Hello Guys! Luna here!
Before I start with the chapter I would like to address a few things!
First, I'm Very sorry for the Delay, RL kind of got in the way of things as usual, I know I promised that ill update on 30th of May but things got kinda hectic, anyhow I'll just post this chapter and I'll finish things up on my end so that I can update more frequently.
Next, is that I have watched the latest episode of XYZ a few weeks back and I want to get this out of the way first. The HELL! Ash Lost again! I got very high hopes that Ash can win this thing but no, the writer decided not to! What do I feel like, it's like watching my favorite team on any sport that I grew up with that every time I see them go on the finals just to lose, and my God I'm very disappointed. Now that is out of my system let's go on to the one,
Thank you sir EmperorDraco and Eternal Umbrion for the awesome review, I'll try to update much faster, and Thank you for the Messaging my on my MAL account Sir ADVShipper.
Next, Just like I said last chapter this is going to be the last Set-up chapter before we go to the Tournament, and if you want to follow the Canon PKM timeline its Episode between DP 182-183, so if you are wondering if I'll go with Ash Canon Pokemon in the tournament, yes he will be using them with both Cyndaquil and Phanpy evolving off-screen but I'll be removing Bayleef for Buizel. (my Favorite Pokemon during his adventures on DP) but if you want to ask what I'm I going to change you in for a surprise.
Anyhow that's it for me I hope you enjoy this chapter and don't forget to leave a message if you find anything unusual leave a comment I would really appreciate it!
Ill give you an internet cookie if you can spot a quote I like.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon nor it will be, I do own a bunch of its game and merchandise
-A few hours passed-
"I have been in different tournament many times, I will do my best," Ash said as he looked into the stars at a balcony. He, May and Dawn decided to participate in the Opening Party in the Hotel sponsored by the Pokémon league, surprisingly Brock declined in joining the said event. In the Party it was different from the other League that Ash joined previously, the event will showed all of the participants their opponent for the first round as well rules and other regulations, as soon as he knew his opponent he quickly changed his roster and thought of different strategies, then he returned to the party with Dawn giving him a few angry words.
"I'll believe in my Pokémon and that is my battle Strategy! It always has been, and always will be" Ash said to himself as he remembers his past tournaments and all of his battles in Sinnoh that made him qualify for the tournament.
"Pika Pika!" Pikachu cheered as he gave his friend his needed confidence boost.
As Ash and Pikachu are having a simple battle strategy meeting a voice called out to him.
"Ash," said the voice prompting the two of them to look, and then out of from the other side was May looking at him with a worried look. "There you are I was looking for you"
"Why?" Ash questioned as he looked at the brown-haired girl in the eyes.
"Well, you just disappeared again," May answered as she noticed Ash's gaze quickly avoiding it. "The first time was really not funny you know, I though Team Rocket got you"
"Don't Worry May, I'll be fine," Ash reassured as he looked into the scenery in front of him. "Didn't Sir Max told us it will be safe tonight,"
"I know that but," May sighed getting close to Ash. "I feel something's bad is going to happen."
"It's going to be fine May," Ash reassured the girl "even if something will happen, don't worry I'll protect you,"
May didn't reply as the two of them continued to look into the scenery, for a while both of them didn't spoke to one another but May decided to break the silence.
"Ash,"
"What is it May?"
"Can I ask you a serious question?"
"Sure,"
May not answering for a while made Ash look at her, then after a while she asked.
"Have you ever wondered what you want to do in the future?" May asked as she looked into the Raven-haired boy next to him.
"Yeah. I'm going to be a Pokémon Master." Ash replied looking at her before returning to look into the stars.
"Have you even thought of how it is supposed to be done? Being a Master?"
"To be honest, I thought that Being a Pokémon Master is just Capturing powerful Pokémon and winning tournaments , but after seeing what happened today with the Sir Max, I'm having second thoughts. " Ash answered as he looked at a shining star, then continued, "But There is one thing I'm certain, being a Pokémon Master is training your Pokémon and yourself to be the very best,"
"Well that is an Ash-like answer," May smiled also looking at the stars. "Still, have you wondered what will you do after you become a Pokémon Master?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you know, we are not getting younger and after seeing and interacting with Sarah, there is this feeling that makes me want to protect her," May blushed as she continued. "What I want to say is that, you know, are you going to raise a family?"
"Aren't we a bit too young for that May?" Ash answered quickly but then he looked at the girls face prompting him to think seriously as he scratched his head. May just gave him something awkward to think about.
"A family? Hm, haven't thought of that."
May sighed, and rested her head on Ash's shoulder. The latter was a bit taken aback at the gesture but didn't resist.
"Is there anyone you love?"
"Of course," Ash answered making almost making May jump but she quickly composed herself.
"Who? Anyone I know?"
"My Pokémon,"
"I meant a Person,"
These questions made Ash uncomfortable, May sensing the boy's feelings decided to drop the question by removing her head away from his shoulders.
"Sorry, I know I made you uncomfortable," May apologizes.
"No its okay, it just that…"Ash replied. "Never mind"
"So, your first opponent is Nando, do you have any plans on how to beat him?" May asked as she looked at the boy in front of her.
"Don't worry May," Ash answered confidently. "I'll do it like I always do!"
"And that is?"
"A Secret!" Ash laughed as he left the balcony with Pikachu in tow leaving the girl dumfounded for a while before chasing after him smiling.
Unknown to the two of them many people where spying at their conversation.
-Dawn's side-
Dawn dragged the Riku into a corner when the two of them saw talking to one another, at first Riku was reluctant as she knew it was rude to listen but she could not disobey the other girl, Dawn on the other hand was Happy at the small progress the two were having.
"Way to go May!" Dawn muttered as she saw May put her head on Ash's shoulder.
"Miss Dawn, I feel bad about this," Riku said as she saw what was happening.
"Don't worry Riku, as long as we don't hear their conversation we are okay," Dawn replied trying her hardest to hear but failing hard.
"But Miss Dawn I like to tell whose Sarah's opponent is," Riku pleaded.
"She can know later Riku, please be quiet I can't hear them," Dawn answered looking at the girl next to her, but when she looked back Ash left smiling then May followed with a smile on her face. "Oh they left, anyways is her first opponent really that of a big deal?"
"It's not just a big deal," Riku answered as she quickly excused herself leaving Dawn to herself. "It's a Major Problem,"
"What wrong with her" Dawn pondered as she also left going back to the party.
-Max Side—
A few minutes back before Dawn and Riku left, Max also saw what happened at the party and the conversation with Ash and May, Thanks to his training as a Ranger his sense of sight and hearing got better making him heard their conversation.
'I never knew that big sis made the first move' Max thought as he was looking from below, he was sitting on a large tree branch just below the balcony, he was undetected by the people above. 'That was really unexpected,'
When he saw that Ash and May left followed by Dawn he quickly jumped off the Tree and went towards the stalls near the hotel.
'but this is really alarming, Sarah told me that she was going to fight in the tournament, but his opponent is him, this could be very bad, Sarah isn't going to back down the timeline might change for the worst.' Max though then he felt the something behind him, he quickly jumped in front evading that something.
"oh, as expected of Ranger Max," a voice called as Max quickly turn in front but only to see total darkness, in fact his current location is unknown only unending darkness.
"This is, a dark field," Max said in search of something. "I never expected that you Agents can use Signs now,"
"After you Rangers manage to destroy our main base," the voice called. "Our remaining forces went hiding and sharpen our fangs for our next fight,"
"And you just decided to come and fight in this timeline?" Max called as he walked slowly with his arms in a defensive position.
"Coming here was a complete coincidence," the voice answered. "And we Rockets didn't even know such artifact exist,"
"do you honestly think that if you mess in this time, you and whatever you build up might not exist," Max answered back, then to his luck he found what he was looking for; a cloud shape sign which is glowing violet.
"It seems that you're not aware about different theories regarding Time Travel," The voice answered back while snickering. "But regardless of what theory the artifact runs on, we Team Rocket will push through, just to fulfill our goal!"
"Then what are you waiting for, aren't you going to attack me?" May asked as cautiously approached the glowing sign on the ground. "I'm wide open,"
"No," the voice replied with a mocking tone, "this is not the right stage; Yes! The people on this island shall be our stage! They witness something wonderful!"
"As if I will let you!" Max yelled as he stomped on the sign destroying it, the scenery quickly returned back to what it was previously, him being surrounded by trees.
"Let me give you an advice Agent Max," the voice answered as it was beginning to be faint. "Be prepared because, There is no shelter from the storm,"
"This is bad," Max said looking at the ground which he stomped his foot in before going back to the hotel. "If they can do 'signs' now, I don't think this is going to be an easy battle"
Somewhere on the island, there was a small mansion built just overlooking all of the island lived a rather peculiar Trainer, she is the Champion of the Sinnoh Region and her name is Cynthia, having to accept the offer of the League to supervise the tournament, she was given the right to stay at the mansion in line with her duties.
"The Tournament is tomorrow, I can't wait for the matches" Cynthia said to herself as she looked away from the book she was reading, it was late in the night but she as a nocturnal person she spends her night reading Mythological books, as she was immersed in reading there the doorbell rang prompting her to go to the door.
"Still, I would like if the League at least provided me a maid in this place," Cynthia muttered to herself as she got to the door. "Who is it?"
"Good Evening, Miss Cynthia," a voice from the other side of the door replied, Cynthia quickly recognized the voice as Charles Goodshow prompting her to open the door, the first thing she saw was the old figure of the President of the Pokémon league and behind him is a figure of a man whose face was hidden in the shadow, the only notable to him was a letter 'R' on his undershirt.
"What brings you late in the night Mr. Goodshow-" Cynthia said before she heard the old guy spoke.
"I'm very sorry Cynthia," Mr. Goodshow before he was thrown by the man behind him towards Cynthia who by reflex quickly grabbed her Pokeball.
"Garchomp Help me!" Cynthia threw her Pokeball on reflex as she felt the hostility from the guy; the Pokeball quickly opened and revealed her main Pokeball, a pseudo-legendary Pokémon which used his body to block something approaching, when Cynthia looks it was revealed to be a small red rose.
"Oh," the guy said as he saw the old guy he threw quickly held protective by the woman with her Pokeball, and then a bow appeared in front then putting a smaller sized Pokeball then inserting it in one of its hole, he said. "It's an honor to fight one of the Champions in this world, but unfortunately for you our power is worlds apart!"
"Garchomp, use Dragon Rush!" Cynthia ordered as her Pokémon rushed to the grinning man.
-A few kilometers away from the Battle Island-
"Sir, Battle Island is in sight,"
A voice called over the radio, the man holding the radio smiled as he sees the island in front of him.
"Finally" he muttered as his eyes glittered in the dark night, then he noticed someone flying towards them.
"Sir, we are detecting a bogey fast approaching,"
The voice over the radio called in a hurried voice. "Shall we engage it?"
"Don't, I'm expecting this 'bogey'" the person replied over the radio. "Proceed to the designated location
"Affirmative, proceeding to Destination!"
"It's been a while [S]" the man greeted as he followed the guy as landed behind him.
"Yes, it's been very long time [C]," [S] greeted as he looked at the person.
"I see you [D] gave you a copy of the L sign ehh," [C]
"Yes, our arsenal has been growing since I'm away," [S]
"So how does it feel to fly in the sky without a Pokémon?" [C]
"It's good, but it doesn't fly fast," [S]
"Good, I knew you would say that," [C]
"Ohh, anyhow are these guys?" [S]
"Yes, I made some other preparations," [C] said as he pointed to [S] the other ships he employed. There are at least 15 blue boats other than the one they are in. "they are the tools, we need,"
"Isn't this going to screw this timeline?" [S] Asked as he looked at the number of boats. "I haven't checked how much I screwed up since I got here,"
"Don't worry about the small details the folks back at our time shall handle things, now let me tell you our next plan of action, as explained by our boss," [C]
As two of them had a long conversation as the boats went towards the island, three four pair of eyes watch them with curiosity, they where the 3 admins of team Aqua with their Boss.
"Boss, did you see that? That guy flew and just landed behind [C] without using a Pokémon or tools!" The Bulk admin said in amazement and the scene. "Those guys are not simple!
"Yeah Boss, at first I was skeptical that on what [C] promised but now that seeing no Navy patrol got in the way of us, and now a guy just flew which seems to be a comrade of [C], I just hope they keep their promise," Archie hoped.
"I do not think they would," Archie said only audible to his admins.
"Don't worry, I made a contingency plan," he reassured them. "Just play your parts until we know that they will betray us."
The three admins nodded as they and the other members of team aqua approach the island.
-Somewhere in the island-
Yellow, I never expect that the young lady is a slave driver
'I told you guys but did you listen? No! You guys want to show off to Sarah and now what happened! She is going to train us for the whole night!'
You guys are pussies! This training is not even remotely tiring!
You do remember that we share this body
'I agree with Dark on this one, Red'
Heh, Pussies
We are a cat remember!
Heh, Still Pussies
There is no use arguing with him yellow, he's narrow-minded
What did you say!
'Stop it you two, this is making us more tired'
Meowth was having a mental argument with his other selves, as he sits on a nearby rock. After having his conversation with his trainer a few hours ago, he and Sarah went to a secluded location on the island, there he was ordered to train with her for hours using his different personalities, using combinations and other moves based on whatever his trainer thought on the spot. After taking a small breather Meowth then proceeded to look at her trainer which was having a small brainstorming on her own.
"Meowth!" Sarah called after a while, turning around to look at her Pokémon which was sitting on a rock. "Let's go for another round; I got new plans to combine your abilities!"
Our Young Lady sure is energetic
'You can say that again, when she is like this there is a small chance we can stop her'
Hahaha! Let's go! Let us light the Fire inside of us!
But even before they start a voice called to the two of them.
"Sarah! We have a huge problem!" the voice called, Sarah and Meowth quickly recognized it as their friend, Riku. Then after a short while Riku can to them her seemingly out of breath.
"What wrong Riku?" Sarah asked as she looks at her friend confused and concerned at the same time. "Did team rocket showed up?"
"No, Something worst!" Riku answered still out of breath from running.
"What is it?" (Sarah)
"Your opponent for the first round has been decided!" (Riku)
"Who? Is it Dad?" (Sarah)
"No, it's him!" (Riku)
"Who's Him?" (Sarah)
"The Sinnoh champion for 9 straight years! The one with a Darkrai!" Riku answered shocking Sarah.
"Mr. Tobias, Really?!" Sarah exclaimed.
"Yes, I can't be mistaken, the emcee called him Tobias, at first I was skeptical then I saw his picture on screen with you as his first opponent," Riku recalled the moments on the party with a worried look. "This is Bad Sarah!"
"Bad? How can this be bad! I finally get to fight a legend! Mr. Tobias the Sinnoh League Champion for 9 straight years! How cool is that!" Sarah exclaimed exited for her first match.
"And that is what I'm afraid of!" Riku answered in a hurried tone. "You fighting him in the first round did not what happened in our time! And I know that you will can't and will not lose on purpose!"
"Why would I lose on purpose? Fighting a Darkrai and a Latias on the first round of a tournament, that is something I can't pass out on," Sarah smiled as she thinks of strategies in order to fight those Pokémon.
"Meowth, Talk her out of this," Riku exclaimed as she knew she made things worst. "This could change the future!"
"I'm very sorry Miss Riku," Meowth shook his head defectively. "We both know that once she is like that, we can't talk her out of it, she got it from her father."
"Enough of that you two!" Sarah called to the two of them smiling. "Since you're here Riku, Train with us!"
"See, you only made it worst," (Meowth)
"Fine, I can't really stop you now," Riku sighed as she knows that what she did only made her friend more excited, getting a Pokeball on her pocket she quickly resigned to her faith. "We will just see once we cross the bridge."
"Thanks Riku!" Sarah smiled as the three of them start to train for tomorrow's match.
-Cynthia's Mansion-
"What are you?" Cynthia feared as she looked around, all of her six powerful Pokémon where on the ground frozen each of them got multiple arrow wounds on their bodies. "What did you do to my Pokémon?"
"Cynthia, Cynthia, Cynthia, Don't worry about them, worry about yourself" The Guy called maliciously as he the bow in his hands disappeared then walking towards the woman slowly. "Sigh, I thought this is going to be a good battle but alas, your Pokémon are no match compared to the technology that we Agents use."
"Enough [D]!" Mr. Goodshow said blocking the guy's path even though his body is wounded by a stray arrow shot. "This isn't what we talk about,"
"We didn't talk anything, I demanded things," [D] replied as he shove the old guy and walk towards Cynthia, who had a frightful expression on her beautiful face.
"What are you going to do to me?" Cynthia asked fearing for what is going to happen next.
"Don't worry," The Guy said as he put his hands on the woman's face, blocking her view making her more frightened than before. "I just need an extra tomorrow stage,"
The Guy smiled as the front of his gloves shone a dark purple hue as a symbol appeared.
"Sign"
To be continued
So guys how do you think of this chapter
We are finally going to the first main arc!
So all setup chapters have been uploaded, so what will happen with the Ash and the others now? Tune in for next chapter of Future, Battles and Family!
Next Chapter will be up mid November because I have an exam on October and I need at least two months of review, and I hope I pass!
Well before I end this chapter
To all that have read my whole work just today, Welcome
To those who have read this when I first started at 2008, thank you very much
Till Next Time!