech out of her duplicating the damage. Cynthia was really worried now. The Volcano Pokemon stopped rolling panting now quite obviously.

If things weren't bad enough, the mist was dissipating.

"Use Gigadrain!" Cynthia ordered one last move. Her Grass-type let loose long tendrils of glowing energy from her flower hands. Typhlosion, too tired was snatched from his hands and feet.

"Use Fire Blast!" Ash countered her move rapidly. Typhlosion barfed the star-shaped attack before the attack could sap his waning life. The Fire star overpowered any expectations, hitting Roserade head on. The fully-evolved Pokemon screamed out until finally falling unconscious.

Cynthia had to admire the strength these Pokemon had. To beat type advantage meant some serious training.

"Roserade is unable to battle. Typhlosion wins. Champion, send out your last Pokemon!" The referee said. However, Ash couldn't help but get nervous. He knew exactly what Pokemon Cynthia had for last.

"Garchomp, battle dance!" The famous pseudo legend of the Champion appeared. The audience died down no longer whispers. Even Tracey no longer drew, far more interested in the battle.

On Ash' side of the field, Typhlosion was swaying drunkard. The poison was really going to be his end.

"Typhlosion, I know I'm asking a lot but please keep going!" Ash pleaded. Garchomp was Cynthia' strongest Pokemon and Ash needed as much fire power as he could to bring it down. The Fire Pokemon from Johto growled his body suddenly glowing red invigorating his venom-filled muscles. Ignoring the poison, Typhlosion roared with might, the ground shaking slightly by the second air. "Blaze is active. I only have one shot at this!"

"Garchomp vs Typhlosion, begin!" The referee said. Cynthia smirked by the power shown by the Fire Pokemon. It reminded her of Chimchar. Only Ash could have such determined Pokemon.

"Dragon Rush!" The blonde Champion ordered only needing one move to finish the battle. The Land Shark Pokemon shot forwards with her body shrouded by the Dragon Aura.

"Use Blast Burn!" Ash ordered one last move. Typhlosion mustered all the strength he could, the fire on his shoulders igniting hotter than lava. Garchomp closed the gap almost instantly by the same time Typhlosion let loose the fire stream from inside his throat. The sudden explosion resounded like an eruption worthy of Entei covering the arena with thick smoke.

When the dust settled down, Typhlosion was lying unconscious to no one's surprise. However, Garchomp could be seen with some burn marks on her dark scales despite its double advantage to Fire. Cynthia had to admire Ash and his Pokemon. They were still young but very much capable of defeating her.

"Typhlosion is unable to battle. Garchomp wins. Challenger, send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said.

"You were awesome, my friend. Rest as long as you need to" Ash said with pride to his Fire starter. It amazed the trainer how far Cyndaquil had come since his evolution. It almost felt similar to Infernape "Go Muk!" The Poison-type from Kanto appeared with her sliminess.

"Garchomp vs Muk, begin!" The referee said

"Stone Edge!" Cynthia ordered. Her starter created sharp stones around her body and flung them at high speed.

"Amnesia!" Ash countered. The Slimy Pokemon amplified its special defence, the stones hitting her hard. But they did no lasting damage. Or so Ash hoped. After all, Garchomp had knocked out Pokemon while barely even trying.

"Dragon Claw!" Cynthia ordered still not showing fear at all. Her starter charged at high speed with one of her claws glowing purple.

"Use Mirror Move!" Ash countered. Muk's hand glew in purple color as well, the two Pokemon hitting each other with great strength in the chest. Though Garchomp seemed to have receive more damage to its weakness to Dragon moves, recoiling slightly "Now use Poison Gas!" Muk barfed the attack with Garchomp so close. The pseudo-legend coughed in discomfort now with poison inside her body.

"Nice moves, Ash" Cynthia complimented her challenger. It reminded her of her first battle with Paul. Though Ash has come closer to beat her. Up to this moment at the least "But this is over" She exclaimed with her grey eye firm and decisive "Use Drain Punch!" Garchomp's claw shone orange ready to do some damage and recover its life points.

"Intercept with Ice Punch!" Ash countered hoping for at least doing more damage. The two punches met again, an explosion following soon after. Muk was to no one's surprise lying with swirls for eyes. Garchomp was now panting slightly. However, it seemed the poison had been halted for a few seconds after absorbing some of Muk's life. Which maid Ash's victory quite a bit harder to achieve.

"Muk is unable to battle. Garchomp wins. Challenger, send out your last Pokemon!" The referee said. The challenger recalled his Pokemon knowing one of his friends remained. And it was a rather strong Pokemon like no other. It wasn't a legend but she could do better than one.

"You know Cynthia, I thought I could have avoided using this Pokemon" Ash said gripping his last Pokemon hoping it could win his battle "You see, this friend of mine is quite recent. I met her when traveling through Crown City and asked her to return from her region"

"Crown City?" Dawn asked in surprise. There had been a lot of Pokemon there. But Ash couldn't be talking about one of the shiny Beasts of Johto or Celebi, could he?

"Oh I think Ash called out for a good friend" Brock stated smiling. Many of the viewers were looking at him expecting an answer "And a very powerful too" His lack of answer was met with angry looks from everyone. But the Rock-type gym leader enjoyed building the tension up.

"I choose you!" Ash called out the Pokemon inside. The mighty fire beast of Sinnoh roared. Cynthia's one visible eye widen in shock. Even Garchomp could see how serious this battle had now turned. Standing on Ash's side of the field was a quadruped dark and grey creature growling. His short stubby body contrasted with his armor-like skin possibly unable to be broken by any kind of attack.

Indeed, a Heatran was facing Garchomp.

Ash grinned to himself. This charade was going good so far. Heatran looked at her trainer and nodded ready to play her part.

"Garchomp vs Heatran, begin!" The referee said though her voice was shaky by the presence of a legend. Cynthia had to end this quickly despite her Garchomp been powerful.

"Use Dragon Pulse!" The blonde Champion started knowing to take things serious from the start. The Pseudo legend barfed the green sphere into the enemy with all of her strength.

"Dodge and Nasty Plot!" Ash comanded a counter. The rather chubby legendary Pokemon grinned at the incoming energy. For someone so bulky, the Fire legend back-flipped the Dragon-type attack avoiding it with nimbleness worthy of an athlete. With a smirk, its body glew in black color amplifying its special attack by two stages.

Cynthia rubbed her eyes feeling very confused. Since when could Heatrans learn those moves? And how in Kyurem's frozen hell it could move so fast?

"Use Ominous Wind!" The Champion ordered now. Garchomp cupped its fin-wings forward, a gale of powerful wind flowing. The Ghost-type move hadn't done any kind of damage whatsoever to the legend. In fact Heatran was giggling at Garchomp. And so was Ash.

"Brick Break!" Cynthia continued her attack as Ash didn't seem to mind. The pseudo-legend charged with her claw glowing again the Fighting move. Ash knew that move meant serious business but only if it hit the mark.

"Double Team!" Ash ordered, 'Heatran' obeyed creating many copies of itself. Garchomp only hit a fake with her claw. The other copies now started giggling becoming really annoying.

"Garchomp, use Earthquake!" The Land Shark stomped the ground with fury, the tremors eliminating the copies and sending the real one rolling backwards.

The form of Heatran suddenly morphed into something completely different, when dark purple light swallowed its body. Instead of four legs this one was bipedal with long talons on hands and feet. A lot of soft black fur covered its jackal-like body with a streak of crimson red on her very long main behind her head. Her grin was unwavering from her fanged mouth.

"There she is. Directly coming from Unova" Brock stated now victorious while the others gawked. Tracey went back into sketching down until the last detail of the Pokemon he had never seen before. The two Professors and Gary talked among one another passing notes about what Pokemon that was. Max was looking in shock and a bit of jealously while his sister just didn't know what to think of the new Pokemon. The two visiting Champions were looking to the arena with a lot of expectations. This was the end of the road.

"Oh well I think my charade is over!" Ash said trying not to burst in laughter by Cynthia's and everyone's face. In front of him stood his friend Zoruark, who giggled. Cynthia widen her eyes. She had been played for a fool. Garchomp suddenly stumbled back, the poison finally reactivating. Both combatants realized that. And the two of them wanted to win.

"Use Drain Punch!" Cynthia ordered. Her starter wasn't going to last long against the poison if it kept getting worse. The Pseudo legend charged with its Fighting move ready.

"Dodge and Night Slash!" The challenger countered. With incredible speed that one could barely follow, the Pokemon from Unova easily ducked down the attack with her right hand shining purple. Her uppercut slashing hit Garchomp in her chest, a lot of her scales cut open.

Cynthia couldn't believe it. If the poison wasn't enough now Garchomp had received a very powerful attack. If it had been a move with type advantage, Garchomp wouldn't have survived it. Just how strong was that mysterious Zoruark? It seemed to be as strong as one of the Pokemon Ash used against Tobias.

"Garchomp, get moving with Fire Fang!" Cynthia comanded, not knowing what was coming. Garchomp didn't obey her trainer. The ferocious Pseudo legend was shaking, her wings covering her face in terror. The Dark-type move made Garchomp flinch. Ash couldn't grin any bigger.

"Use Hypnosis!" Ash ordered knowing he had one shot at this. Zoroark's eyes shone blue. The sleeping waves hit the fearful Garchomp putting it to sleep and the venom affecting her even more. Cynthia looked on helpless as Ash unleashed his tactic on her starter.

"Jump on top of Garchomp and use Night Daze at full power!" The challenger comanded, hoping that the move might end it all. Zoruark did just that, jumping high with her legs and landing on top of Garchomp' shoulders. She rose her hands channeling a lot of her Dark energy into them. She shot them down straight into Garchomp's shark head. A giant dome of black energy exploded outwardly covering almost the entire stadium. The mighty Dark-type move trademark of the Zorua line had been completely devastating. Ash only smiled. If Zoruark could drive away three shiny legends, then one pseudo-legend wasn't much of a problem. The fully-evolved Illusion Pokemon jumped back into her side of the field while Cynthia's Dragon starter swaying while sleep.

The Land Shark finally fell on its back with swirls for eyes. The stadium remained utterly silent.

"Garchomp is unable to battle. Zoruark wins. The winner of the match and new Champion of the Sinnoh region is Ash Ketchum!" The referee said. The teenager stood there trying to comprehend the referee's words.

"We won" Ash muttered like of those words were hard to understand. His eyes lit up like a Christmas tree "We won!" Ash lifted Pikachu in happiness as Zoruark roared. The entire audience rained down with cheers for the young trainer from Kanto now Champion of the Sinnoh region.

Ash felt a sudden weight on his other shoulder. Another Pikachu was there giggling playfully at him. The 'Pikachu' back-flipped and turn into the baby Zorua. Ash scratched the Illusion Pokemon' soft fur in affection. The baby Pokemon then jumped towards his mother, getting inside her long main.

Ash felt something tackling him to the ground. It was Dawn with one of her famous bone-crushing hugs. Not that Ash minded at this point. He was in fact liking them. What he didn't like was the now bone-crushing hugs of both Misty and May. And worse, his mother. All of Ash's friends came down to congratulate him for his victory.

"Ash, that was just a superb battle you pulled out" Samuel Oak congratulated the pride of Pallet Town, shaking hands.

"Well young man, the battle here proves how much you've grown since I met you back in my lab" Profesor Rowen said now shaking hands with the new Champion. Ash rubbed his head. Considering how he had tied/lost a battle with Paul almost a year and half ago and now he was a regional Champion then it meant a substantial improvement.

Next to the exit of the stadium, the purple-haired trainer called Paul was grinning. It seemed Ash had again surpassed him in every possible way. He turned around taking his leave.

But his rival's victory didn't mean he would stop training.

Far away from there in Veilstone City, Reggie was watching the match with a lot of his brother's Pokemon. He couldn't stop chuckling after the outcome of the Championship battle.

"No wonder he won the Battle Frontier" Reggie stated taking his sight into the ceiling in deep thought "I think you have a lot to training ahead if you want to match Ash, little brother"

Back in the Kanto region, a certain chubby man in a Hawaiian shirt and wearing sunglasses watched the battle alongside seven other powerful trainers. Scott and his Frontier Brains of Kanto were all looking rather shocked. Though the battle manager did seemed a bit smug.

"Well would you look at that" Factory Head Noland spoke up first "I thought taking down Articuno and Brandon's Regice would have been badass. But taking down a Darkrai, a Latios, a Zapdos, and the strongest lady in Sinnoh was freaking insane!"

"Indeed" The elegantly-dressed Tucker stated "Such a display of power can blow up minds anywhere"

"Ash is no longer the same boy we once met" The wise Spencer chimed in with deep words "He has grown into a powerful man"

"You are right there" Battle Tycoon Greta stated almost drooling at the picture shown. The kid had built a few muscles after the last battle against her "Man, even if he is young, I wouldn't mind sparring with him topless"

"Thanks for that image, Greta" Anabel replied deadpanned, keeping her eyes on her fellow Brain.

"Oh come on little Ann" The fighting lady placed a hand on her younger frontier smirking "It's not like you haven't thought of Ash that way, am I right?" The blush on the psychic lady said everything Greta wanted.

"Either way, maybe offering him a place among us might still work" Scott stated smiling earning all the faces looking at him now "Ash definitely won't settle with just one Championship under his belt"

A few hours later, Ash was standing in front of Mr Goodshow and Cynthia at the end of the ceremony. Though the blonde beauty would be stepping down to let another one carry her torch. For her it was a blessing in disguise. With more free-time now, she could help her grandmother investigate more about Dialga and Palkia.

And maybe spending time with Ash might bring those legends to her.

"Ash, your match was incredible. I hope you do the best to uphold the tittle" The elder man said towards the youngster he had met years ago in Kanto. They shook hands in good terms.

"Thanks Mr Goodshow" The young Champion replied with a smile that wouldn't fade for almost a week. His dream of becoming a Pokemon Master was now even closer to come to be.

"Ash, I can only say you were spectacular" Cynthia stated very impressed. She leaned forward, leaving a kiss on Ash's cheek and a piece of paper on his hand. He rubbed the back of his head blushing a bit by her comment. On the stances, Dawn looked on with anger, her grip on Piplup making the starter scream in pain. Though Misty and May also seemed to be ready to get a death-grip on the former Champion. The others sweat-dropped by the ladies obvious actions.

"Why does he get all the ladies?" Brock cried out in a corner of the arena, Anime-style feeling sorry for himself. Max and Toxicroack dragged him away to lament.

The trainer from Kanto stood proudly with a beaming smile plastered on his young face. His six Pokemon for the Championship battle were around him posing for the photographer. Now he would be in the Hall of Fame of Champions. But while the flash ended and the picture was uploaded into the wall, Ash could only smirk.

His picture would one day be in all the Halls of Fame. That was a promise.

Notes from Chapter 2:

Bulbasaur "kind of" used Twister in the first season of the Anime. I always thought it that way so I kept it as a trump card.

Some of you may think that Ash just couldn't have defeated Cynthia considering how strong her Pokemon are. Well guess again. f you think that then Ash shouldn't have defeated Brandon or Tucker in the Battle Frontier. And those guys have had their regular Pokemon for way longer than Cynthia considering how old they are in comparison to her.

And considering that Ash's Pokemon are strong with their own training, shown in the Anime, then picture Ash training all of his Pokemon for real and with his friends for almost half a year. By the end of such training even Infernape and Torterra are strong enough to beat a legend.

And Ash won the battle though barely. To be fair, I did think about bringing a Legend because Ash certainly deserves one. But then I thought that Zoruark had easily handled Three Shiny legends and all the torture Kodai put her through. If that doesn't show resilience then tell me what is to be resilient.

Many would have liked the team that beat Tobias. But it would have been repetitive.

And Ash has more than one shipping chasing after him.

Well, the story is over and now Ash is an official Champion. Do you think he can obtain a second tittle in another region? Well, that's something I leave up to my fans!

Nothing left to say, see you later guys!