Okay! Here it is guys! This time the story is completely mine and it is here to stay!

I hope you enjoy this as much as i enjoyed writing it!

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon...If i did...I would be pretty awesome wouldent I?

Enjoy!

"Torterra is unable to battle! This round goes to Ryan and his Typhlosion!" The referee called, allowing everyone who had been holding there breath in anticipation to let it out. Expecting to hear loud cheers of encouragement, the young trainer looked around at the crowds of people sitting on the sidelines of the arena. To his surprise he found that most of them had shock and awe written over their faces, as if they could not believe what they had just witnessed. Some of the the people in the crowd recovered faster than the others and were now smiling excitedly at the rare chance to see the Kanto's Champion other Pokemon.

He looked back over to the champion, expecting the man the man to be in disbelief - but instead the man had a large, almost childish, grin on his face.

"Torterra return!" He called out holding out his hand with a pokeball in it's grasp. A red beam shot out of the ball, enveloping the large grass-type pokemon, returning the Pokemon back into the safety of its confines.

"You did great buddy, take a long rest." He said as he put the ball back on his belt, he looked up at his newest challenger who stood behind his final pokemon. "Its been a while since a challenger has defeated more than two of my Pokemon " the man said as he remembered the previous battles. His Charizard had been bested by the trainers Raichu, after defeating his four other Pokemon. Torterra was able to to defeat Raichu fairly quickly, but then failed when it fought the trainers beginner Pokemon, Typhlosion.

His smile vanished, a serious smirk taking it's place. "Now lets finish this battle, Infernape show them your will!" He yelled tossing the ball into the air. Out from it came a white monkey, with brown legs and arms, that stood as tall as Typhlosion. It had small pieces of golden armor across its upper chest, knees and elbows. The upper part of his head was engulfed in a searing flame that seemed to heat up the entire arena. It pounded it chest while furiously calling out in anticipation.

"The Champion has chosen Infernape for his third Pokemon! This round is between the challenger Ryan's Typhlosion, and Champion Ash's Infernape, Begin!"

"Typhlosion use quick attack into an Ariel ace!" Said pokemon roared before launching from all four legs racing down the arena towards Infernape.

"Infernape, dodge it, then hit it with a mach punch." As Typhlosion closed in it suddenly vanished, before coming down from the sky towards Infernape. The fire monkey smirked, already anticipating the move, and quickly flipped to the side with amazing agility and grace before landing back on its feat. Just as quickly, he span around before sending his fist into Typhlosion. The Jhoto starter flew back across the field, coming to a complete stop as it slammed into the wall, crumbling to the floor. The pokemon attempted to get up but his legs couldn't support its weight causing it fall down to all four's as it struggle to continue.

"Come on Typhlosion, I know you can do it!" Ryan yelled. Hearing its masters encouraging words the fire pokemon fought past the pain and managed to stand up, letting loose a roar, as a red aura started to flow around it, signifying the rare blaze ability kicking in. The audience erupted into cheers that seemed to shake the stadium, as they saw that the battle would still continue.

Ash smirked 'This trainer reminds me of me, to have the ability of inspiring strength in a pokemon, by nothing more than a few words. That is a true bond between Pokemon and their trainers.'

"Ryan, your determination and your Pokemon's strength continue to surprise me, now let us finish this battle." Ryan looked at the champion before smiling and nodding.

"Alright Typhlosion, Flare blitz, full power!" The Jhoto fire starter nodded before becoming engulfed in the burning flames. Launching off its four legs it vanished in a full on sprint directed at Infernape with a speed that took Ash by surprise.

He gritted his teeth seeing their was no chance in dodging the attack. "Infernape, Stop the attack, and grab a hold of Typhlosion!" Infernape nodded, planting both of its feet into the ground and firmly putting its hands in front, bracing itself for the incoming attack. As the attack came into contact with the Monkey, an explosion erupted where the two had been, causing the audience to go into a fit of cheers. As the smoke finally cleared off Infernape had both his hands on Typhlosion's arms preventing any movement from the pokemon. Infernape was breathing heavily with one eye closed in pain of the attack it had just taken head on.

"Infernape, end this with Flare combat!" The fire monkey grinned, seemingly forgetting about the pain it was just in, before starting to release all of its heat energy. The familiar flames of Flare blitz soon started to flow around only the hands of the monkey, instead of around its entire body. Every one started groaning as the heat in the room increased to unbearable temperatures. Even Typhlosion grimaced as the heat from the two hand that were grasping it started to burn its skin. Infernape slowly pulled one of its arms back, before letting out series of brutal punches ending it with one hard thrust into the gut. sending Typhlosion flying to the opposite wall, causing a cloud of smoke to appear around him. As the smoke cleared it was clear to everyone that the match was now over.

"Typhlosion is unable to battle, Champion Ash, wins once again!" The crowd let out a series of loud cheers. Ash smiled at Infernape and nodded his thanks before returning it. He looked up to see Ryan, returning his Typhlosion telling the pokemon how proud of it he was. His smile grew as he saw that his opponent respected his pokemon.

"Well Ryan" Ash extended a hand to the trainer "That was one of the most interesting battles I have had in a long time, promise me that you will go train some more, and return so we can have another great fight." The Trainer grinned and nodded before shaking his hand. "Also might I recommend, that you go take on the Hoenn Elite four, and champion first, it will give you a lot more experience"

Ryan smile grew "Yes, I was actually thinking maybe I should have taken on all the other champions before going after the champion of champions."

Ash smiled and nodded before turning and walking away towards the exit where their was a certain blonde beauty waiting for him, with an familiar yellow rodent on her shoulder. At the sight of its trainer It jumped out of her arms into Ash's.

"Hey their Pikachu, sorry for having to keep you out this battle." Pikachu said its name a few times before licking Ash on the cheek, making him chuckle. He looked back up and came face to face with the Sinnoh Champion. Her hair cut down the middle of her face covering one eye, as the rest went cascading, almost like a waterfall, down her back. Her lone eye gleamed with excitement.

"Ash, that Flare Combat move was simply amazing! It was a combination of Flare Blitz and Close Combat right?" Ash nodded. "How in the world were you able to get Infernape to control the flames into one point of the body like that?" She asked excitedly, causing Ash to let out a low chuckle.

"Well at first Infernape had a tough time controlling the flames, usually trying would send flames in every direction and leave him completely exhausted. After weeks of practicing we finally were able to get the heat under control, and it was smooth sailing from their." Ash frowned and grabbed Cynthia's arm and started walking, pulling her along with him as he went. "So...how long is until you go back to Sinnoh"

Cynthia sighed, as much as she wanted to stay here with Ash her duty as the Sinnoh Champion wouldn't allow for it. "Two days, I leave after our conference about the upcoming tournament." The Tournament was only two months away. It was being led by the Frontier creator, Scott. He brought the tournament to life almost more than a year ago, enough time for the man to track down the biggest names in the world, to fight in his tournament. Normally, this would not have been enough time for any other man to find and convince the best trainers in the world to compete, but Scott seemed to always know where everyone was. The tournament was one for the centuries, to crown a single trainer with the title Pokemon Master.

"What! But you only got here yesterday!" Ash hated this, every time he saw Cynthia it was only for a couple of days before their duties as champions ripped them apart once again. Cynthia looked down towards the ground, depression clearly evident in her eyes. Ash felt a wave of guilt wash over him. It was not her fault that she couldn't stay longer than what she was given, and he did not want to waste the time that they were given together.

Ash put his fingers on Cynthia's chin before pulling her up so that she was looking straight into his loving gaze. He brought up his other hand and gently moved her hair that was covering one of her eyes behind her ear, and slowly moved forward. Cynthia felt herself being drawn into him, feeling his hot breath on her cheeks as the two moved closer to each other. As their lips touched it felt like electricity was sent through every part of their bodies. Ash's hand moved to Cynthia's back, becoming lost in the cascades of blonde hair. Cynthias hands tangled themselves in his hair. She felt Ash's tongue rub against her lips, asking for permission to enter, which she gladly obliged. Their tongues. now exploring each others mouth, meeting back into the middle in an exotic dance before going back to their exploring. They stayed their for what seemed like hours, until the need of air forced them apart. As they came apart, the two stayed still holding onto each other staring deeply into each others eyes.

Ash finally broke the silence, leaning forward, even closer to the blonde champion resting his head on the crook of her neck as he whispered into her ears. "Maybe we can take some time off, my love, before the Tournament using it as an excuse to go train for it" Cynthia's eyes immediately lit up at the thought of being able to spend two whole months with her boyfriend. They had started dating only two months ago but, their relationship was distant. Cynthia smiled as she remembered the day Ash had told her the three words she thought she would have to live without.

(Flashback - Cynthia POV)

I had just finished a battle defending my title as the Sinnoh Champion. I walked up to the trainer I had just defeated congratulating him on an good match. On my way out, I bumped into someone I thought I wouldn't see for months...Ash. A large smile forced its way onto my face as, I took him in. His hair was in its own messy, spiky style, hidden underneath the cap that he always wore. His goldish-brown eyes seemed to give off a glow as he looked at me with his large childish grin. He stood towering over me at 6'3. His tight black shirt pulled against his body showing off his toned body.

Ever since he won against Lance, becoming the Kanto champion, we had seen each other more often over the years. We slowly began growing closer, until up to now, where I can say he was now my closest friend, even if I could only talk to him once a month. We had so much in common including ideas on how to train pokemon, tactics, we even had a few of the same pokemon like Garchomp and Lucario. He also treated me as another person, rather than 'Champion' like so many others did, and that alone was refreshing.

"A-Ash! what are you doing here, don't you have a match coming up soon?" Ash nervously put his hand on his head and laughed a little. A habit that I had noticed he did often, either when he was embarrassed, or caught doing something wrong.

"Well yeah I sort of do, but I needed to tell you something first, and it couldn't wait" I looked at him expectantly. He let out a sheepish laugh "Um, just not here, how about we go somewhere we can be in private..." I looked at him strangely. It was odd seeing him act so nervous around me.

"Okay, I know just the place." I slowly moved in front of him and started leading him to a place I knew we could be alone. We walked in an awkward silence that had me confused. Never at any time had their been an awkward moment between me and Ash until now. We found ourselves on the out skirts of Hearthome city, on a large hill that overlooked the city. A small bench was built underneath the only tree that stood proudly on the hill. I made my way to sit on the bench, and waited for Ash to do the same. As he sat, I took in the view. Out in front of us was a river full of life, running down the hill, as pokemon ran around without a care in the world. Behind it stretched out a huge forest as far as the eye could see. I looked at Ash and saw that he was looking around at the scenery. His eye scanning the horizon as the sun started to set behind the distant mountains. I smiled with a light blush spreading across my face as I noticed how cute he looked when he was distracted.

He turned and stared straight into my eyes. Inside of his eyes I saw fear, nervousness, and something else, but I couldn't quite figure it out. He smiled and took one of my hands in his. I looked at him confused.

"Cynthia, lately I have been doing a lot of thinking."

"Surprising." Came my immediate response, along with a small giggle. Ash let out a small chuckle and seemed to relax a bit more.

"As I was saying, I have been thinking, mostly about how you and I have become such great friends." I felt myself smile. "But lately I have found myself wanting more than that. I don't know if you feel the same way, but I need to tell you this." He stopped for a few moments and looked away back at the scenery before them. He stayed quiet for a time, before turning back his eyes full of emotion. He took a deep breath "I guess what I'm trying to say here is that I...I love you, and I cant imagine what my life would be without you here beside me." My eyes widen, and I could feel my jaw slowly opening. Ash loved me...ME!

He gazed into my eyes and saw that they were in complete shock, taking it the wrong way he tried to quickly amend his mistake. "I understand if you don't love me back, and I hope this doesn't..." I decided to stop him right their by crashing into his lips with my own. Who knows how long we stayed in that position with him holding me in his muscular arms. It felt amazing...the feeling of complete safety washing over me...It was perfect.

(Present Back to Ash and Cynthia - Third POV)

"uh, Cynthia you their?" Ash asked as Cynthia's distant eye continued to stare at him. He shrugged before pushing his lips onto hers again. It only took a few seconds before she responded and started kissing back.

She pulled back and put her head down on his chest listing to the sound of his beating heart. "That sounds like a an fantastic idea my love" she mumbled into his chest. Ash tightened his grip around her and his smile widened.

"Great! How about we go back to the hotel now, and we can decide when to leave?" He felt her nod in his chest before reluctantly leaving his arms. They walked down the hall and out into the main lobby. It was only a matter of seconds before they were being swarmed with fans, congratulating Ash on another victory. Ash smiled and nodded while continuing his way out, casually saying thanks to none of them in particular.

They had finally made it to the door when the crowds of people finally left them to watch a battle that had recently started between Paul and some new challenger that he didn't know. Paul was now the fourth Elite Four member. When Ash had become champion, the old champion, Lance, and Bruno disappeared to go train. Leaving Kanto down to only three elite members and Ash as champion. Paul was the only person he knew, other than the Elites and champions, that could give him a true challenge, so he asked Paul to become Bruno's replacement. He, surprisingly, graciously accepted it, knowing that they would be challenged by strong trainers often giving him a chance to train even more. Over the past few years, Paul became one of Ash's closest friends.

They finally reached the door, and walked out of the building. The sun could barley be seen over the distant hills. There weren't many people out, except for a few kids who were running around with their friends and pokemon, their laughter filling the silence of the city. They continued up the street holding each others hands. As they turned the last corner Ash saw that there were two kids, that looked around the age of fourteen, facing each other in a heated battle. Cynthia looked up and saw that the battle had caught Ash's attention. She moved closer into his side.

"Reminds you of when you were on your journey right?" Ash looked down to her before nodding with a small smile on his face. "Well then, how about we go traveling into the Unova region on our two month vacation." Ash's eyes grew in excitement, and he nodded quickly.

"That sounds like an fantastic idea! I have never been to the Unova region before!" Cynthia giggled as the young and adventurous boy she had met so long ago resurfaced. 'some things never change' she thought to her self. "Maybe we can go right after the conference."

"Maybe Ash, but they may not even let us go in the first place" That brought Ash crashing back down to Earth. But then he raised it back up and smiled widely.

"They cant stop us if we are already gone when they find out" Seeing Cynthia's 'please elaborate' face he started explaining. "We leave after the Conference and once we arrive in the Unova region, we call Brock and have him tell them that we plan on taking a vacation."

Brock had been one of Ash's friends who traveled the world with him, through every region and situation, Brock had been by Ash's side. They no longer thought of each other as friend, but now as brothers. He had finally become what he had been dreaming of his entire life, a breeder. But he wasn't just any breeder, but one who was a master at the art. He now ran his own Breeders daycare, while taking care of most of Ash's pokemon.

Cynthia smiled at the devious plan. "Well Ash, we may just get our vacation after all" Ash smiled and kissed the top of her forehead before they continued to the hotel. Where they went into Ash's room and fell asleep in each others arms, both dreaming of what the future had in store for them.

Okkay and that's it for chapter 1! yes I know not much really happened in it but that because i needed to explain a few things...And im sorry to say that the next chapter will probably be mostly explaining what Misty, May, Max, and Dawn are doing, at the time. But after that, the plot will get moving and the story will get better! Hope you enjoyed and Please Review!

Ages:

Ash:22

Cynthia:28

Brock: 27

Paul: 23

May:21

Dawn:20

Misty:22

Max:18