Hello! Alright I'm going to be honest, I have had this story done for over a week and a half. The reason I haven't uploaded it was because I'm too damn lazy. Plus I have a small problem in the fact that I constantly create stories. Basically I'm always daydreaming, but enough on that topic. Over all I am happy with this story. Although to be honest it's really fast paced. Incase those of you who have read my stuff before haven't noticed. However it will slow down as the tournament goes on. I just want to get the qualifiers out of the way before going into the main story. Oh, and just an FYI, I did alter some forms of pokemon logic, for example, pokemon can now learn up to twelve moves at once. Another thing is I edited the appearance of Lily of the Valley Island to suit my needs. Now it's a much larger, more mountainous and pine forest kind of place. Finally, and I need you to pay attention on this one, I do not own pokemon in any way, shape, or form, except for this story and the single OC in it (Cinis.) Anyways, enjoy this first chapter.

Ash sat atop Mt. Silver, he was wearing gym shorts and a T-Shirt, and allowing the cold to bite deep into his bones. Beside him, his traveling partners and friends, Paul Brazos, Hugh Sabine, Lucas Leon, and Red Satoshii, sat in a similar state. "Cold, Isn't it?" said a boy with long red hair. Ash opened his eyes and nodded. "That it is Silver. We have been here for an hour. I reckon we've trained long enough." Ash stood, as did everyone else. Lucas looked at Ash. "How long have we been training for without human contact aside from Silver and Cinis?" Red shrugged. "We've been training since Ash was sixteen and had won the Kalos league the year before. That was seven years ago. You're now twenty one, Paul is twenty two, I am twenty five, Hugh is twenty, and Ash is twenty two as well. So we've all been through seven birth…" "Did I ask for logistics, just tell me how long for fuck's sake." Red smirked. "Six years, give or take a few days." Ash smiled at his friends. "We've been training ourselves and our pokemon a long time. I get the feeling we are heading back to civilization any day now." Paul shuddered. "I hope not."

Ash laughed. "It's inevitable. Now come on, our pokemon are waiting for us back at the cabin, and you know how Charizard and Pikachu like to fight. Old habits die hard I guess," and with that, the young men headed down the mountain, towards their enormous cabin in the forest below, where Cinis was probably already making a meal for the big day tomorrow.

Cinis was stuffing a turkey when Ash walked in the front door of the large cabin. He was immediately greeted by a happy Pikachu and a flamethrower from over by the fireplace. "Hey Ash! How was meditation? Ash smiled and said, "Cold. Very cold." Cinis smirked. "Figured as much. By the way a carrier Staravia came by. Had a letter for each of us. I have to guess they're all slightly different versions of the same letter. We were all invited to a big tournament next week. I ain't allowed to compete being the current Johto Champion and having been the winner of the first one ten years ago, but I've been asked to commentate on all the matches with Cynthia, Diantha, and Alder. Winner of the tournament gets to battle Stephen Stone." Ash nearly fell over at those words. "THE STEPHEN STONE!?" Yelled Ash in amazement. Cinis nodded. "Yep, the champion of Hoenn for eight years and winner of the champion position of the second Upsilon Mastery Tournament five years ago. It's in about a week. However, it also said that all your old friends will be there too. So they asked you to go under an alias, but you won't do that will ya?" Ash smirked. "Not on your life. Mind if I see the letter?" Cinis smirked. "It's by your armchair, so is a mug of hot cocoa. I just finished it three minutes ago, before I started stuffing the turkey, so it should still be warm." "You rule Cinis!" Ash ran into the other room and sat down in his armchair. Cinis looked at Pikachu and held up a finger to his lips, handing the electric type down a ketchup packet. The little pokemon smirked and gave Cinis a quick salute, before wandering off the enjoy his tribute.

Ash snuggled into his arm chair, taking a sip of the hot chocolate as he tore open the paper, sighing in pleasure as the hot liquid caused warmth to spread through his system. All throughout the world several trainers were doing the same thing.

Dear Esteemed Trainer,

We at the Pokemon League would like to cordially invite you to the Pokemon Upsilon Mastery Tournament on Lily of the Valley Island in Sinnoh on December, In this legendary tournament, trainers and coordinators from all around the world will attempt to become masters in their selected path. The winner of both categories will be awarded as such: The winning coordinator will be given the position of the world's top coordinator and be given an exclusive mansion anywhere in the world, along with a grand prize of a billion pokedollars. The winning trainer will receive the same thing, but instead of world's top coordinator, they will be made an official pokemon master.

Attached to this letter is a round trip ticket for you and two other people of your choosing, along with a unique item to be attached to your pokedex, allowing you to carry INFINITE POKEMON! We also provide a room in a hotel for each party from the time you sign up for the tournament to three days after the tournament. The tournament will last about one month. We thank you for your time and hope to see you at the tournament! Please note Gym Leaders and Frontier Brains are required to come, so they will be at the tournament competing, and if you win against them there, you do get one of their badges or symbols.

Kind Regards - Charles Goodshow, President of the Pokemon League

In the Hoenn Region, a pair of siblings looked at each other as they finished reading their copies of the letter. "So what do you think Max?" Asked the older sister. "I think the first champion of this tournament was a year younger then I was when he won, so I'm all for it." Replied Max. The girl smiled. "Let's go then."

Farther off in Hoenn, a boy with green hair looked at a boy with a white hat and a boy with purple hair. "You guys going too?" He asked. They both nodded. "Excellent. I'm looking forward to this."

In the Kanto Region a girl with fire orange hair looked at her sisters. "Let me guess, I have to be the one to go support the gym as the strongest of all four of us?" The sisters giggled. "Right on the nose sis!" The fire haired girl sighed. This was going to be a long month.

In the Pewter city gym, Brock sighed in defeat. "I'm going to have to have Christmas without my family, this sucks." He said sadly. His younger brothers and sisters crowded around him. "It's okay Brock! We understand. You go and make us proud!" Said Brock's youngest brother, now ten years old. He laughed and nodded. "You bet I will!"

In Pallet Town a boy with brown hair read his letter and smiled. Just smiled. "I guess I'll see you there Ash." Nearby, a girl with a happy smile and a red dress and white hat got ready to make her way for the tournament.

On a small island off the coast of Johto, a trainer and a pikachu at each other and nodded, not saying a word, Ritchie and Sparky stood and walked towards Zippo.

In the Johto region a girl and boy looked at each other and smiled. Lyra and Khoury got ready to travel, laughing as they decided how they'd explain this to their parents.

In the Sinnoh region, five coordinators looked at each other and nodded. Ursula, Dawn, Zoey, Kenny, and Nando got ready to get going. All of them exited at the prospect of an enormous contest.

In the Unova region, a sibling duo looked at each other and smiled. Hilda and Rosa packed their bags and made their way to Sinnoh.

Farther away in Unova a man with green hair and a woman with purple hair looked at each other and smiled. They were going to have fun at the Upsilon Tournament.

In the Kalos region, Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena walked into a pokemon center in Lumiose City to find Clemont had a message. When he read it he smirked. "It seems I am going to be competing in the tournament in Sinnoh next week." Serena smiled. "That's great! Plenty of excuses to go shopping in a new mall!" Clemont suddenly shuddered. Wishing Ash was there to help shoulder that burden.

Ash looked at the bottom of the note. Smiling at a post script.

P.S

Hello Ash, I am going to say this right now, thank you for letting me know where you were going to be staying. It made things so much easier for me to find you. I do hope you will come. All the Frontier Brains are itching for a rematch, and I want to see how far you've come.

See you at the tournament - Scott

Cinis smirked as he walked in. "Postscript from Scott?" He asked. "Yeah. Oh one thing. Charizard!" Cinis flinched. He had been on the receiving end of Charizard's flamethrower more times than Ash had. Charizard looked at Ash. "He just gave Pikachu a ketchup packet. Usual punishment for fuelling his addiction if you would." Cinis just sighed as Charizard sent a flamethrower his way. Cinis had learned to just walk it off. "You know, I have half a mind to send out Yveltal, Rayquaza, Lucario, and Zekrom and blast his ass to oblivion." Cinis muttered to no one in particular. Ash just smirked. "Then Giratina, Mewtwo, and Latias would be coming out. Cinis unless one of those pokemon suddenly just became a fairy type I don't see a problem." Ash sighed. "Whatever, we all know Mewtwo would kick Rayquaza's ass." Cinis smirked. "In base form maybe, but when Rayquaza mega evolves then Mewtwo is fucked." Ash flipped Cinis off before leaning back in his chair and having another sip of cocoa.

Time Skip! Twenty Four Hours! Thanksgiving Day!

Everyone sat at the table with their eyes glued to the food. Cinis was singing a brief song before the meal. "All my friends were glorious, Tonight we are victorious! Now that that's over, let's shove our faces full of food!" People and pokemon sat around the enormous cabin, more like a mansion then a cabin, all of them stuffed themselves full of turkey, gravy, and potato. Ash and Cinis decided they would bring up the tournament. "So who's going to the Upsilon Tournament besides me and Ash?" Asked Cinis. Paul raised his hand. "I am." He said before pounding a glass of apple cider. "Count us in!" Said Hugh and Lucas. "I'm going." Said Silver. Red nodded. "Same." Cinis smirked. "Figured as much. We leave in five days so we can get their the day before. Everyone nodded. "Sounds like a plan." Mewtwo turned to look at Ash from his place in the cabins main hall. "Ash, if I may, I request that you not use us legendaries until later in the tournament, and as for your plans to not go under an alias, I wish to remove this idea from your mind. It would be better if we let your friends know gradually. That goes for all of you. I don't want to have to pull knives and nails out of your corpses so you can be recognizable."

Ash shrugged. "I guess that's probably fine. We're gonna need names though." Cinis smirked, "I have some ideas." He pointed to Paul and said, "David Trinity. It's an old alias I used back when we brought down Team Rocket five years ago." Ash looked at Lucas. "You can just call yourself Luke, Luke Arcus maybe?" Lucas nodded. "That'll work. Hugh can be Hilbert Colt." Hugh shuddered. "That's a horrible name." "Got a better one?" Lucas asked. Hugh sighed. "No. No I don't." Ash smiled. "That's three of us. Red doesn't need an alias. He's a former Kanto champion. That still leaves me." Red shrugged. "I have a spare name, Ethan Blue." Cinis nodded. "That'll work. Silver and I don't need an alias. Anyways, let's finish this meal and be in a food coma for a few days. Agreed?" Everyone responded by tearing back into their meal. The juicy, salty taste of turkey mixed with the starchy deliciousness of mashed potatoes drowned in a lake of gravy.

Time skip! AGAIN! FIVE DAYS LATER!

Ash walked off the airplane with a smile. He had thoroughly enjoyed being in public again, even if he did have to conceal who he was. Paul on the other hand was mumbling incoherently the entire time. Cursing about being forced into this situation. Hugh and Lucas were laughing as they walked down the stairs of the plain and onto the runway. Once everyone was off they walked towards the stadiums pokemon center. Cinis smirked. "I'm not going to stay in no damn hotel. Anyone wanna rough it in the forest with me once y'all are signed up?" Ash smiled. "Why not? I think we all prefer it outdoors." Everyone nodded. Cinis smirked. "Figured. Ima to let Goodshow know I'm here. Then I'll set up camp. By the way, you might want Pikachu to either hide or ride with me so he ain't a dead giveaway for your pals. Ash nodded. "Your right. Pikachu, you go with Cinis, but no ketchup!" Cinis grinned evilly. "Would I ever do that?" "Charizard? Want to come out?" Cinis pouted. "You're no fun today Ethan." Ash blinked before remembering his fake name. "Yada yada, just go get checked in and get us a good campsite." Cinis muttered something about sticking someone next to the porta potty. Ash just laughed as he and his friends walked towards the pokemon center. In order to change his appearance Ash had smoothed his hair and was wearing shades. Paul had spiked his hair up and dyed it black, Hugh cut his hair short and dyed it brown, and Lucas just dyed his hair blue and got a new hat.

Cinis smiled as the bunch disappeared from view. "They're a happy bunch." Said a voice from behind him. Cinis turned to see Mr. Goodshow walking towards him. "Yeah, good people. If you don't mind letting them using their fake names that'd be great." Goodshow laughed. "Don't worry, we let people have their names hidden or changed until we reach one hundred trainers." Cinis smiled. "Good to see ya again Charles. I haven't seen you since the last Upsilon tournament when we sent Team Rocket down to prison." Goodshow smiled as well. "Good to see you too, I let everyone know you've arrived. By the way, which of these do you want to cover? Contests or Battles?" Cinis smirked. "Battles of course." Goodshow sighed. "I was afraid you'd say that. All of you want to cover battles. However, we only have room at the desk for two of you." Cinis grinned. "I figured this would happen, and I have a solution. Let Cynthia and Alder cover an impromptu exhibition match between Diantha and I. Whoever wins get to choose one of the other champions to commentate with them in the battles section." Goodshow nodded with a grin. "Good plan Cinis. I'll get it set up now. Can you be in the main stadium at five thirty?" Cinis grinned. "Course, That gives me three hours to set up my campsite, and we can have the battle finished in time for dinner."

"Brock!" Called Misty excitedly. She ran towards her old friend and gave him a hug. Brock smiled. "Hey Misty. How have things…" "BROCK!" Brock turned to see May and Max running towards him. This happened again when Dawn, Zoey, and Kenny showed up, then again when Lyra and Khoury arrived. "How have things with all of you guys been?" Asked Brock. "Pretty well. Though I feel like my sisters are going to drive me into the ground." Said Misty. Brock laughed. "At least you get a month away from them." "Yeah, think positive Misty!" Said Dawn. They had met seven years ago at the celebration party for Ash winning the Kalos league. Everyone walked into the pokemon center and walked up to the front desk. "Excuse me, but where do we check into our rooms?" Brock asked Nurse Joy. Over the past few years he had been able to reign in his impulses to flirt. "Right here! Let me just register your pokedexs."

After a brief process of getting everyone registered Nurse Joy handed them the keys to their rooms. Just after that everyone turned to see a boy with green hair and a girl with purple hair. "IRIS! CILAN!" Cried Dawn excitedly. After a brief chat and getting everybody registered for their rooms everyone moved to the cafeteria of the pokemon center. "So… Has anyone here seen Ash since the party?" Asked Brock. Everyone shook their heads. "It's alright! No need to worry!" Said Dawn, trying to convince herself as much as the others. "I've seen him." Said a voice from behind them. Everyone turned to see a man with a red hat and jacket. Brock's eyes widened. "Your Red Satoshii! The former Kanto Champion!" He yelled. Red laughed. "Keyword former. Now as I said before, I've seen Ash Ketchum within the last year or so. We did some training on Mount Silver together. He said he misses all the people he left behind. I am guessing that would be all of you." Everyone nodded. Dawn, May, and Lyra were all extremely interested. "How was he when you last saw him?" May asked. Red shrugged. "Perfectly healthy and extremely muscular, had a Pikachu riding around on his shoulder. Always wore white and blue with a red baseball cap. This one here actually. Gave it to me as a gift on the day he left." Dawn almost reached out to touch the hat when she heard a voice calling, "RED! HURRY UP! I WANNA GET TO CAMP SOON!" Red smirked, "I guess I'm being called. See you all later." He turned and ran towards his group, leaving everyone standing there, unsure of how to react.

As Red walked outside Paul punched him. "The whole point of us using fake names is so that they wouldn't notice us moron." Red just shrugged. "They deserved to have some of their pain relieved. I was capable of doing that for them. Do you want to argue on this?" Ash just smiled as the two argued, walking towards the forest where Cinis had told them to meet him. They found Cinis just finishing propping up his tent. "Hey guys! You all are going to need to set yourself up on your own. I have an impromptu exhibition to go to, and you guys are going to want to watch cause I'm finally going to reveal my big secret. Just set your shit down and have Charizard and Pikachu guard the place." Pikachu sighed. He hated being left behind. He wanted to watch the battle. Ash smiled. "Don't worry buddy, I'll get a video of the battle for you." Pikachu nodded his thanks as everyone put down their things and raced away.

Ash and the gang leaned over the railing in the main arena, looking out at the battlefield as Cinis and Diantha entered. "GIVE HER HELL CINIS!" Called Silver. Cinis gave a quick two finger salute and had an enormous grin on his face. He walked towards his trainer box and tilted his head to the side a bit. He was in a very relaxed position that had been born from years of defending his title. On the enormous screen above the field, Cynthia and Alder sat together. "Welcome to the exhibition match of the third Upsilon tournament!" Yelled Alder happily. "I'm Alder the Unova league champion and I will be commentating on this match today! Along with Cynthia! Champion of the Sinnoh region!" Cynthia smiled at the camera. "Thank you Alder, and do we have a matchup today or what? Cinis, the champion of the Johto region since he was twelve years old, is now facing Diantha, who has been the champion of Kalos for ten years now!" Alder smiled. "I must admit to all of you watching at home Cynthia and I have a gamble on this. Whoever wins gets to commentate on all pokemon battles, which as champions are what we really want to do, and they get to choose who commentates with them." Cynthia smiled. "That we do Alder, that we do. Now then, this will be a two on two pokemon double battle. The match will be over when both of a trainer's pokemon are unable to continue! Now let the battle begin!"

At the call of battle begin Diantha picked to pokeballs and called out, "Let's win this my friends," revealing a Gardevoir and a Tyrantrum. Cinis smirked and said, "Time for some fun boys," tossing out a Lucario and a Feraligatr. Alder smiled up in the stands. "And the match is between Diantha's Gardevoir and Tyrantrum and Cinis's Lucario and Feraligatr." Cinis looked across the field. "Ladies first." He said simply, causing Diantha to smile as she touched the key stone on her necklace. "Gardevoir, go beyond evolution! Mega Evolve." Cinis smirked as Gardevoir transformed. "Not bad at all. It's my turn now. Lucario! Beyond evolution, Mega Evolve!" As Lucario did so Cinis grinned and reached for an amulet around his neck. He pulled out an orange and black keystone. "Alright Lucario, let's give the crowd a good fight! Go further than Mega Evolution and unlock your limitless potential. Beyond Mega Evolution! HYPER EVOLVE!"

The long black tendrils behind Lucario's head morphed and reformed into a second set of arms. His tan fur growing black and his eyes turning a golden yellow, all the spikes on his body now glowed with a blue aura. Everyone was speechless. Cynthia was the first to recover. "Well… It appears Cinis has managed to find a way to go past Mega Evolution. I didn't even think that possible, but it seems that he did." Cinis grinned as he pointed at Diantha's pokemon. "Alright let's wrap this up quick. Feraligatr! Use Ice Crunch on Tyrantrum." Feraligatr shot off like a bullet, its teeth transforming into ice before biting down on his opponent. Tyrantrum wasn't able to get away as he was tossed into the air. "Now use Ice Beam!" Called Cinis. As Feraligatr blasted the rocky dinosaur it became clear it wasn't going to be getting up for a while. The judge on the sidelines called out, "Tyrantrum is unable to battle!" Diantha's mouth was hanging open. Alder and Cynthia were going wild at the power behind the moves Feraligatr had delivered. Everyone in Ash's group was staring with wide eyes and amazement. On the other side of the stadium, Brock and the gang were watching in amazement. Spread out throughout the arena, Hilda, Rosa, Nando, Ritchie, Brendon, Clemont, Serena, and Bonnie stared in complete fascination. "Alright Lucario let's end this and earn our position in the commentary box! AURA FLASH!" Lucario grinned as it used Aura Sphere with one of its pairs of arms, and a Flash Cannon in the other. The result was a steely blue death beam that would never miss. It slammed into Gardevoir like a hurricane, blasting it away and knocking it unconscious. "Nice work you two." Said Cinis, walking away from the arena with his pokemon, leaving Diantha in shock. She hadn't even been able to call an attack before both her pokemon were down. Alder and Cynthia looked at each other. "Well… I guess that happened…" Said Cynthia. Alder nodded. "Ummm… Yeah… Shit… I guess it did." Cynthia glared him. "No cursing on T.V!" She said. "There's a reason this tournament is on the R-Rated channels Cynthia, and also a reason why you have to be fifteen or older to attend." Cynthia shrugged. "Good point."

Cinis entered the green room to see Cynthia, Alder, and Goodshow waiting for him. "Hi there." Said Cinis with a grin. The door opened behind him and Ash and the gang entered. "CINIS! HOLY CRAP HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT?" Asked Ash. "A year or so. I was saving the surprise for a big event like another legendary encounter." Paul stared at him. "And you didn't tell us why?" Cinis shrugged. "Didn't want to ruin the aforementioned surprise. The looks on your faces were priceless!" Lucas shook his head. "I've never seen you end a battle so quickly before." Cynthia looked at Cinis. "Who are these people?" Cinis smirked. "My traveling companions. I can trust you with their real names so I reckon I'll tell you now. Silver Guadalupe, Red Satoshii, Hugh Sabine, Lucas Leon, Paul Brazos, and Ash Ketchum." Cynthia and Alder nearly dropped dead at the last one. "ASH KETCHUM! THE TRAINER THAT ALWAYS CARRIED A PIKACHU!? THE TRAINER THAT BEFRIENDED ARCEUS!? THE TRAINER THAT HELPED STOP NEARLY EVERY CATACLYSMIC EVENT OR EVIL ORGANIZATION FOR FIVE YEARS IS HERE IN THIS ROOM!?" Cried Cynthia. Cinis nodded. "Yes, oh by the way, Alder is commentating with me." "DO YOU THINK I GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW!?" Yelled Alder. "Yes." "WELL YOU'D BE RIGHT!"

Ash was covering his ears. "I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU GUYS TOO! PLEASE STOP YELLING!" Cynthia and Alder calmed down a little. "So Ash, where have you been?" Asked Cynthia. "With Cinis and Silver on Mount Silver for about five years. Just roaming for two years before that." Cynthia shook her head. She was astounded that they had not thought to check there in the seven years of searching. "Why did you leave?" Asked Alder. "I did it to get stronger, these guys joined me about a year into my journey. Since then we've been getting stronger together. Though I don't know if any of us can pull off what Cinis's Lucario or Feraligatr did." Ash looked at Cinis. "You're not off the hook yet you know. I still am angry about you not telling us." Cinis smirked and said, "I'm the only guy who knows how to do it, so I'm the only guy who can teach you, and I'm also the chef, so I decide if you eat today. Are you sure you want to get on my bad side?" Hugh grinned. "He's got you there Ash." Ash just sighed. "I can't believe I asked for this shit a few years ago." Silver grinned. "Well you did, so suck it up." Cinis looked at the clock. "OH SHIT IT'S SIX! I WANTED DINNER TO BE READY IN HALF AN HOUR! I'LL TALK TO YOU GUYS LATER!" He ran out the door and sprinted at top speed towards the campsite, dodging past reporters, trainers, and coordinators as he moved at speeds that could only be rivaled by a thunder bolt.

Alder looked at Ash. "So… Managed to catch any new pokemon since I last saw you?" Ash smiled. "Plenty. In fact, everyone in this group has caught at least two legendary pokemon." Alder and Cynthia's mouths dropped open. "Which ones have you caught?" Asked Alder. "Silver caught Ho-Oh, Lugia, and Mew, Paul caught Entei, Raikou, and Regigas, Lucas caught Palkia and Suicune, Hugh caught Reshiram and Kyurem, Red caught Zapdos and Moltres, I've caught Mewtwo, Giratina, and Latias, and Cinis caught Rayquaza, Zekrom, and Yveltal. The other pokemon I've caught will be a surprise." Paul coughed. "Pardon the interruption, but I believe that some food would be nice, so I am going to head back to camp for dinner." Red nodded. "Same here." Everyone quickly followed suit, exiting the green room and heading to camp. Alder and Cynthia looked at each other when Diantha entered the green room. "Where is Cinis?" She asked. "He ran out of here, said he had to make dinner." Replied Alder. "Did he say who…" "Alder." Cynthia said sighing. Alder had an enormous grin on his face. "Of course Alder! It's my natural charm and humility that won him over." Cynthia and Diantha looked at each other and laughed. Alder face palmed, turning away and leaving the green room.

Ash finished setting up his tent and sat down by the fireplace. Cinis was cooking up a storm, grilling some steaks on a grill and slathering them with butter. A few potatoes baked over the fireplace, warming to a perfect temperature. As Cinis pulled the steaks off the grill he grinned as three people emerged from the forest. "Had a feeling you three would show up. I made some extra chow." Said Cinis to his fellow champions. Alder scratched his head, a huge smile on his face. "We didn't want to inconvenience any restaurants with a flood of people wanting to talk to us champions. So we figured we'd impose on you. You sure it's alright?" Cinis grinned. "As I said, I made extra food in anticipation of your arrival." Ash smiled. "You're all always welcome in our camp. By the way, call me Ethan. I don't think the others introduced themselves. Luke Arcus is the guy in the blue hat over there, David Trinity is the guy with spiky black hair, and Hilbert Colt is the man with short brown hair. The man with the red hat is Red, and the man with red hair is Silver." The champions nodded their understanding. "Alright ya idiots! Chows up!" Called Cinis as he started moving to the picnic table, a huge plate of steaks in one hand and a tray of potatoes in the other.

Ash leaned back in his lawn chair, a satisfied smile plastered across his face as he yawned. Many people around him were doing the same. Ash smiled as he looked over at Paul. He had mellowed out considerably and was actually friendly to the people he knew closely. He maintained a rough exterior though. As Ash leaned back he pondered what would happen in the tournament. The first matches would probably be pretty easy, but they would gradually get harder as the roun… "Ethan look out!" Yelled Hugh. Ash felt the chair topple over as he fell on his back. "Ow…" Said Ash unhappily. "Hahaha, Idiot." Said Lucas. "Shut up Luke." Said Ash with a groan. Cynthia shook her head. "It's been nearly eight years and you haven't matured a day." She said with a grin. Ash flipped her off. She tried to look offended, but a fit of giggles over took her and she laughed. Alder grinned and sat down in the grass. "I think I might spend the night here, if that's alright with you guys." He said tiredly. Silver nodded. "Go right ahead." Cinis grinned, he tossed Silver his guitar and smiled. "Up for a song?" He asked. Silver grinned and nodded, beginning to play Don't (Ed Sheeran). "Ah lalalala!" He sang as Cinis took the main voice.

"I met this girl late last year, She said, 'Don't you worry if I disappear.' I told her I'm not really looking for another mistake, I called an old friend thinking that the trouble would wait, But then I jump right in, A week later returned I reckon she was only looking for a lover to burn, But I gave her my time for two or three nights, Then I put it on pause 'til the moment was right! I went away for months until our paths crossed again, She told me, 'I was never looking for a friend.' Maybe you could swing by my room around ten, Baby, bring a lemon and a bottle of gin, We'll be in between the sheets 'til the late AM, Baby, if you wanted me then you should've just said, She's singing…" Ash smiled. Cinis and Silver loved music, it always made camp more lively when they sang a song together. He felt himself beginning to drift off as they finished. "We should all get some sleep. We need to be up early tomorrow." Everyone nodded and walked towards their tents, Cynthia and Diantha returning to their hotels. Alder just fell asleep on the grass.

In her hotel room, Cynthia was arguing with herself about her feelings. She and Cinis were close friends, and had been since they were five. However Cynthia wanted more than that. She had always loved Cinis's easy going nature and willingness to get in between someone and a pokemon attack. He had saved her from a wild Gible when they had just met, jumping in front of her and withstanding a Dragon Rage. Since that day they had been friends, but when Cinis was nine he had moved to Johto with his parents. After Cynthia became the champion of Sinnoh and was reintroduced to her old friend she began to develop deeper feelings for him. She hadn't spoken to him in five years, not since he brought down Team Rocket and moved to Mount Silver. He was also completely oblivious to her advances when he was around. It was beyond frustrating. Cynthia sighed to herself. It didn't matter anyways. He would never accept her as anything more than a friend. She shook her head and laid down to sleep.

In his tent, Ash was thinking about all the people he had left behind on his journey. Clemont, Brock, Dawn, Cylan, Max, May, Iris, Misty, his mother, Bonnie, and especially Serena. He never had the courage to admit it to anyone, but he had had a huge crush on her when they were travelling through Kalos together. He had been crushed when she said she wasn't interested in him. His eyes watered just at the thought of it. Deep down, he knew that the real reason he had left Kanto on his own was because he couldn't look at her without feeling a new wave of heartbreak wash over him like a fire. He hadn't left because he wanted to get stronger, he had just left so he wouldn't have to see her for a while and take the time to recover and move on. He just hoped it had worked. He sighed and closed his eyes, listening to the soft breaths Pikachu was making as he slept on top of him.

In her room, Serena was beating herself up over playing hard to get. "What was I thinking?" She whispered to herself. She had known Ash takes nos very seriously, and she had waited eight years for him to finally ask. So when he asked what was her response? "I'm sorry Ash but I'm not ready just for a relationship just yet. I probably won't be for a while." He had seemed to react extremely well. It wasn't until after he had been gone for a whole year with no word and she had found a journal of his when she was visiting Pallet had she found out he'd been heart broken. He actually wrote that he was going on the new journey for the sole purpose of moving on. Serena allowed the tears to roll over her face as she cried herself to sleep for the thousandth time in seven years.

The Next Day…

Ash walked into the main stadium with an enormous grin on his face. Beside him, Paul, Silver, Red, Hugh, and Lucas looked around. Some of the people around them had smiles on their faces, other's wore forlorn grins that suggested that they wanted to win. As Ash looked at the enormous board above them Cinis and Alder appeared on the screen.

"WELCOME TO THE THIRD UPSILON TOURNAMENT!" Yelled Cinis, an enormous grin on his face. Alder grinned beside him. "Yes! Welcome to the largest pokemon tournament in history ladies and gentlemen! This tournament has over fifty thousand total contestants in both contests and battles! Including all gym leaders and frontier brains! This is going to be an amazing tournament! Qualifying rounds start today and will go on for about a week! This tournament's language is going to be rated R. Trash talking and cursing are completely allowed, and any scandals will be brought up in our commentary! So be sure to monitor all of the matches for both the contests and battles. You might find out something interesting. Now then, let's take a look at today's matchups! We have twelve thousand of them to go through. If you will look at the matchup board we'll see who's battling who!"

Ash looked for his name on the battle board, grinning when he saw who he was up against. "So… I get to have my rematch. Maybe this time you'll remember trainers can use up to six pokemon." Paul looked at Ash. "Who in the world is stupid enough to think trainers can't use six pokemon?" "That would have been me." Said a cheerful voice from behind him. Ash and Paul turned to see a man with a red headband and cream scarf. "My names Cameron! I guess you're going to be my opponent! Be sure to give it your all, because I won't be holding back." Ash grinned. "My names Ethan, and I'm looking forward to our battle. Oh, and don't worry about me holding back. I'll give it my all for sure, and I'll win to." Cameron smiled. "You're overconfident. I like you." The two trainers shook hands before turning their backs to each other and exiting the arena.

Hugh's eyes were locked on the screen. He was extremely surprised to see he was facing off against a considerable opponent. Sidney, one of the Hoenn elite four. He took in the information and walked away, trying to come up with strategies to beat this tough opponent. Unfortunately for him, he didn't have the opportunity. "Will Hilbert Colt and Sidney Ciemny please report to arena four!" Called Cinis. "Fuck." Thought Hugh.

As Hugh and Sidney entered the arena, Cinis stated the rules. "This will be a six on six pokemon battle. Substitutions and Mega Evolution are permitted. The first side to have all their pokemon rendered unable to battle loses the match and are eliminated from the competition. Everyone got that? Good! Then let this battle… BEGIN!"

So… Hyper evolution is a thing. For any Spaceballs fans out there, there is no ludicrous evolution (Shitty Joke but whatever.) I am going to go ahead and leave a quick detail setting of which pokemon can hyper evolve, and which are now able to mega evolve.

Mega Evolution and Hyper evolution:

All the pokemon that are able to in the games

All starters that didn't have a mega evolution do now

Magcargo

Shiftry

Ludicolo

Hariyama

Tyrantrum

Aurorus

Goodra

Noivern

Regi Trio

Chandelure

Krookodile

Darmanitan

Gigalith

Magmortar

Electivire

Gliscor

Rhyperior

Drapion

Dusknoir

Conkeldurr

Haxorus

Accelgor

Escavalier

Magnezone

Luxray

Staraptor

Milotic

Slaking (I know this list is really long sorry)

Crawdaunt

Flygon

Exploud

Suicune

Entei

Raikou

Rapidash

Ninetails

Machamp

Primal Devolution:

Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina can all primal devolve while holding their respective orbs.

Groudon and Kyogre can obviously do it as well.