So I have decided to go through the entire series, whenever i get time to kill. In this fic, Ash shall battle all those trainers he lost against, orderly. Also I am not into the idea of 'Pokemon having only four moves'. Enjoy!

A dark trainer slowly made his way towards the shabby looking circus. The man peered up at the large wooden doors in front of him with a huge smile on his face hidden under the hood of his jacket. ''Looks like his Gym is official now. This is be fun, wont it, Pikachu?'' He mused, scratching the rodent's chin who settled on his shoulder, as it nodded in agreement.

He walked into the circus structured gym, smirking under his hood, at the signboard that read ''AJ's Gym Wins: 339 Losses: 3''

''Hmm! The idiot still keeps a count of his wins?'' Ash japed skeptically. ''Only 339 wins. That's adorable.''

''The way I see it, you are gonna be victim no.340!'' a voice so snide, caused Ash to snicker and turn around to face a tall, muscular heavyweight standing behind him. His face had transitioned into more rough and rugged look. He still had his Grassy hair well gelled, and those scars that he shared with Ash. He still had that whip in his hand. However, there was no change in his ego.

''I assume you are the clown that runs this circus?'' Ash addressed quickly. ''Do you also happen to be the Gym leader or you just the guy who wears tutus to perform her?''

''I like your irony,'' AJ smirked, unfazed by the insult. ''State your business here.''

''Isn't it obvious? '' Ash asked in an audacious voice, enough to tremble AJ's spine. ''Normally, I don't go to places which are dump.''

''That's it! Nobody calls my gym dump!'' AJ scowled in a sneer voice. ''You don't know what you are getting yourself into! I'm the best trainer around here!''

''By here you mean this dump,'' Ash quipped. '

''Grr…You'll regret coming here,'' AJ gritted his teeth, cracking his whip in front of the man, who didn't move a muscle at the action. He turned around to walk towards the exit of the tent.

Ash and AJ stood on the opposite sides of a large ring that the latter had set up out back the large tent and AJ was currently staring at the dark figure in front of him.

As both the trainers took their respective spots, AJ called out, ''Normally I don't give trainers chances to back out, but in your case I can make an exception.'' AJ tried to threaten.

''I'll my chances,'' the dark trainer sighed.

''Don't say I didn't warn you. We'll treat ourselves to one on one battle!''

''Accepted!'' Ash abided and watched AJ pull out a Pokeball, and enlarging it.

''I'm gonna get over with this quick, so I am gonna go with my strongest!'' AJ warned.

''Oh yeah…the word on the street is that you own a Raticate,'' Ash snickered, under his hood.

''Make all the jokes you want, but in the end, I'll be the one laughing!'' Tossing the Pokéball into the field, he called out. ''Battle time, Sandslash!''

With a flick of the ball opening, a light yellow ground dwelling porcupine Pokémon appeared on the field, its claws slashing at an imaginary opponent in the air. ''Slash!'' it cried.

''Let me introduce you to Sandslash, my strongest that's gonna leave your Pokémon in a condition unable to stand again,'' AJ cackled.

''You talk a lotta trash but most trainers who do can't back it up,'' Ash made a comeback, stopping AJ from laughing manically, and give him a death glare. Ignoring it, he reached for a Pokéball of his own, and enlarged it. Hurling it in the direction of the field, the ball cracked open and took the shape of a monstrous Pokémon with bumpy, blue-green skin and large pink, white spotted flower on it back appeared on the floor, glaring at its opponent as a sign that it was ready to battle.

''Pika..'' Pikachu ears fell down, as he was really looking up to this battle. He made a soft mumble, gaining its trainer's attention.

Quickly getting an idea of what might have made Pikachu feel down, he chuckled, by leveling himself down at him ''I'm sorry buddy, but let Venusaur have this one, okay? I promise you as soon as I'm done here...which won't be long, I'll go for some Chinese and you'll get your Ketchup''

Interested in the proposition, the rodent turned away and muttered something which Ash took as a response to be fine. He chuckled at his starter's behavior and stood back up to face the cocky trainer.

''I'll let you have the first move,'' Ash decided.

''Oh! That's sweet!'' AJ crooned in a lacy voice, and lashed his whip at the ground harshly. ''Very well, don't repent later. Sandslash, use Poison Sting!''

Following AJ's command, the inside of Sandslash's mouth began to glow white and it fired beams of white sharp tips right towards Venusaur, where it stood still, much to AJ's bewilderment. He just stood there watching Venusaur took the needles head on, causing an explosion as the dust began to kick up, clouding Venusaur.

''What? Didn't I give you enough time to dodge?'' AJ laughed loudly, while Ash just continued to stare at him emotionlessly.

As the dust settled, AJ who was hoping it would have been the end, gawked at the sight of Venusaur who simply stood there, unaffected by the attack, snapping its pincers, glaring at Sandslash.

''But how-?'' AJ's curiosity made a smile crept across Ash's lips.

''I'm sorry, were you supposed to be the best Gym Leader like you sounded?'' Ash's cocky voice gained AJ's attention, causing him to realize where he went wrong. ''Funny coz a real Gym Leader would at least know what type is a fully Kanto Starter. What a Joke!''

''You think you are pretty good, don't you? Well, I have seen Preschoolers who battle better than you! Sandslash, Destroy this creep!'' Sandslash was taken aback by the sudden hoarse voice of its trainer, but still decided to obey. ''Fury Cutter!''

With its claw glowing green, Sandslash charged up the power of the bug type move and lunged forward at Venusaur.

''So, you have been taking lesson from kids who sing nursery rhymes? Guess I should have known,'' Ash snickered causing AJ to go rant abuses at him, ''Petal Dance!''

Smiling to itself, the grass starter gave a slight roar, and petals began to float around the flower on its back swirling beneath Sandslash, who was instantly lifted into the air with pink petals, and dropped off on the floor with a series of loud thuds.

''You are better than I thought, but you still don't measure up to me punk, Sandslash, Aerial Ace!''

Sandslash flipped around at once and darted off at a blinding speed, leaving white trails behind as its erratic pattern threw off Venusaur as it stopped, to look wildly around its nimble target. Before it could contemplate, it was abruptly in the face causing less than a minor damage as the Grass Type moved a few steps behind. Venusaur could only grunt and feel the bruise on its cheek with one of its vines. Venusaur growled in aggravation turning around to snap at Sandslash, but it was already gone. Now, things were about to get serious.

''How come it didn't do anything!'' AJ gasped, the whip almost slipping out of his sweaty hands.

Ash just dignified the response with a roll of his eyes. ''Your strategy is painfully obvious. If you think using a move like that is gonna help you win, you are sadly mistaken. I thought you are more of a challenge!''

''Nobody makes Mankeys out of us!'' AJ Scowled, ''Sandslash, show this creep what you can do! Use Dig!''

Mustering up enough strength, Sandslash didn't think twice before spinning itself before diving deep beneath the surface.

''Power Whip!'' Ash commanded in a low pitch.

The Pokémon did just as it was told. Striking the floor with a mighty swing of purple glowing vines, it sent tremors through the arena.

''Whatever you're doing is not gonna-'' AJ couldn't complete his sentence before the shockwave threw Sandslash up out of the ground, clearly caught off-guard. It landed up in front of AJ, still looking a bit disoriented.

''You were saying?'' Ash asked, his lips curing into a smirk.

''I have gotta admit. I do like your style but in Pokémon battles, style doesn't mean anything! Sandslash still has the advantage of speed over Venusaur, thus, this battle will be over in our favour! Sandslash Rollout!''

Sandslash leaped into the air and spread out its limbs, before curling it's body like a wheel and started rolling towards Venusaur on the course and banked a right blow into Venusaur, but unfortunately, Venusaur continued to stand firmly at the same place.

''That aint what you call Speed, pal!''

''Oh yeah! Rollout once again!'' AJ grit his teeth. Ash could clearly read the tension on AJ's forehead.

Sandslash leaped up again, this time quite a height to jump, and curled into a wrecking ball once again. Another blow! Still no luck.

''Nope, neither does that!''

''You maybe on to something but the attack of Sandslash's Rollout has increased in heaps. Rollout one final time! Full Power!''

Sandslash continued the assault, plowing its way towards Venusaur, kicking up rocks and dirt as it did. Only this time, Ash seemed to be ready.

''This is our chance! Sludge Bomb on the field now!''

Like a canon, Venusaur fired several purple toxic blobs of sludge at the field. It worked exactly like Ash had anticipated. The fired barrage of sludge caused the rolling Sandslash to brake dead in its track, and despite its effort, it couldn't accelerate forward.

''Oh no!'' Aj cried, as he couldn't comprehend why the opponent would order his Pokemon to fire a non-effective type move. Now he did.

''Time to finish this! ''Frenzy Plant!'' Venusaur landed on the field hard, stomping all four of its legs on the ground. The earth beneath began to quake and burst open as massive roots covered with thick spikes shot from the ground. The roots structured high, and then curved back, as they boxed Sandslash in. There was a thunderous crash, as the tips of each root, penetrated the ground and buried Sandslash out of sight. An explosion rocked the field and a cloud of dust kicked up. When it passed, Sandslash was lying in a deep crated, knocked out, unconscious.

''Time to bawl your eyes off, tough guy!'' Ash mocked, returning Venusaur back to its Pokéball, and turning on a heel to walk out, with Pikachu boarding the trainer's shoulder. Before he could exit, he halted and turned his head partially, before challenging ''If you want your revenge, I'm ready when you are.''

''That's impossible! How-'' AJ stuttered out as he laid his eyes on his battered Pokémon. Ash looked over to the scoreboard now that was held above the tent now read '' 'AJ's Gym Wins: 339 Losses: 4"

AJ dropped to his knees and just stayed there, horrified at his loss. He had never been humiliated like this before. He was curious enough to know the person who gave him the loss he never anticipated, but all he could see a retreating figure out of his tent. AJ just stayed there on his knees, frozen, lost in the crisp memories of this battle that blurred, but the question on his lips remained: ''How?''