The day after the next day was when the Victory Tournament begun. The day after the qualifying matches was a day off for trainers to rest or train or do whatever. Ash and Morrison spent the entire day training with their Pokémon or fighting against each other to see who was better. May and Tyson spent the entire day wandering around Ever Grande City trying out different restaurants while Max had to keep Munchlax from devouring everything and when he had free time he browsed the souvenir shops.

Inside the main stadium the flames of Moltres were burning brightly and the crowd was cheering. "Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the first round of the Victory Tournament. As you know, 32 participants will do battle here in the main stadium and from amongst them only one will be able to climb the stairs and stand at the top as champion. Matches will be full battles with each trainer using six Pokémon. And trainers may make substitutions freely. The trainers will also need to adapt to different varieties of fields; grass, rock, water and ice. When three of either trainers Pokémon have been eliminated there will be a field change and a five minute break."

All across Kanto Ash's friends and family were watching since he was in the first match. Delia was caring to a sick Mr. Mime, but both were watching the T.V and smiling widely. In the Cerulean City Gym Misty had just finished another Gym battle and was watching the T.V. smiling brightly waiting for the match to start. Brock was at home in Pewter City watching the matches with his brothers and sisters. All of them were eager for the match to start. Professor Oak, Tracy, and Gary, who was home for a break, stopped all of their work to watch the match. In Altomare Bianca and Lorenzo were watching T.V to witness the matches since they couldn't be there in person this time. Bianca had her notepad ready if she had an inspiration to draw.

"Now the first trainers to battle in the Victory Tournament are Ash from Pallet Town and Katie from Lilycove City" the announcer said. Katie was a very beautiful girl wearing a red top, black skirt going down to her calves and sandals with her long teal colored hair doing down to her lower back. "Now to direct your attention to the board for the deciding of the field." It began flashing around the fields and soon it stopped on the rock symbol, "A rock battlefield" the announcer called.

The neutral stadium switched into a rock field with boulders sticking around everywhere. "The first round of the Victory Tournament is between Ash and Katie" the ref announced. Ash was smiling confidently while Katie was also smiling with her eyes closed and she was brimming with confidence.

"Is there any information on Katie" May asked.

"Let me see" Max asked. He checked his Pokenav "It says here Katie is known for carefully analyzing her opponent's moves."

"Now for our competitors first Pokémon" the announcer called. Ash pulled out a Pokeball smirking and threw it into the field. In a flash appeared Latios with a cooed and hovered in front of Ash waiting for battle.

"And there's his Latios" Katie whispered to herself staring at the beautiful dragon. "Scizor let's go" she called sending out the red bug/steel Pokémon. On the screen both icons appeared as their first Pokémon.

"Ash starts with Latios while Katie is playing smartly and going with Scizor" the announcer called.

"Scizor use hyper beam" Katie called. Scizor formed a hyper beam with its claws and pointed them at Latios.

"Latios dragon rage let's go" Ash called. Scizor fired the hyper beam at Latios just as Latios fired the dragon rage. Both attacks met in mid air resulting in a massive explosion. It cleared shortly showing no Pokémon took any damage.

"Scizor use metal claw" Katie called. Scizor's claws glowed and it went after Latios with extreme speeds.

"Latios use psychic" Ash said. Latios' eyes glowed bright blue and then Scizor stopped in place unable to move.

"Scizor no" Katie cried.

"Latios Giga Impact" Ash said. Latios glowed purple and charged at the restrained Scizor and smashed into it knocking it back where it slammed against the rocks. Scizor slid to the ground with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag, "Scizor is unable to battle. Latios is the winner." Scizor's icon went dark signifying its defeat leaving Katie with five Pokémon left.

"Restraining Scizor and leaving it wide open for a powerful Giga impact" the announcer yelled. "Clearly Ash has trained his Latios well to be able to balance two attacks at once. Now for Katie's second Pokémon."

Katie returned her Scizor and pulled out her next Pokeball, "Golduck let's go." Out came a blue duck shaped Pokémon only much more massive, muscular and it stood on its hind legs. "Golduck use ice beam." Golduck roared and launched the ice beam at Latios.

"Now use Luster Purge" Ash called calmly. Latios launched its signature attack and both ice beam and Luster Purge hit dead on and Luster Purge pushed ice beam back and broke through it hitting Golduck head on sending it flying back and smashing into the stadium wall.

"Golduck no" Katie cried. Golduck slid to the ground groaning with swirls in its eyes.

He ref raised the green flag "Golduck is unable to battle. Latios is the winner." Golduck's icon darkened signifying its defeat. The crowd was cheering loudly.

"You'll have to try a lot harder if you want to defeat my Latios" Ash called out smirking. Katie growled at him and pulled out her next Pokeball.

"Venomoth let's go" Katie called sending out a purple moth Pokémon. Venomoth took its place as Katie's third Pokémon. "Venomoth use confusion" she shouted. Venomoth's eyes glowed blue and it launched confusion at Latios.

"Dodge it" Ash called. Latios flew to the side and avoided the attack.

"Venomoth use supersonic quickly" Katie called out. Venomoth launched blue rings from its mouth and they hit Latios dead on making it cry out in pain. "Stun spore quickly" she shouted.

"Steel wing" Ash called. Latios recovered from the supersonic and flew towards Venomoth quickly and before it could launch the stun spore Latios hit it hard with a double steel wing shot. Venomoth groaned loudly and fell from the sky and onto the rocks with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag, "Venomoth is unable to battle. Latios is the winner."

"Ash is one formidable opponent having already defeating three of Katie's Pokémon using only his Latios" the announcer called as the crowd cheered. "Since Katie has lost three Pokémon we will be cutting to a five minute interval."

Katie recalled her Venomoth with a scowl on her face, 'How is that Latios so powerful? I need to take it out quickly otherwise it'll be the end for me.'

Ash recalled his Latios, 'Just three more to go and it's on to the next round. Let's keep this up Latios' he thought staring at the Pokeball that held Latios.

"Wow I knew Latios was one of Ash's most powerful Pokémon, but I didn't think it would be powerful enough to take out three of Katie's Pokémon" May said slightly surprised.

"I'm not surprised" Max said making them all look to him. "I saw Ash battle back in the Silver Conference. Thos matches were intense and it was touch and go for a while with Ash using his Latios. He almost lost to a trainer named Harrison and his Blaziken, but it was only because Latios had a little more energy that he won. If Latios was that powerful to get Ash to the victory back in the Silver conference then..."

"Then that would make it about 5x more powerful now" Tyson finished looking back out at the stadium.

"Attention trainers five minutes have now passed; please return to your boxes" the announcer said. Ash and Katie moved back into position. "Now for the second have we shall switch battlefields." The battlefield switched out and was replaced by a grassy terrain "Ah and it's a grass field. Now since Ash has more Pokémon he will send his Pokémon out first."

"Latios I choose you" Ash called sending back out the Eon Dragon.

"And Ash chooses to stick with his Latios" the announcer said. "Now we await to see what Pokémon Katie will pick."

"Misdreavus let's go" Katie said sending out a small purple ghost Pokémon. "Misdreavus use tackle" She ordered. Misdreavus charged at Latios quickly.

"Latios use dragon pulse" Ash commanded. Latios opened his mouth and a green orb formed and Latios fired it at Misdreavus who ducked and swerved around it and then smashed into Latios' torso making it cry out in pain. "Latios steel wing" Ash called. Latios smacked Misdreavus hard with a Steel Wing and knocked it down to the ground where it smashed hard against the ground. Misdreavus had swirls in its eyes.

"Misdreavus use Destiny Bond" Katie shouted. Misdreavus glowed purple slightly before lying still.

The ref raised the green flag, "Misdreavus is unable to battle. Latios is the winner." Misdreavus' icon went dark signifying its defeat. Then Latios glowed a dark purple and grit its teeth in pain before crying out and falling to the ground with its eyes closed.

"Latios" Ash called.

The ref raised both flags "Latios is also unable to battle. It's a draw."

"I can't believe it" the announcer roared loudly. "Ash's Latios has been defeated." Up on the screen Latios' icon went dark signifying its defeat.

"What... what just happened" May asked shocked.

"Destiny Bond is a special move used by ghost Pokémon" Tyson began explaining. "It can only be used when a ghost Pokémon is knocked out. The other Pokémon takes the same amount of damage and is knocked out as well."

"Ash still has no problem" Morrison said confidently. "He still has five Pokémon left while Katie only has two."

"It's not over yet Morrison" Tyson said.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as incredible as it sounds this is the very first defeat we've seen for Ash's Latios here at the Hoenn League" the announcer said as Ash recalled his downed Pokémon. "Now we eagerly await the identity of his second Pokémon."

"So Ash who's nest" Katie asked gaining more confidence.

Ash smiled, "Well Katie you've defiantly proved you've earned a spot in the Victory Tournament. To think I'm using my second Pokémon... right here in this Pokeball" Ash said pulling it out "Let's go" he said tossing it in the air. There was a flash and then a high pitched coo met everyone's ears. A Pokémon zoomed down and flew through the air before turning back and landing in front of Ash floating in mid air.

"And Ash's second Pokémon is Latias" the announcer said amongst the roars of the crowds.

Katie gaped slightly, "It's a Latias." 'I didn't know he had both Legendaries. This is going to be a problem.' "Alright Dugtrio let's go" she called. A flash later and the three headed ground Pokémon sticking out of the ground took its place as her fifth Pokémon.

"Why would she use a ground type like Dugtrio against Latias" May asked.

"She must be either running out of specialty choices or has something planned" Tyson said.

"Dugtrio use rock throw" she called. Dugtrio rotated in the ground and began launching rocks at Latias.

"Latias dodge with extreme speed" Ash called. Latias began flying quickly around the rocks avoiding them.

"Keep it going Dugtrio, don't give an inch" Dugtrio began launching rocks at a faster pace making it harder for Latias to dodge it.

"Latias descend and use Dragon Rush" Ash shouted. Latias flew high up and avoided the rock throw and then dived back down with her body glowing.

"Dugtrio use dig quickly" Katie cried. Dugtrio stopped rotating and went down under the ground. Latias flew down and smashed into the aground and there was a cry of pain and Latias flew upwards form the smoke and hovered back in front of Ash. The smoke cleared to show a crater with Dugtrio lying in it unconscious.

The ref raised the green flag, "Dugtrio is unable to battle. Latias is the winner." Dugtrio's icon went dark signifying its defeat leaving Katie with only one Pokémon left.

Katie recalled her Dugtrio, "You were great now take a rest" she said before looking down with her hair shadowing her eyes.

"With the elimination of Dugtrio Katie is left with only one Pokémon remaining" the announcer said. "But does Katie have the will to continue the battle" the announcer asked as Katie stood still.

"You must send out your last Pokémon or you will be disqualified" the referee said to Katie.

Katie looked up and smirked, "I'm not done yet, Walrein let's go." Out came a massive walrus shaped Pokémon with a loud cry.

"And Katie chooses Walrein as her last Pokémon" the announcer said. The crowd cheered loudly.

"I must say that you've battled well Katie" Ash called out to her. "But this is the last one."

"We'll see Ash because there's no way I'll give up" Katie said confidently grinning.

"That's good" Ash said also smiling "Let's do our best. Latias use dragon pulse" Latias formed a green orb in the center of her paws and launched it at Walrein.

"Walrein use ice beam" Katie called. Walrein launched an ice beam at the dragon pulse and they canceled each other out. "Now use ice beam on the field" Katie called. Walrein launched an ice beam at the field and soon the whole entire grass field was covered in ice.

"What is she doing" Morrison asked.

"She's creating ice to increase Walrein's speed" Max said.

"Latias use dragon breath" Ash called. Latias opened her mouth and launched a green wave of energy at Walrein.

"Dodge it Walrein and use ice beam" Katie called. Walrein slid on the ice and dodged it and launched an ice beam at Latias that hit dead on doing quite a lot of damage due to dragon's weakness of ice. "Walrein use another ice beam" Katie ordered.

"Latias dodge and use Mist Ball" Ash called. Walrein launched an ice beam at Latias. Latias flew downwards and straight at Walrein and launched her Mist Ball at Walrein and hit it hard sending it flying. Katie grit her teeth.

"Wow, Latias is very fast" Morrison commented.

"Yeah and with the Mist Ball hitting directly Walrein's almost finished" Max said.

"Let's wrap this up" Ash said "Latias descend and then use Mist Ball." Latias cried out and flew high into the sky leaving nothing, but a twinkle and then flew back down with a Mist Ball forming in her mouth.

Katie grit her teeth before her eyes widened, "Walrein dodge and use body slam." Walrein opened its eyes just in time to see Latias launch the Mist Ball. Walrein jumped to the side as Latias came out of her dive. Walrein jumped and slammed on top of Latias making it cry out in pain. Walrein then hung on tightly to Latias' neck refusing to let go.

"Toss Walrein" Ash shouted. Latias tried tossing it off, but Walrein's grip was strong and powerful.

"Walrein use ice beam" Katie called. Walrein launched another ice beam and it hit Latias point blank dealing quite a bit of damage.

"Oh that's not good" Tyson commented. "Latias can't take another direct attack like that."

"Not necessarily" Max said. "When Walrein was hit by Latias' Mist Ball attack it took out half of Walrein's attack Power so that ice beam was only at half strength."

"I see" Tyson said. "So Latias could take a few more hits like that and still keep going, but Ash better end this quickly."

"Latias ascend and let's get this over with" Ash nearly growled. Latias flew high into the air, "Now make a dive towards the ground and use Giga Impact" Ash called. Latias glowed a dark purple as she dived towards the ground with Walrein still on her.

"Ice beam at full power Walrein" Katie screamed desperately. Walrein launched another ice beam at Latias from within the Giga Impact. Latias stayed focused and then slammed into the ground making another massive explosion that nearly knocked Ash and Katie off their feet. Now they were all waiting for the explosion to die down. It cleared quickly enough and it showed Walrein and Latias lying on the ground. Walrein was sprawled on its belly with its eyes closed and Latias was lying on her side with her eyes closed as well.

"Walrein and Latias are both unable to battle" the ref announced. "All six of Katie's Pokémon have been eliminated so moving onto the next round is Ash from Pallet Town" the ref finished raising the green flag.

The crows cheered loudly, "And that's it" the announcer said. "Ash has defeated Katie and will now be moving onto the next round." Katie rushed out to her Walrein as Ash's picture and Pokémon took up the screen with the word 'winner' underneath it.

"Walrein" Katie said to her Pokémon as it woke up. She smiled "You battled really hard; good job." She looked up to see Ash approaching her as his Latias woke up and floated beside him "Ash" she said standing up.

"Katie that was an awesome battle" Ash said grinning. "You were awesome."

"Thanks Ash so were you" Katie said. "You won fair and square and keep on winning."

"I'll do my best thanks" Ash replied and the two of them shook hands as the crowds cheered. They were all clapping, but none were clapping louder than Tyson, Max, May and Morrison.

"Ash really earned this one folks" the announcer said "Over coming all of Katie's tactics and using only two Pokémon in the entire match."

"Well Tyson it looks like we'll have to do as good as Ash did" Morrison grinned. Tyson grinned as well.

SCENE BREAK

In another stadium a Metang charged at a Machamp and hit it hard ending it to the ground and knocking it out, "Machamp is unable to battle. Metang wins. Our victor is Morrison."

"The winner" Morrison cheered as the crowd clapped.

SCENE BREAK

In another stadium another battle was going on, "Iron tail let's go" Tyson called. Meowth's tail glowed and it slammed its tail into a Rhydon.

"Rhydon is unable to battle. Meowth wins" the ref said "Our victor is Tyson."

"That's the end of the first round and all three of them made it" May said watching Tyson win.

"And we're gonna do even better in the next round" Ash said with a confident smile.

Dinner time came quickly afterwards and they were enjoying a pizza, "This is the best Pizza ever" May moaned.

"I hear they used four different kinds of cheeses in it" Tyson commented.

Morrison swallowed his last bite, "Since this is my first official competition I had no idea the battles were this intense."

"The stakes are a lot higher in the Victory Tournament so everyone's giving it 110%" Ash said.

"Yeah Ash you probably know all about that having won the Johto League" Tyson said.

"What... you won the Johto League" Morrison said shocked.

"Oh yeah I never told you" Ash said sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. "It must have slipped my mind. I did win the Johto League over a year ago. Those battles were intense and the pressure nearly made me crack, but I hung in there, advanced all the way to the finals and won the championship."

"Wow, I wish I could have seen that" Morrison said.

Max's Pokenav beeped and he pulled it out, "Ah cool. Everything's set up for the second round."

"Alright let's go check it out" Ash said getting up.

"Yeah I wanna see who I'm beating next" Morrison said confidently. He wasn't so confident when he saw who was battling. He was battling Ash in the next round. Morrison gasped as he stared at the line ups with wide eyes and the others were wide eyed as well.

"No way" Max said slowly.

"I can't believe they have to battle each other already" May said softly.

Ash looked over to Morrison to see him looking down with his hair shadowing his eyes, "Hey c'mon Morrison last one to the showers is a rotten Eggsecute" he said attempting to lighten the mood.

"No thanks you go on ahead" Morrison said quietly and left the Pokémon center. The other stared off after him sadly. Ash tried going out to find Morrison, but he couldn't find him anywhere and didn't see him until the next morning when their battle was about to begin.

Fireworks were going off in the stadium "Ladies and gentlemen, the second round of the Hoenn League championship Victory tournament is about to begin. The first half of this match will take place on an ice battlefield. Whoever emerges victorious will move onto the Final 8" the announcer said. "Will it be Ash from Pallet Town or Morrison from Verdanturf Town? This will be a full six on six battle with no time limit. Now trainers send out your first Pokémon."

"Regice I choose you" Ash called sending out the Legendary Iceberg Pokémon. Regice appeared on the field beeping its name.

Morrison grit his teeth, "Go Girafarig." Out came a normal sized giraffe Pokémon. Both Pokémon took their spots in the icons next to their trainers.

"Ash is choosing to start out with another Legendary" the announcer called excitedly. "This time it's a Regice while Morrison is starting out with his Girafarig."

"Let the match begin" the ref called.

"Regice ice beam" Ash called. Regice launched a powerful ice beam at Girafarig.

Morrison was sweating in panic, "Girafarig light screen." Girafarig made a tiny clear screen in front of it. It proved massively ineffective as Regice's ice beam tore right through it and hit Girafarig hard sending it flying back into an ice pillar and knocking it out.

The ref raised the green flag, "Girafarig is unable to battle. Regice is the winner." Girafarig's icon went dark signifying its defeat leaving Morrison with five Pokémon.

"And Morrison loses his very first Pokémon without landing a single attack" the announcer said. Morrison grit his teeth harder recalling his down Girafarig. "Now we wait for Morrison's second Pokémon." Ash grit his teeth as well as he knew Morrison wasn't anywhere close to giving his best. Morrison looked away with his head down unable to continue.

"You must choose your Pokémon immediately" the Ref told him.

"Morrison hasn't moved" the announcer said. "If he doesn't choose another Pokémon and quickly the judges will consider this a forfeit and he'll lose the match meaning his opponent, Ash, will move onto the next round."

Morrison was paralyzed with indecision. He wanted to win, but he didn't want to fight against his friend. Can his competitive nature snap him out of it or is Ash going to move onto the next round by forfeit?

"Ladies and gentlemen this is unprecedented" the announcer called out. "If Morrison does not send out a Pokémon the referee may call it a forfeit and award Ash the victory."

The ref looked at Morrison and saw that he wasn't going to make a move anytime soon, "By default Morrison is officially declared unfit to battle. The winner is-"

"Wait just a minute" Ash shouted cutting the ref off. "Give him a little more time. Morrison snap out of it already."

"Yeah, but" Morrison called hesitantly. He gripped his eyes shut and threw a Pokeball into the field. Out came his Growlithe with a bark.

"And in the nick of time Morrison sends out his Growlithe" the announcer called. Growlithe took its spot as Morrison's second Pokémon.

"Regice use zap cannon" Ash called. Regice beeped and the yellow dots on its face glowed yellow and it fired zap cannon at Growlithe.

"Dodge it with agility" Morrison shouted. Growlithe jumped and swerved to the side and avoided the attack.

"Keep it up with Zap cannon Regice" Ash called. Regice continued to fire zap cannon over and over again, but Morrison just told Growlithe to keep dodging it over and over again.

"I don't know how much longer Morrison can keep this dodging up" Max said.

"He just won't attack" May added. Finally zap cannon hit its mark sending Growlithe flying where it hit against a massive block of ice.

"Okay Regice use ice shard" Ash called. Regice held its arm up and fired one massive ice shard from it and it smashed into Growlithe sending it flying back where it landed on the ice with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag, "Growlithe is unable to battle. Regice is the winner." Up on the screen Growlithe's icon went dark signifying its defeat.

"And Morrison loses his second Pokémon" the announcer called as Morrison went over and huddled his down Growlithe.

"Morrison what is wrong with you" Ash shouted to him getting his attention. "We both know you can battle better than this so why are you just giving up?"

"Who asked you" Morrison shouted back.

"If that's how you feel then you might as well just quit the match right now" Ash shouted.

"No way" Morrison shouted back.

"you've got Pokémon that depend on you in battle, but right now you're letting them down as though you don't even care about them" Ash shouted.

"No that's not true" Morrison shouted. Growlithe regained its consciousness and barked up at his trainer licking his cheek. Morrison smiled and gave a loud scream, "Alright Ash you want a battle I'll give you a battle you'll never forget."

"That's the spirit" Ash grinned.

"Looks like Morrison's back in the battle" Tyson commented.

"It's about time" Max said.

"Let's rock this. Swampert come on out" Morrison said sending out the fully evolved form of Mudkip. Swampert took its place as Morrison's third Pokémon. "Thanks for snapping me out of it Ash, although you're probably gonna regret it. Swampert use focus punch."

"I never regret anything" Ash responded "Now Regice use ice punch." Regice's fist glowed blue and it charged forward on the ice field as did Swampert with its fist glowing as well and both Pokémon smashed fists together in a struggle for power.

"And both Pokémon appear to be even in power" the announcer called.

"Regice use blizzard" Ash called. Regice launched a cold Blizzard at Swampert and knocked it back where it smashed into the ice.

"Don't give up Swampert use hydro pump" Morrison called. Swampert launched a powerful hydro pump at Regice and it hit dead on sending Regice back. "Alright now use hydro pump one more time." Swampert launched another hydro pump at Regice.

"Agility" Ash called. Regice skated on the ice and was moving twice as fast as it normally did around Swampert confusing it making it look around trying to find it.

"And Ash makes excellent use of the field by having his Regice swerve and skate around the ice" the announcer called. "With Regice's impressive speed can Morrison catch Regice?"

"Swampert use focus punch on your left" Morrison called. Swampert swerved to the left with its fist glowing and ended up punching Regice right in the face.

"And a big surprise" the announcer roared. "Swampert nails an excellent focus punch on Regice."

"Ice beam now" Ash called. Regice fired an ice beam at Swampert and it hit it dead on knocking it back onto the ice with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag, "Swampert is unable to battle. Regice is the winner." Swampert's icon went dark signifying his defeat.

"And with Swampert's defeat Morrison has now lost three Pokémon so we will now cut to a five minute break" the announcer called. Ash and Morrison walked off the stage back onto the ground. Morrison approached Ash.

"Hey Ash sorry about earlier" Morrison apologized.

"It's okay Morrison" Ash said. "As long as you start the battle good this time then it's all good."

Morrison grinned, "You better believe it Ash. And keep that Regice out I've got a great strategy to defeat it."

"I look forward to it" Ash grinned back.

"Attention trainers five minutes have now passed" the announcer called. "Please return back to your boxes."

"Let's do our best Morrison" Ash said and they shook hands.

"Yeah" Morrison agreed.

They got back into their boxes, "Well folks we're back. Let's take a look at the results for those who are just tuning in. Morrison has lost three Pokémon while Ash hasn't lost any yet. The second half of the battle will be fought on a grass battlefield." The field switched to a grass battle field.

"Steelix let's go" Morrison called sending out the large steel Pokémon. Steelix appeared in the slot for Morrison's fourth Pokémon.

"Regice let's go" Ash called sending out his Regice again. Regice's icon lit back up again.

"Steelix use dragon breath" Morrison called. Steelix formed a yellow ball in its mouth and launched a wave of energy at Regice.

"Regice use ice beam" Ash called. The attacks hit at once and resulted in a massive explosion obscuring their vision. "Regice use zap cannon" Ash called. Regice's yellow dots glowed and Regice launched zap cannon into the explosion smoke.

"Steelix use dig" Morrison called. Steelix dug into the ground and the zap cannon flew over Steelix. The smoke cleared and Steelix was nowhere to be seen.

"Regice watch out" Ash warned.

"With Steelix under the ground Ash has no idea where it will pop up" the announcer called.

"Steelix dragon breath" Morrison called. A dragon breath came up from under the ground and enveloped Regice.

"And a surprise Dragon Breath from underground envelopes Regice" the announcer roared as the crowd cheered. Steelix appeared back on Morrison's side of the field next to a smirking Morrison.

"Ice beam" Ash called smirking. Morrison's smirk was wiped off his face as an ice beam shot from the dragon breath and hit Steelix head on making it shout in pain.

"Steelix no" Morrison shouted. Steelix landed on the ground, but pushed itself up shaking slightly.

"Sorry Morrison, but it'll take a lot more than a dragon breath to take out Regice" Ash called. "Now Regice use zap cannon." Regice's dots glowed again and this time a zap cannon hit dead on making Steelix cry out in pain as electricity sparked off its body.

"Steelix use dig" Morrison shouted. Steelix tried moving, but couldn't move as more electricity sparked off of it "What's wrong Steelix?"

"It looks like Regice's Zap Cannon has got Steelix paralyzed" the announcer called.

"Steelix you got to shake it off" Morrison shouted.

"Regice ice beam" Ash called. Regice formed another ice beam and shot it at Steelix hitting it hard and sending back onto the ground.

Steelix lied on the ground not moving; "Steelix wake up, c'mon Steelix I know you can do it" Morrison called. Steelix still didn't move.

The ref raised the green flag, "Steelix is unable to battle. Regice is-" The ref was interrupted as Steelix awoke and got up shaking its head and the paralysis wore off.

"And Steelix is back with us again" the announcer called.

"What" Ash said shocked.

"Alright Steelix use iron tail" Morrison shouted. Steelix roared loudly and its tail glowed brightly and headed straight for Regice. It hit Regice dead on with two massively powerful iron tail attacks. Regice fell to the ground and Steelix landed back on its side of the field.

The ref raised the red flag, "Regice is unable to battle. Steelix is the winner." Regice's icon went dark signifying its defeat.

"Unbelievable folks" the announcer roared as the crowd cheered wildly. "After taking out three of Morrison's Pokémon Regice has finally been defeated by Steelix."

"Great job Steelix" Morrison called grinning. Steelix nodded waiting for Ash's next choice.

"Wow Morrison actually did it" Max said surprised "He took out Ash's Regice."

"That was impressive" Tyson agreed. "I can't believe Ash has three Legendaries. I can't wait to see what else he's capable of." May and Max grinned; he'd find out soon enough.

Ash recalled his Regice with a smile, "You did good Regice now take a long rest." Ash puled out his next Pokeball.

"So Ash who's next" Morrison asked with a grin.

"You'll see Morrison... right now" Ash called throwing the Pokeball into the field "Come on out and use dig" Ash called. There was a flash near the ground, but it was unrevealed as the Pokémon tunneled under the ground.

"Steelix keep a look out" Morrison called. Too late as the Pokémon appeared from under Steelix and hit it hard sending it flying into the air.

The mystery Pokémon rotated in the air before stopping in midair "Regirock" it said in a deep voice. It then landed on the ground with a loud thump and beeped waiting for orders.

"And Ash's second Pokémon against Morrison is a Regirock" the announcer roared. "Well folks first Latios, Latias, Regice and now its Regirock. Just how much of a skilled trainer is Ash?"

"I'm not gonna give up no matter what Pokémon Ash has" Morrison said determined. "Steelix use iron tail." Steelix roared as its tail glowed brightly and went for Regirock.

"Regirock use Giga Impact" Ash called. Regirock roared as purple energy surrounded its body and it went towards Steelix. Both Pokémon impacted at the same time and there was a cry of pain before Regirock jumped back and landed on the ground near Ash. The smoke cleared to show Steelix out cold with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag, "Steelix is unable to battle. Regirock is the winner." Steelix's icon went dark signifying its defeat.

"Steelix return" Morrison called returning his Pokémon "Good job Steelix now take a rest. Okay Gligar I choose you." Out came a pink bat Pokémon with pincers. It took its spot as Morrison's fifth Pokémon. "Alright Gligar use iron tail" Morrison called. Gligar's tail glowed before flying down towards Regirock.

"Dodge it Regirock" Ash called. Regirock jumped to the side as Gligar flew past it. Then Gligar came in for another attack, but Regirock dodged it again and this time Gligar took off. "After it Regirock" Ash called. Regirock jumped through the air after Gligar.

Morrison smirked, "Alright Gligar use Guillotine." Gligar flew out of reach for Regirock and flew back down with its pincer claw glowing.

Ash gasped, "Quick Regirock hyper beam." Regirock's dots on its face glowed and it charged a hyper beam and fired it upwards and it hit Gligar head on. Gligar cried out in pain from the attack.

"Gligar no" Morrison cried. Gligar fell from the smoke groaning and onto the ground and didn't move after it hit.

The ref raised the green flag, "Gligar is unable to battle. Regirock is the winner." Gligar's icon went dark signifying its defeat leaving Morrison with only one Pokémon.

Morrison recalled his Gligar, "Good job now take a long rest." Morrison put the Pokeball away and pulled out his final one and looked at it. "I'm not about to give up yet" he called to Ash "Metang let's go." Out came Morrison's main Pokémon with a flash and it hovered in front of him. Metang's icon took its spot as Morrison's sixth Pokémon.

"And Morrison chooses Metang as his final Pokémon" the announcer said. The crowd was cheering wildly.

"Metang use take down" Morrison ordered. Metang charged forward quickly toward Regirock.

"Regirock iron defense" Ash called. Regirock glowed briefly before standing its ground and blocking Metang's attack and holding it in place "Good now use Brick Break" Ash called. Regirock's fist glowed before it punched Metang hard and sent it flying back.

"Metang use confusion" Morrison called. Metang's eyes glowed and Regirock was lifted into the air and then Metang slammed Regirock hard into the ground. "Good now use Meteor Mash" Morrison called. One of Metang's metal arms glowed and Metang slammed into the spot Regirock was creating a massive explosion. Morrison smirked, "Alright that's the end of that."

"Not quite" Ash called back. The smoke cleared showing Regirock holding Metang's arm back from striking it.

Morrison gaped, "But... how?"

"Regirock use hyper beam" Ash said. Regirock charged a hyper beam and fired it at point blank range at Metang. Metang cried out in pain and it was launched out of the attack and high into the air.

"And a powerful point blank range hyper beam sends Metang flying" the announcer cried. "Is this it for Morrison?"

Metang landed on the ground hard with scrapes and scratches all over it. Its eyes were swirly and it wasn't moving. The ref raised the green flag, "Metang is unable to battle. Regirock is the winner. The winner of the battle is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town."

"And there you have it" the announcer roared as Morrison's picture and Pokémon disappeared leaving Ash's Picture and Pokémon to take up the screen. "Ash has defeated Morrison and will be moving onto the quarterfinals."

The crowd cheered for Ash's victory while Ash waved to the crowd with his Regirock standing behind him stoically.

SCENE BREAK

"Sceptile use solar beam now" Tyson called. Sceptile launched a powerful white beam of energy from its mouth and hit the opponents Rhydon hard sending it to the ground out cold.

The ref raised the red flag, "Rhydon is unable to battle. Sceptile wins. The winner of the battle is Tyson." Tyson smiled widely at his victory.

SCENE BREAK

Now it changes to them all waiting in the Pokémon center for the next matches to be revealed on screen. "Ash that was a great battle" Morrison said.

"Yeah you were pretty good" Ash said.

"I know I took out a Legendary" Morrison said smirking "Not a lot of trainers can say that they've done that."

"It took you four Pokémon to do so" Max said dryly deflating Morrison's ego "And Ash's previous opponent Katie took out two of his Legendaries while you only took out one." Now Morrison had an aura of depression over him making the others chuckle slightly.

"Attention trainers the matchups are now complete" Came Nurse Joy's voice. Immediately they all raced to the front to see who Ash and Tyson would be battling. They stopped and their eyes widened when they saw who the matchups.

In the first match tomorrow morning Ash would be battling Tyson.

Silence reigned in the group as Ash and Tyson turned to face each other. Tyson smiled, "Well it was bound to happen eventually. What do ya say Ash; let's make this a battle the two of us will never forget?"

"Yeah let's do it" Ash agreed and the two of them shook hands with each other.

"Good luck you two" May, Max and Morrison said. Tyson and Ash parted ways after that with each one of them going out for some late night training.

The next morning came awfully quickly for the remaining eight competitors, but for five certain individuals it was another chance to see who would become victorious in the Hoenn League. On a train ride to the Hoenn League stadium in Ever Grande City was none other than the Hoenn Elite Four and Champion.

The first of the Hoenn Elite Four was a man of normal height wearing a red buttoned up shirt with a black vest over it and tan khakis with black shoes. He had brown eyes and was nearly bald except for a tuff of red hair in the center of his forehead that was brushed back. His name was Sidney; the master of Dark-Type Pokémon of the Hoenn Elite Four.

The next was a girl in her mid twenties with normal height. She wore a blue Hawaiian style outfit on her lower body with no shoes on either and just a skimpy blue cloth that only covered her chest leaving most of her body exposed. She was dark skinned with black eyes and black spiked hair with big pink sea flowers on either side of her head and a pink bracelet on her left ankle. Her name was Phoebe; the master of Ghost-Type Pokémon of the Hoenn Elite Four.

The third member was a woman in her mid thirties that was a little taller than most women. She had blond hair tied in four ponytails and olive green eyes. She was wearing a purple dress over a lavender blouse that was long sleeved and covering her entire boy with, what looked like, purple pants underneath her dress. She was also wearing sandals on her feet with a belt around her waist. Her name was Glacia; the master of Ice-Type Pokémon of the Hoenn Elite Four.

The final member of the Elite Four was an older man in his late fifties and stood the tallest of the Elite Four. He wore a Ship Captain's hat with a Golden Pokeball in the center. He wasn't wearing any undershirt under his long black trench coat with yellow trimmings leaving him bare-chested. The trench coat had ragged endings on the bottom and on the sleeve endings and also had a golden Pokeball on the right side. He was also wearing blue jeans and black combat boots. He had black eyes and a big long moustache on his face. His name was Drake; the master Dragon-Type Pokémon of the Hoenn Elite Four.

The final member was the champion and he was the youngest person of the five, but he didn't look it. He stood a little bit shorter then Drake with bright silver hair wearing fancy clothing of a rich man. He had on black pants and shoes along with a black long sleeved fancy shirt with silver bands around his arms and thick purple squiggly lines going from shoulder to end. By the collar sticking out of his black shirt he was wearing a white shirt underneath it along with a red tie. He also had piercing emerald green eyes and was the heir to the Devon Corporation. His name was Steven; the Champion of Hoenn and a master of Steel-Type Pokémon.

"Travelling by train" Drake grumbled in a gruff voice. "A boat would be much faster."

"Stop complaining Drake" Glacia said not taking her eyes off a book she was reading.

"I have to agree with Drake" Phoebe said staring out the window at all the passing by scenery. "Travelling by boat let's you enjoy the fresh air more instead of being cramped up in a box."

"Finally someone with sense" Drake said.

Sidney sighed out loud, "Let's change the subject. Steven, you know who's in the Top 8?"

"Let me check real quick" Steven said pulling out a laptop and began typing. A few seconds later he got something, "Well there are quite a bit of interesting participants, but it seems that only two of them stand out the most."

"Who" Glacia asked looking up from her book.

"The first is Tyson from Mauville City" Steven said. "It says here he got past the preliminaries and qualifiers pretty easily. His main Pokémon seems to be a Meowth as in his first match in the Victory Rounds his Meowth took out three of his opponents Pokémon. Also in each previous round he's only had to use about 4 Pokémon. He's never used all six."

"He sounds like a talented one" Drake said getting interested. "And what about the other one?"

"The other one is Ash Ketchum" Steven said. "He's a trainer from Pallet Town in the Kanto Region. Whoa, now this is impressive."

"What is it Steven" Sidney asked.

"Ash got through all the Preliminary matches and qualifying rounds without losing one single Pokémon" Steven said making the four of them look at him in surprise. "In all of his previous matches in the Victory Tournament he's only had to use Two Pokémon."

"Just two" Phoebe said shocked.

"That's not even the most surprising part" Steven said turning the laptop towards them so they could all see it and he clicked on a button and Ash's Pokémon popped up. "He's gone through all of his matches using only Legendary Pokémon. He's used a Latios, a Latias, a Regice and a Regirock."

All of their eyes were wide now as they stared at the pictures of Ash's Pokémon. "Four Legendaries" Sidney whispered in shock.

"How is that possible" Glacia said slightly wide eyed.

"I'm not sure how it's possible" Steven said. "We'll be seeing his battle today so we can see for ourselves. Ah, perfect timing we're here." The train pulled to a stop and they all got up and got off the train.

"Oh it feels good to walk around again" Phoebe said stretching her muscles out.

"You're causing a scene again" Glacia reprimanded as many boys got google eyed and stared at Phoebe's scantily clad form.

"Jealous" Phoebe teased. Glacia developed a tick in her eye.

"Come on you two" Drake said to them "Mr. Goodshow is here." Glacia and Phoebe stopped but Phoebe was still smirking slightly while Glacia glared from the corner of her eye.

"Ah Steven, Drake, Glacia, Phoebe and Sidney" Mr. Goodshow greeted kindly. "It's good to see you all again."

"Nice to see you too" Steven greeted back with a smile.

"Indeed" Drake nodded.

"Hello Mr. Goodshow" Glacia said politely.

"Hiya Mr. Goodshow" Phoebe greeted enthusiastically.

"Hello" Sidney said simply.

"Well now that we got greetings out of the way let's get to the stadium" Mr. Goodshow said. "The first match of the quarterfinals will begin soon and there's no way I'm missing this one." The others chuckled slightly and followed Mr. Goodshow to his limo and got in. the ride to the Ever Grande Stadium was filled with Phoebe talking with Mr. Goodshow while the others were silent.

Once they got there they all went to the private box reserved for the one in charge of the League, (Mr. Goodshow) The Champion, (Steven) and the Elite Four. (Drake, Glacia, Phoebe, Sidney) "The roster for who's battling is right here if you want to look at it" Mr. Goodshow said sitting down. Each one of them grabbed roster copy and read it over, but the first match got their attention; Ash vs. Tyson.

"So this Ash is battling in the first battle" Drake murmured.

"So is Tyson" Glacia commented.

"Oh you know both Ash and Tyson" Mr. Goodshow asked.

"We looked them up on the way over here" Steven said. "Tyson has a very well balanced team, but it's Ash that got our attention the most."

Mr. Goodshow laughed, "Oh yes Ash does get a lot of attention with the skills he has. Wait until the match starts and I guarantee you that it'll be one you'll never forget."

Before anything else could be spoken "Ladies and gentlemen the first match of the Quarterfinals is about to begin." The crowd cheered loudly and the Hoenn Champion and Elite Four sat down and waited for the match to begin. "Trainers please enter the stadium" the announcer called.

Ahs and Tyson walked out onto the field and ascended the steps until they were in the trainer's box. Both Ash and Tyson held confident smirks on their faces as they stared at one another.

"On the green side we have Ash from Pallet town" the announcer called as the crowd roared loudly. "And on the red side we have Tyson from Mauville city" the crowd cheered loudly again. "The outcome of this match will decide which trainer will proceed to the Semifinals. Which trainer will come out victorious?"

In the stands Morrison screamed, "Go Ash go."

"C'mon Ash you can do it" May and Max shouted as well.

"Now to determine which field our trainers will battle on first" the announcer called as it began swapping through fields. It slowed and soon stopped on water "Ah and it's a water field." The neutral field switched to a water field. "Now four our trainer's first Pokémon."

"Hariyama let's go" Tyson called sending out his Hariyama as his first Pokémon. Hariyama appeared in the slot on the screen as Tyson's first Pokémon.

"And Tyson chooses Hariyama as his first Pokémon" the announcer called "Now what Pokémon will Ash choose as his first choice?"

"Kyogre I choose you" Ash called. A massive whale Pokémon appeared and landed in the water with a big splash. Kyogre took its spot as Ash's first Pokémon.

"And Ash graces us with another Legendary Pokémon" the announcer called excitedly as the crowd cheered. "This time it's Kyogre." The Elite four and Champion's eyes were slightly wide and Phoebe even had her mouth hanging open slightly.

"Hariyama use focus punch" Tyson called. Hariyama clenched its fist and went towards Kyogre intent on giving it a thrashing.

"Kyogre use water spout" Ash called calmly. Kyogre unleashed a torrent of water from the spout on the top of its body and it released a torrential amount of downpour rain drops that were huge. Hariyama couldn't get away in time and it slammed Hariyama to the ground and the rest of the drops reigned down upon it.

"Hariyama no" Tyson shouted worried. The water cleared and it showed Hariyama lying in the water with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag, "Hariyama is unable to battle. Kyogre is the winner." Hariyama's icon went dark signifying its defeat leaving Tyson with only five Pokémon left. Tyson recalled his Hariyama and whispered his thanks to it.

"Kyogre took down Hariyama with just one move" the announcer roared "Kyogre is definitely powerful. Now for Tyson's second Pokémon."

"Sceptile I choose you" Tyson called sending out his second Pokémon, most likely his starter. Sceptile appeared as Tyson's second Pokémon up on the screen. "Sceptile use bullet seed" Sceptile opened its mouth and launched a bullet seed barrage at Kyogre.

"Kyogre dodge under water" Ash called. Kyogre went under water and avoided the bullet seed.

"Sceptile jump into the air" Tyson shouted. Sceptile jumped high into the air.

"Kyogre, Giga Impact now" Ash shouted. Kyogre surrounded itself in purple energy and shot out of the water towards Sceptile.

"Sceptile dodge and use Leaf Blade" Tyson called. Sceptile dodged to the side as Kyogre went flying past it. Then the leaves on Sceptile's arms glowed and elongated into green blades and they slashed Kyogre hard and sent it back to the pool. "Sceptile solar beam attack now." Sceptile opened its mouth and charged a solar beam and a white ball began appearing in its mouth. Then Sceptile fired it down at the water and it hit dead on creating an explosion.

Silence reigned for a few seconds before, "Kyogre hyper beam now." A massive hyper beam shot from the smoke and hit Sceptile as it came down to the ground sending it flying.

"Sceptile no" Tyson cried.

"Finish it with ancient power" Ash called. Kyogre opened its mouth and formed a massive ball of swirling white energy and fired it at Sceptile as it fell to the ground. The attack hit sending Sceptile flying and it landed off the stage with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag, "Sceptile is unable to battle. Kyogre is the winner." Sceptile's icon went dark signifying its defeat.

"Ash's overwhelmingly powerful Kyogre has now defeated two of Tyson's Pokémon" the announcer said. "It survived a powerful leaf blade and solar beam and still took out Sceptile." Tyson recalled his Sceptile and whispered his thanks.

"Alright Shiftry I choose you" Tyson called sending out a tree like Pokémon with long hair and leaf hands with a mean face. Shiftry took its spot as Tyson's third Pokémon.

"Kyogre use hyper beam" Ash called. Kyogre opened its mouth and shot a massive hyper beam at Shiftry. Shiftry merely jumped to the side and avoided it before jumping towards Kyogre and landing a Mega Kick on it "Kyogre you okay" Ash called.

"Good job Shiftry now use shadow ball" Tyson called.

"Ancient power" Ash shouted. They two attacks met dead on resulting in a massive explosion in the entire area. The smoke cleared quickly and it showed both Shiftry and Kyogre unconscious in the water.

The ref raised both flags, "Shiftry and Kyogre are both unable to battle." Both icons on the screen went dark showing their defeat.

"And with that double knockout Tyson has lost three Pokémon so we'll cut to a five minute break folks" the announcer called. Both Tyson and Ash recalled their downed Pokémon and walked off the stage.

"That Ash kid is really good" Sidney commented staring at Ash as he walked off the stage.

"I know" Phoebe said watching Ash as well. "Hard to believe he's so young and have so many Legendaries. Not fair" she whined "What's his secret?"

"He has great skill" Drake said gruffly. "I can't wait to see how strong he'll be in the future."

"Indeed" Steven mused agreeing with Drake. "He'll definitely be a lot stronger in a few years time."

"Attention trainers five minutes have now passed" the announcer called. "Trainers please return to your boxes as we switch fields." Tyson and Ash reappeared in their boxes and the water field changed into a rock battlefield. "Ah a rock battlefield. Now what Pokémon will the two trainers select?"

"Registeel I choose you" Ash called and sent out the final member of the Legendary Golems. Registeel appeared on the ground with a loud thud that shook the ground and beeped in a deep voice. Registeel appeared as Ash's second Pokémon on the screen.

"Donphan let's go" Tyson said sending out his fourth Pokémon. Donphan took its place as Tyson's fourth Pokémon.

"Ash chooses a Registeel for his Pokémon while Tyson chose the type advantage with his Donphan, but from past battles with Ash you should know to never expect to win based on type alone" the announcer called.

"Donphan use sandstorm" Tyson called. Donphan curled into a rolling form and rolled around on the ground and created a massive sand storm attack. Registeel was unaffected by the attack, but now they couldn't see all too well.

"Keep an eye out Registeel" Ash called holding his hat down.

"Donphan use rock tomb" Tyson called. Rocks appeared around Registeel and strapped it inside the rocks and soon the sand storm cleared showing Registeel trapped. Ash gaped slightly while Tyson smirked, "Now Donphan use Magnitude." Donphan stomped on the ground hard rippling the ground and causing damage to Registeel. "Now use role out at full power" Donphan tucked into a ball and rolled towards Registeel as fast as it could.

"Flash Cannon now" Ash shouted. Registeel didn't need to move from its spot so it looked up and its dots glowed a bright red and then it fired a massive blast and it hit Donphan hard making it cry out in pain. Donphan then rolled out of the smoke and sprawled out on its stomach with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag, "Donphan is unable to battle. Registeel is the winner." Donphan's icon went dark signifying its defeat leaving Tyson with two Pokémon.

"Donphan return" Tyson said recalling his Pokémon, "You were great now take a nice long rest." Tyson pulled out his next Pokeball "Okay Metagross let's go." The final evolved form of Beldum appeared on the field and in the spot on the screen as Tyson's fifth Pokémon. Steven sat up a little straighter since it was steel vs. steel and steel Pokémon was his specialty.

"Registeel break out of the rocks" Ash called. Registeel broke out of the rocks and freed itself, "Now use zap cannon." Registeel's dots glowed a yellow color and then fired the zap cannon at Metagross.

"Metagross use psychic" Tyson called. Metagross' eyes glowed and then the zap cannon was caught and redirected back towards Registeel and hit it dead on paralyzing it. "Alright now use Meteor Mash" Tyson called. Metagross' arms glowed and it charged forward and smashed its leg right into Registeel sending it flying back.

"Registeel try and shake off the paralysis" Ash called. Registeel got back up with its body sparkling slightly.

"Metagross use another Meteor Mash" Tyson called. Metagross' leg glowed again and it charged at Registeel intent on doing more damage. Then Registeel reached its arms up and caught Metagross' leg. Tyson and Metagross were shocked by this turn of events.

"Alright looks the paralysis wore off" Ash said triumphantly. "Now Registeel use flash cannon." Registeel powered up Flash cannon while holding Metagross in place and hit it at point blank range doing massive amounts of damage, but not knocking it out. Metagross flew back and landed on the ground, but was covered in scrapes and was panting." Let's wrap this up Registeel use gyro ball" Ash called. Registeel charged at Metagross and then began rotating at a fast pace.

Tyson grit his teeth before his eyes widened slightly, "Metagross use Giga Impact." Metagross got up and charged at Registeel with its body surrounded with purple energy and then both Pokémon smashed into each other creating another explosion that blew both of them back. Metagross managed to land on its feet, but was panting harder than ever. Registeel was blown back and landed on the ground unmoving.

The ref raised the red flag, "Registeel is unable to battle. Metagross is the winner." Registeel's icon went dark signifying its defeat.

"I don't believe it folks" the announcer cried. "This is the first time here at the Hoenn League that Ash has lost two of his Pokémon with his opponent still able to battle. Now what will his third Pokémon be?"

Ash recalled his Registeel, "Good job Registeel you battled really hard. Now take a long rest." Ash pulled out his next Pokeball "Alright let's go" he called and sent out his third Pokémon that appeared in a magnificent flash and a loud roar.

Tyson and most of the stadium gaped, "Suicune" Tyson whispered softly. He snapped out of it quickly enough "We're not giving up no matter what you use Ash. Now Metagross use hyper beam." Metagross launched an ice beam at Suicune.

"Suicune dodge and use aurora beam" Ash said calmly. Suicune merely jumped into the air and avoided the hyper beam and then launched a massive aurora beam at Metagross and it hit it in the center forehead making it cry out in pain and fall to the ground with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag "Metagross is unable to battle. Suicune is the winner." Up on the screen Metagross' icon went dark signifying its defeat and leaving Tyson with only one Pokémon.

"And just like that it was down to one Pokémon for Tyson" the announcer called out loudly as the stadium was cheering. "We all know what Tyson's final Pokémon will be, but will it be enough to defeat Ash and make Tyson advance to the Semifinals."

"Go Meowth" Tyson called sending out his cowboy dressed Meowth who appeared in a flash ready for battle. Meowth took its spot as Tyson's final Pokémon.

"Well Tyson this has been a fun match" Ash called out "But now it's time to end it."

"Not if I can help it" Tyson called back "Meowth use fury swipe." Meowth extended its sharp claws and charged at Suicune.

"Suicune use Giga Impact" Ash called. Suicune surrounded itself in purple energy and charged at Meowth just as it went to slash at Suicune. Meowth was thrown back from the attack and landed on one knee wincing slightly. "Suicune Giga Impact one more time" Ash called.

"Here it comes" Tyson called to Meowth as Suicune surrounded itself in purple energy and charged at Meowth. "Alright iron tail" Meowth's tail glowed and it jumped in the air and brought its tail down on Suicune, but the Giga Impact was too powerful and knocked Meowth back. "Meowth" Tyson called worried as Meowth landed on the ground.

"Wow Meowth's move didn't do a thing" Morrison said shocked.

"I wonder what Tyson will do now" May said.

Back down on the field Ash said, "Let's wrap this up. Suicune charge up a full powered ice beam." Suicune roared loudly and formed an ice beam in its mouth and aimed it right at Meowth.

Tyson grit his teeth, but then his eyes widened, "Meowth dodge and jump on Suicune." Meowth opened its eyes just as Suicune fired the ice beam. Meowth dodged it and then jumped towards Suicune and latched its claws onto Suicune's back making it cry out "Good now use thunderbolt." Meowth unleashed a massive thunderbolt at point blank range on Suicune doing massive damage since Suicune was a water type.

"That'll cause a lot of damage" Max said.

"Toss Meowth" Ash called. Suicune ran at fast speeds trying to toss the Meowth on top of it, but Meowth clung on tightly refusing to let go.

"Thunderbolt again Meowth" Tyson called. Meowth unleashed another thunderbolt and did more damage to Suicune making it cry out in pain.

"Alright Suicune use light screen" Ash called. Suicune surrounded itself in a yellow energy field.

"Meowth try thunderbolt one more time" Tyson called. Meowth unleashed a third thunderbolt, but the effects were cut in half because of light screen so it didn't do as much damage.

"Suicune jump and toss it off" Ash shouted. Suicune jumped high into the air and with a hard jerk Meowth was jerked from Suicune's back, "Use Aurora beam now" Ash called. Suicune landed on the ground while Meowth was still falling and charged an aurora beam and aimed directly for Meowth.

"Meowth use Giga Impact" Tyson shouted. Meowth did a flip in mid air and purple energy surrounded it and Meowth began charging towards Suicune. Suicune fired the aurora beam at Meowth, but the Giga Impact powered Meowth managed to break through it and continue charging at Suicune through the attack. Meowth was taking damage by charging through it though. Meowth grit its teeth as it fought to get closer and closer to Suicune "Now use iron tail" Tyson shouted. While still using the Giga Impact Meowth managed to flip its tail towards Suicune and its tail glowed and it collided resulting in another massive explosion.

Tyson and Ash had to shield their eyes from the backlash explosion and the stadium shook slightly from the explosion. Soon the explosion ended leaving only smoke in the area as everyone waited for it to clear to see who the winner would be. Tyson and Ash waited with their fists clenched to see the results.

Finally the smoke cleared and it showed Suicune on the ground out cold with Meowth also on the ground with its eyes closed lying next to Suicune also out cold. "Meowth and Suicune are both unable to battle" the ref announced. "Since all six of Tyson's Pokémon have been eliminated Ash has won and will be moving onto the Semifinals." Tyson's picture and Pokémon disappeared from the screen leaving Ash's Picture and Pokémon to take up the screen with the words 'winner' and 'congratulations' under it.

"With that explosive ending Ash has defeated Tyson and will now proceed to the Semifinals" the announcer called as the crowd cheered wildly. Ash was grinning widely while Tyson also smiled happy for his friend's victory.

Tyson walked over to his Meowth, "Good job Meowth you did your best." Meowth woke up wincing and smiled slightly before falling asleep exhausted from the battle. Tyson returned it to its Pokeball.

Ash walked over to his Suicune as it regained consciousness "Great job Suicune. You battled really hard out there. Now take a long rest." Suicune barked slightly as ash returned it to its Pokeball.

"Great job Ash that was an awesome battle" Tyson said walking up to Ash "Best of luck in the Semifinals."

"Thanks Tyson" Ash said and both trainers shook hands with each other.

Mr. Goodshow turned and laughed at the guests sitting with him, "I told you that you all wouldn't be disappointed."

"Alright he won" Morrison cheered as he, May and Max jumped in the air cheering and clapping. Now Ash had the rest of the day to train and Relax for the next battle tomorrow since the rest of the matches were going to take up the rest of the day.

SCENE BREAK

A large Camerupt just fell to the ground in a dead faint, "And with that last win under his belt Ash Ketchum has proved that he is a good trainer even without Legendaries" the announcer's voice cried.

The ref raised the green flag, "Camerupt is unable to battle. Pikachu is the winner." Up on the screen it showed Ash's opponent losing his last Pokémon and Ash still having two open spots on his side with three Pokémon spots being dark signifying defeat. "By defeating his opponent Ash will now move onto the Championship match" the ref finished as the crowd cheered wildly.

You see it started out last night when Ash realized something; he had been using only his Legendary Pokémon and hadn't been paying enough attention to his other Pokémon. Ash rectified that by training with them most of the night to prepare them for his semi-final match.

It went along well and they proved how strong they were. His opponent used a Blaziken, Aggron, Manectric, Skarmory, Absol and a Camerupt. While his opponent used all six Pokémon Ash only had to use four Pokémon; Grovyle, Torkoal, Swellow and Pikachu. Ash first used Torkoal against his opponents Blaziken and managed to defeat it with a well-placed flamethrower combined with and over heat and then his opponent used his Manectric.

That battle ended in a double battle with both Manectric and Torkoal being knocked out. Ash then sent out his Grovyle while his opponent used Aggron. That battle ended with Grovyle knocking Aggron out with a Solar Beam, but Grovyle had also taken a lot of damage as well. With his opponents first three Pokémon down they switched from the ice field to a grass field. Grovyle was then taken out by his opponents Skarmory, but Swellow got revenge for Grovyle by taking out Skarmory. Sadly his opponent struck back with a vengeance by using his Absol to take out Swellow.

Pikachu was then used and fought with Absol for almost three minutes before finally managing to take Absol out. Then finally a Camerupt was used to battle and Ash had trouble with it because of Pikachu being worn out, but Pikachu managed to confuse Camerupt with its agility after both Pokémon had taken a lot of damage and then hit it hard with an iron tail knocking it out and giving Ash the win.

"Alright Pikachu good job" Ash cheered as Pikachu jumped into Ash's arms. Ash's friends were also cheering loudly for Ash's win

"Alright he did it" Max cheered "Just one more match to go and Ash will be the champion." Ash appeared shortly after in the stands and his friends rushed him.

"Alright Ash" Morrison said loudly clapping Ash on the shoulder, "You made it this far so you better not lose."

"Believe me Morrison I don't plan on losing" Ash said confidently.

SCENE BREAK

A little later in that day it was finally time for the championship match. "Ladies and gentlemen; welcome to the final match of the Hoenn League Ever Grande Conference." The crowd was cheering loudly. Both Ash and his opponent were standing in their places. Ash's opponent was a beautiful girl about three years older than him with long lilac hair, blue eyes wearing a blue shirt and a black skirt with sandals on her feet.

"The competitors in the championship match are Ash from Pallet Town and Anya from Sootopolis City." The crowd cheered loudly, "For this final match there will be no specific field; both trainers will battle on a neutral field." The field didn't change at all "Now let's get ready for a super heated six on six full battle."

"Corphish I choose you" Ash called sending out the small crab Pokémon. Corphish took its spot as Ash's first Pokémon on the screen.

"Gardevoir I choose you" Anya called sending out a tall elegant Pokémon. Gardevoir took its spot as Anya's fist Pokémon. "Gardevoir use psychic" Gardevoir's eyes glowed and then Corphish was lifted from the ground.

"Corphish use bubble beam" Ash called. Corphish raised its claw, opened it and fired bubbles from it towards Gardevoir.

"Gardevoir send it back" Anya called smirking. Gardevoir raised its arm and the bubbles stopped and then Gardevoir launched the bubble beam right back at Corphish hitting it dead on and sending it back onto the ground.

"Corphish use crab hammer" Ash called. Corphish got up and charged at Gardevoir with its fist flowing brightly.

"Gardevoir use hypnosis" Anya said calmly. Gardevoir's eyes glowed again and then Corphish went still and got all swirly eyed and sleep. "Now Gardevoir use Dream eater" Gardevoir glowed a blue color and then launched a spectral version of itself at Corphish and went right through it making Corphish cry out before falling to the ground out cold with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the red flag, "Corphish is unable to battle. Gardevoir is the winner." Corphish's icon went dark signifying its defeat leaving Ash with five Pokémon.

"Corphish return" Ash called recalling his down water Pokémon "You did good now take a long break." Ash pulled out his second Pokeball, "Alright Glalie let's go." Out came Ash's ice-type Pokémon with a mean face ready to battle. On the screen Glalie took its place as Ash's second Pokémon. "Alright Glalie use ice beam" Ash called. Glalie shot a massive ice beam attack at Gardevoir.

"Gardevoir use psychic" Anya called. Gardevoir's eyes glowed and the ice beam was stopped and redirected at Glalie hitting it hard sending it back. "C'mon Ash you got to do better than that. Bring out your Legendaries and give me a real challenge."

"My other Pokémon are just as strong" Ash argued "Glalie use ice beam one more time." Glalie was determined to not let Ash down and launched another powerful ice beam at Gardevoir.

"C'mon Ash you know what happened last time" Anya said arrogantly, "Gardevoir use psychic." Gardevoir's eyes glowed again and the ice beam was stopped and sent back at Glalie.

"Icy wind" Ash called with a smirk. Glalie launched a cold wind from its mouth that sparkled blue from the cold and it hit the rebound ice beam and then it sent it back at Gardevoir and hit it hard. Anya gaped in shock.

"So that was Ash's plan" the announcer said impressed.

"Now Glalie use head butt at full power" Ash called. Glalie charged forward as fast as it could and hit Gardevoir right in the head sending Gardevoir to the ground with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag, "Gardevoir is unable to battle. Glalie is the winner." Up on the screen Gardevoir's icon went dark signifying its defeat. Anya returned her Gardevoir with a smile.

"Well Ash maybe I underestimated you slightly" Anya called with a pleasant smile "But it's time for me to get serious. Altaria I choose you" out came a beautiful Pokémon with puffy white fur on the sides of its body with blue fur everywhere else.

"Wait Altaria's a dragon Pokémon and Glalie's an ice type" Max said confused "Why would Anya send out a Pokémon with a type disadvantage?"

"She must have something planned" Tyson commented.

"Alright Glalie ice beam" Ash called. Glalie roared and launched an ice beam at Altaria.

"Altaria use dragon breath" Anya called. Altaria gathered green and yellow colored energy in its mouth and launched it at Glalie's ice beam. The two attacks met dead on, but the Dragon breath then pushed the ice beam back and then the dragon breath hit Glalie head on knocking it back on the ground where it lie there unconscious.

The ref raised the red flag, "Glalie is unable to battle. Altaria wins." Glalie's icon went dark signifying its defeat.

"Well folks this is turning into an intense match as Anya is proving to be a challenge for Ash" the announcer called out. "What will Ash's next move be?"

Ash returned his Glalie, "Good job now take a good rest." Ash pulled out his next Pokeball and stared at it before clenching his hand, "Alright Darkrai I choose you." Out came the pitch black Pokémon in a flash. Darkrai hovered in the air waiting for Ash's orders.

"And another surprise from Ash Ketchum" the announcer shouted as the crowd roared wildly. "According to our information this Pokémon is known as Darkrai, a Legendary Pokémon from the Sinnoh Region." Up on the screen Darkrai took its spot as Ash's third Pokémon.

"Finally you're taking this seriously" Anya said in a giddy voice as she stared at Ash's Darkrai. "Altaria use dragon pulse" Altaria gathered a green orb of energy in its mouth and then launched it at Darkrai.

"Darkrai use dark pulse" Ash said calmly. Darkrai gathered a swirling ray of energy in its hand and launched it at Altaria's attack. Dark pulse broke through dragon pulse and hit Altaria head on sending it flying.

"Altaria" Anya shouted worried. Altaria landed on the ground out cold from the attack.

The ref raised the green flag, "Altaria is unable to battle. Darkrai is the winner." Altaria's icon went dark signifying its defeat.

"Altaria return" Anya said recalling her Pokémon. "Good job now take a long rest. Alright for my next choice I choose Swampert." Out came the fully evolved form of Mudkip and it took its spot as Anya's third Pokémon. "Swampert use hydro pump" Anya called. Swampert took in a deep breath and launched a powerful hydro pump at Darkrai.

"Darkrai ice beam let's go" Ash called back. Darkrai formed a powerful ice beam in its hands and launched it at the hydro pump. They collided head on and the ice beam began freezing the hydro pump and finally it collided with Swampert and blew it back.

"Swampert hang in there and use Giga Impact" Anya called. Swampert surrounded itself in purple energy and charged at Darkrai.

"Darkrai use dark void" Ash called calmly. Darkrai formed an orb of darkness in its hand and launched it at the oncoming Swampert and it hit enveloping Swampert. The attack faded, as did Swampert's Giga impact and then Swampert fell to the ground fast asleep.

"Dark Void's got Swampert fast asleep" the announcer commented "What will be Anya's next move?"

"Swampert use sleep talk" Anya called. Swampert stood up with its eyes still closed and formed a hyper beam and launched it at Darkrai and hit it head on.

"And Darkrai is nailed with a powerful hyper beam" the announcer shouted.

"Way to go Swampert" Anya cheered. She wouldn't be cheering for long.

"Darkrai dream eater" Ash called. Darkrai's eyes glowed red before launching a spectral image of itself at Swampert and it hit dead on. Swampert cried out in pain before falling on its back out cold.

The ref raised the green flag, "Swampert is unable to battle. Darkrai is the winner." Swampert's icon went dark signifying its defeat and taking out half of Anya's Pokémon.

"With Anya losing three Pokémon we will now cut to a five minute break folks" the announcer called. Anya recalled her Swampert and stood on stage staring out at Ash and his Darkrai.

"Good job so far Darkrai" Ash said as Darkrai floated back towards Ash. "You've taken out two of her Pokémon so far, but for now I'll give you a rest and give the others a chance."

'Very well' Darkrai said telepathically.

Up in the private box Mr. Goodshow stroked his beard "From the records Ash has never been to Sinnoh before. I wonder where he got that Darkrai from."

"Ash is full of surprises" Steven said with a smile.

"We're coming down to the home stretch" Morrison said excitedly.

"C'mon Ash you gotta win" Max said with his eyes shining.

"Attention trainers five minutes have now passed" the announcer called. Ash and Anya focused their attention back to the field. "It's a close match here folks. Ash is only in the lead by one Pokémon so let's see what their next Pokémon will be."

"Mawile let's go" Anya said sending out her steel type Pokémon. Mawile took its spot as Anya's fourth Pokémon.

"Pikachu you're up buddy" Ash called. Pikachu jumped into the stadium and Pikachu's icon took the spot as Ash's fourth Pokémon.

"Anya starts things off with her Mawile while Ash substitutes his Darkrai for his Pikachu" the announcer called.

"Mawile let's squash that little rodent with gyro ball" Anya called. Mawile charged forward and began rotating at a fast speed towards Pikachu.

"Pikachu dodge and use thunderbolt" Ash called. Pikachu jumped to the side and avoided the gyro ball and then its body sparkled and Pikachu launched a powerful thunderbolt at Mawile that struck dead on making Mawile cry out in pain.

"Mawile use flash cannon" Anya shouted. Mawile recovered and gathered up a big ball of energy and fired it at Pikachu that hit the poor mouse Pokémon head on. "Now use iron head." Mawile's large jaw on the top of its head glowed white and Mawile jumped at Pikachu.

"Pikachu iron tail now" Ash called. Pikachu flipped in mid air with its tail glowing white and both Pokémon struck with their steel type attacks creating a rather large explosion. Both Pokémon fell out of the sky and landed on the ground with swirls in their eyes.

The ref raised both flags, "Pikachu and Mawile are both unable to battle. This match is a draw." Both icons went dark signifying their defeats only Ash still had three Pokémon left. Ash raced out and picked Pikachu up off the field and set the little mouse Pokémon down next to him while Anya returned her Mawile.

"Dusclops come on out" Anya called sending out a massive pinecone shaped Pokémon with thick arms. Dusclops took its spot as Anya's fifth Pokémon.

"A Dusclops huh" Ash mused. "Alright Darkrai come back out." Darkrai reappeared in a flash and its icon lit back up.

"Anya is going with Dusclops while Ash goes back to his Darkrai" the announcer called "Based on type Ash has the advantage in this battle."

"Dusclops use shadow ball" Anya called Dusclops launched a shadow ball attack at Darkrai.

"Darkrai dodge and use ice beam" Ash called. Darkrai ducked the shadow ball and launched an ice beam at Dusclops, but Dusclops merely moved to the side and avoided it.

"Shadow punch Dusclops" Anya shouted. Dusclops charged forward with its fist glowing a dark color and then it punched Darkrai hard in the face knocking it back.

"Darkrai use dark pulse" Ash called. Darkrai formed the swirling energy in its hand and launched it at Dusclops hitting it hard and sending it back flying from the attack.

Dusclops hit the ground hard and gained a swirl in its eye. The ref raised the green flag, "Dusclops is unable to battle. Darkrai is the winner." Dusclops icon went dark signifying its defeat and leaving Anya with only one Pokémon left.

"Ash's Darkrai is in tip top form having defeated three of Anya's Pokémon" the announcer called "Now we await the identity of her final Pokémon." Anya returned her Dusclops with a blank expression on her face before her eyes hardened.

"So who's your last Pokémon" Ash asked calmly.

"It's not over yet Ash" Anya called fiercely. "Salamence let's go" she called. Out came a massive dragon Pokémon with large red wings, a long neck and a fierce look in its eyes. The Salamence glared at Darkrai and shot flames from its mouth. Salamence appeared as Anya's last Pokémon.

"And the ace in hole Anya was saving was Salamence" the announcer roared excitedly. "Even with his Darkrai Ash will probably have a lot of trouble dealing with this Pokémon."

"We're not giving up" Ash called to Anya.

"Good I didn't expect you to" Anya called back with a smirk "Salamence use dragon rage." Salamence roared and launched a swirling yellow orb at Darkrai. It was so quick that Ash didn't have any time to tell Darkrai to dodge and Darkrai suffered some massive damage from it.

"Hang in there Darkrai" Ash called "Use dark pulse." Darkrai launched a swirling energy wave at Salamence.

"Salamence fly" Anya called calmly. Salamence flew into the air and easily avoided the Dark pulse attack "Now use flamethrower." Salamence launched a powerful flamethrower down at Darkrai.

"Darkrai dodge it" Ash called. Darkrai flew to the side and avoided the flamethrower "Ice beam now" Ash called. Darkrai formed an ice beam in its hands and launched it up at Salamence and it hit Salamence dead on making ti cry out in pain since Salamence was very weak to ice type attacks.

"Salamence use dragon rush" Anya shouted. Salamence shot down with its body glowing and smashed directly into Darkrai sending it to the ground hard.

"Darkrai no" Ash called out worried. The smoke cleared showing Darkrai on the ground out cold.

The ref raised the red flag, "Darkrai is unable to battle. Salamence is the winner." Darkrai's icon went dark signifying its defeat.

"Good job Darkrai return" Ash called recalling his Darkrai. Ash put the Pokeball away and pulled out another one with a smirk and looked at it. "Alright it's time to end this Latios I choose you." Latios came out with a magnificent cry and hovered in front of Ash. On screen Latios took its place as Ash's fifth Pokémon.

"And Ash chooses Latios as his fifth Pokémon" The announcer cried out. "Of all of Ash's Pokémon his Latios is the one we've seen the most of with it only losing once back in the first round, but will Anya's Salamence pull out another win?"

"The answer is it can and it will" Anya whispered to herself. "Alright Salamence we can do it. Go and use dragon pulse." Salamence roared and launched a green orb at Latios.

"Latios use Giga impact" Ash called. Latios surrounded itself in purple energy and charged at Salamence and broke through the dragon pulse and slammed into Salamence.

"Salamence use steel wing" Anya cried. Salamence recovered and its wings glowed brightly before it charged forward and slammed its wings into Latios. Latios recovered quickly though "Alright Salamence use Dragon rush."

"Quick Latios Luster Purge" Ash called quickly. Latios formed a swirling purple energy ball in its mouth and launched the attack at Salamence. Salamence dodged to the side and continued with the attack and hit Latios hard with a dragon rush. "Latios no" Ash cried.

"Alright Salamence let's finish it off with dragon breath" Anya shouted victoriously. Salamence charged another dragon breath attack and aimed for Latios.

"Dragon rush now" Ash shouted. Latios opened its eyes and charged forward towards Salamence and hit it with Dragon rush before it could complete its attack. Salamence lost the attack and spiraled towards the ground before it recovered and stopped itself while hovering in midair.

Ash grit his teeth slightly seeing how tired Latios was. 'I got to end this now. It's a long shot, but it's the only attack I know that will lay Salamence out for good.'

"I wonder what Ash has planned" May wondered aloud.

"Latios" Ash shouted. "It's a long shot and we haven't perfected it, but we got no choice right now. Use Draco Meteor."

Drake's eyes went wide when he heard that, "Did he just say Draco Meteor?"

Steven nodded with his eyes slightly wide as well "Yeah he did."

"Draco... what now" Morrison asked confused.

Tyson hummed, "Draco Meteor. It's the most powerful kind of dragon move out there. It's said that if any Pokémon takes a direct hit from Draco Meteor then they'll be out."

"Draco Meteor is a one hit K.O. move" Max said as an afterthought.

Latios gave a loud cry and its body glowed and orange colour and an orange ball appeared in its mouth. Anya's eyes widened, "Salamence stop it quickly" she shouted desperately.

"Too late" Ash shouted "Latios let's go." Latios had finally gathered up enough power for the attack and then launched the orange ball into the sky. It flew high into the air and then it exploded outwards and dozens of bigger orange balls fell from the sky down towards Salamence.

Salamence had no chance as all of the meteors hit the ground and created massive explosions everywhere that shrouded the whole stadium and nearly knocked out the electrical system. Ash and Anya nearly fell to the ground from the impact and after 20 seconds the explosions stopped leaving only the explosion smoke.

Ash stared out impatiently waiting for the smoke to clear while Anya stared out with her eyes narrowed, teeth and fist clenched waiting for the smoke to clear more impatiently than Ash. Finally after thirty seconds the smoke finally cleared enough and they saw Latios floating in front of Ash panting harshly; obviously Draco Meteor had taken a lot of Latios' strength to perform.

Then the smoke cleared on Anya's side to show Salamence on the ground out cold very banged up with cuts and scrapes all over its body. Both Ash and Anya gaped; Ash at the fact that Draco Meteor worked and that he wasn't expecting it to knock out Salamence so easily and Anya gaped at the fact her Salamence was defeated. The ref raised the green flag, "Salamence is unable to battle. Latios is the winner. The winner of the Hoenn League Tournament at Ever Grande City is Ash."

The crowd immediately erupted into massive cheers and were clapping loudly. Ash finally broke into a wide smile and he ran forward and embraced his tired Latios. He did it Ash was now the Ever Grande Champion of the Hoenn League.