My first fanfic! so please be kind to me! Constructive criticism is always welcome!

Chapter 1: Remembrance

Ash looked out of his house in the mountains of Mount Silver, he remembered he had built it two years ago, with the help of his pokemon. The mountains were a magnificent sight, but it has a cold and rocky terrain, where Ash has lived for the past four years. "Pika pika chuu?" His faithful rodent sat on his shoulder and watched the view. "Yeah buddy. I still miss her. Well, the Champion's Cup is coming, so let's go."

Pikachu nodded its head in agreement. As if on cue, a Pidgey with a letter came to Ash.The letter read:

Dear Ash Ketchum,

You have been nominated to participate in the Champion's Cup. There will be 512 contestants participating in the tournament. In this letter there is a Gold card, it will have you skip the qualifying rounds and into the elimination rounds, that's all for now. Oh, the tournament starts in a week, so start training!

Scott

P.S. If this letter reaches to you, I am glad to see that you are still alive.

Ash read the letter and got a grin that is bigger than when he caught a new pokemon. He threw a pokeball into the sky and looked at Pikachu, "Training time, Pikachu!" "Pika!" It responded and got into a battle stance. From the ball came out a Dragonite, and it was dark green in colour, unlike the normal orange, showing it was a shiny. Ash smirked as he saw Pikachu unleash a volt tackle on Dragonite, he then threw out his remaining pokeballs. "Come on out and train everyone!" He smiled at his collection of pokemon. His pokemon went to their respective training areas and went to work. A sudden psychic burst neared Ash as he sidestepped to dodge it. "Give me a warning before you do that, will you?" Ash chuckled. "I don't think you would need a warning now, did you?" The deep voice of Mewtwo chuckled. "Nope. Besides, I thought someone would be near here..." "Mew." the pink feline chuckled as it materialised in front of Ash, as it was a holding a Pecha Berry on its paw, its favourite kind of berry. "Hey, Mew. So how are you doing Mewtwo?" He asked. "Fine, like always, anyway, I came here to tell you something, a certain someone misses you. Not going to tell you who it is though, I must get going now, farewell." That sentence took Ash by surprise and he was left speechless. Mewtwo chuckled at this and flew away with Mew, leaving a dumbstruck Ash and his pokemon.

A million thoughts ran through his mind. Who was it that misses him? Dawn? Misty? May? He just did not know. Although he was no longer the dense boy from before, he could not solve this mystery. Then a thought of someone ran through his mind, he blushed lightly and shook it off. He then gave a sharp whistle and all his pokemon came to him and surrounded him. "Okay guys, take five berries each. Break time is as usual, forty-five minutes, and we can continue training. Understood?" All of his pokemon nodded and went to play, or take a break. He climbed a tree and looked at the sky, 'Oh, I wish it was you who missed me...' He wondered off and continued to stare at the clear blue sky.

The forty-five minutes passed quickly, and a jackal-like pokemon woke Ash up from his slumber. Master, it is time for training. He looked at his Lucario and smiled. He was one of his closest friends and strongest pokemon, as well as a sparring partner. Ash nodded and jumped down the tree, "Alright, let's resume our training!" He said and then got into a battle stance. The seven days passed quickly for Ash and his pokemon, and now they had to register for the Champion's Cup. Ash had his Gallade teleport him and his pokemon to an island off the coast of Sinnoh, where the Champion's Cup was held. He registered for the competition and wore his hood, he did not want any of his friends finding him too soon, otherwise he could be blamed for running away. He did not want to run away again.

Flashback

Ash had just came back after the Sinnoh league, he had gone to the semi-finals, where he was beaten by Tobias. When he came back, the whole town of Pallet came to celebrate his wins. They had a huge party going on till it was dawn, Ash's mother, Delia Ketchum, was the most proud of him. "Honey, did you change your underwear?" That was the first thing she said when Ash came back, Ash blushed from embarrassment and screamed, "MO-OOO-M! I'M THIRTEEN! OF COURSE I CAN DO THAT!" " Of course you can, is lunch ready Mimey?" "Mime! Mr Mime!" was the response from the kitchen. The next day, everything turned for the worse. Team Rocket's scientist, Dr Namba, used his machine to power up a Gyarados, and sent it to attack Pallet Town. The Gyarados, was finally defeated by Pikachu's volt tackle, but not before fatally wounding Delia. When Ash was kneeling at his mother's side, she spoke, "Ash honey, I know you are sad but it is inevitable, I want you to always remember three things, one, it was not your fault, two, I will always love you and three, remember to change your... underwear." That was when he heard her last words. Two weeks later, Delia's funeral was held at Pallet, all of Pallet came to pay their respects. To say Ash was depressed was an understatement, deep in his heart he knew, it was Team Rocket that did it, that caused his mother's death.

End flashback

Ash felt a few tears coming from his eyes, Pikachu looked at its master with worry. " Don't worry Pikachu, just thinking about my past. Nothing to worry about." Pikachu nodded and they walked into their room. At the same time, a boy aged 12 was ranting about how he was going to win the Champion's cup, "Max, shut up!" May screamed as she rammed her fist onto her brother's head. "Ow, Why do you have to do that May!" he screamed, "Because we're already getting odd looks. now if you would excuse me, I am going to take a bath." She said. Ash looked out into the window, dark already... he silently drifted off into a deep slumber as he dreamt about the girl he fancied.

Today was the opening ceremony of the Champion's Cup, all 512 participants stood at the stadium, the MC announced, "Good morning to everyone! Today, we have our once-in-ten-years CHAMPION'S CUP! We have our champion of the Champion's Cup, TOBIAS!" Ash smirked under his hood, he finally was going to have a rematch with the person that gave him a humiliating defeat. " Thank you, now, all of you should be proud of yourselves! You are the top 512 pokemon trainers in the whole world! For those who are especially good, you have the bronze, silver and gold cards! For the bronze card holders, you can skip the first round and battle when there are 256 participants left, for the silver card holders, who are the gym leaders and the people who have demonstrated talent, can skip the first two rounds and battle when there are 128 participants! For the gold card holders, which are the champions, elite fours and trainers who have demonstrated extraordinary talent! They could skip the first three rounds and battle when there are sixty-four participants! Could you show me your gold cards, holders?" Ash, along with the other 63 people, showed their golden card with the words CC engraved on it. They then put their cards down. "Splendid! I have a feeling there will be a few pokemon masters fighting for this title, but I will not go easy on you! Good luck trainers, and I hope you all do well!" With that, the stadium cleared off.

The next few days passed uneventfully as Ash waited for his match-up to be shown, at the pokemon centre. "Now who shall I face..." he thought loudly. He then saw his face, along with Bertha, the ground-type elite four member. "Time to have a little rematch with Bertha." Ash said to himself.

And that's it for this chapter, hope you like it, I will update as frequent as possible! Do note that I have school and tuition so my schedule's a little packed, reviews are greatly appreciated!

Mega T-Rex