Seven months had now passed since Ash had gotten home from the Hoenn Region and he had trained his Pokémon for the two weeks that Scott had given him. After the two week mark Ash had been contacted and he got all the information he needed on the Battle Frontier.

Ash then set off on another journey across the Kanto Region, but this time he was collecting Frontier Symbols instead of Badges. The first facility Ash went to was the Battle Factory lead by Noland. Noland was a very laid back guy, but was very talented when it came to battling. He had a lot of Pokémon and the rules were that he'd let Ash choose which Pokémon he wanted to battle with. Ash looked around before he spotted and Articuno and he was shocked since he never met anyone else to have a Legendary except him. Ash immediately chose to battle Articuno.

Noland informed Ash that Articuno was a wild Pokémon and that it was a personal friend of Noland, but it battled with him loyally. Ash sent out Moltres to battle against it. It was a rough battle seeing two of the Three Legendary Birds battle with each other. In the end a powerful fire blast sent Articuno down giving Ash the victory. With his win Noland awarded Ash the Knowledge Symbol.

After that Ash moved onto the next location of the battle frontier area. The next area he found was the Battle Arena led by Arena Tycoon Greta. She was a tough tomboyish girl who trained in karate and specialized in fighting Pokémon. She was also very spirited and wished to battle Ash the moment she saw him. To determine how many Pokémon they would use she spun a wheel and whatever number it landed on would determine how many Pokémon they would use. It stopped and landed on a number 2 meaning they would use two Pokémon.

Greta sent out her Hariyama first and Ash chose Grovyle. It was a touch and go battle for a while, but Ash managed to defeat her Hariyama and Grovyle evolved into Sceptile because of it. Sceptile put up a good fight against her second Pokémon, a Medicham, but it lost so Ash used his Corphish for the next match and managed to win it. At the end Greta proudly awarded him with the Guts Symbol.

The third battle was against the Dome Ace Tucker. Tucker dressed like a frilly superstar, but he was an amazing battler. Ash and Tucker battled in a double battle in front of many fans of Tucker. Tucker used and Arcanine and a Swampert while Ash went with his favourite battling duo Latios and Latias. It was a great match as each one of them used better tactics back and forth against each other, but in the end a well placed Dragon Rush and Dragon Pulse took them both out and Tucker awarded Ash with the Tactics Symbol.

The fourth battle was against Pike Queen Lucy. She was a beautiful woman who specialized in a lot of serpentine Pokémon. When Ash got there the Battle Pike was closed that particular day, but she let Ash in anyway and their battle was quite hectic as she used a Seviper and a Milotic. Ash battled back with his Deoxys and Sceptile. Sceptile faced off against her Seviper and managed to defeat it with a powerful leaf blade and leaf storm combination. Her Milotic defeated it soon after and then her Milotic was defeated by Ash's Deoxys. Lucy gladly awarded Ash the Luck Symbol and then said she had to leave to go and meet with her boyfriend. Ash waved goodbye and wondered who she was with. (A/N: Foreshadowing: D)

The fifth battle was at the Battle Palace with an old guy known as Palace Maven Spenser. Spenser was a very tough opponent and his Venusaur, Shiftry and Claydol were proof of that. Ash used Suicune and managed to take out Spenser's Claydol, but it lost to his Shiftry. Ash sent out Moltres to combat against the Shiftry and managed to defeat it, but Spenser's Venusaur was something else as it managed to defeat Moltres while only having access to the ground. Ash finally ended it when he sent out Sceptile. Sceptile managed to end it with a newly learned Solar Beam and Spenser awarded Ash with the Spirits Symbol.

The sixth Battle was against the youngest of the Frontier Brains known as Salon Maiden Annabel. Annabel was a young girl about Ash's age with short purple hair and purple eyes. She was something else in battle as she had the empathetic ability to read a Pokémon's emotions and communicate with it telepathically. That gave Ash some trouble so he used Mew, Latias and Latios against her Alakazam, Metagross and Espeon. This one was a battle of minds as Ash could also communicate with only his psychic Legendary Pokémon telepathically, but in the end Ash almost lost to Annabel, and barely managed to defeat her with Latios' luster purge attack. Ash was awarded the Ability Symbol from Annabel who blushed the whole way while doing so. Ash had smiled and thanked her before Scott showed up and told Ash the secret location of the seventh Facility. It was located on the outskirts of Pewter City so that's' where Ash was going.

Ash arrived in Pewter City pretty quickly and was browsing along all the sights he hadn't seen since he first came here with Misty all those years ago. "I wonder how Brock's doing" Ash wondered. "Hey Pikachu why don't we go and pay Brock a visit?" Pikachu wholeheartedly agreed and both of them took off running towards the Pewter City Gym.

Ash arrived soon after he started and saw the Gym still looked the same as ever. Ash walked up to the front door and knocked on it. Immediately after he did that he heard quite a bit of scrambling and a few crashes before the door opened and revealed Brock's oldest little brother Forrest. "Hey Forrest what's up" Ash greeted.

Forrest sighed in relief, "Hey Ash I thought you were someone else for a second. Come on in" Ash walked inside to see all of Brock's siblings as well as Brock's parents rushing around and setting things up.

"Uh is Brock around" Ash asked.

"Yeah he's looking after the Gym in the back" Forrest said leading Ash to the back.

"If you don't mind me asking what's with all the preparations" Ash asked. "You guys having a party or something?"

"Ask Brock he'll tell you everything" Forrest said "All I can tell you is that it's the biggest events of Brock's life." Now Ash was really curious, but he held his questions until they got inside the Gym. Once they entered Ash saw Brock in the middle of a battle. He was, surprisingly, using a Kabutops while his opponent was using a Golduck.

"Golduck use hydro pump" the trainer called. Golduck launched a hydro pump at Kabutops.

"Kabutops dodge and use night slash" Brock said calmly. Kabutops dodged to the side of the hydro pump and slashed Golduck hard making it cry out and fall to the ground unconscious.

"Golduck is unable to battle. Kabutops is the winner" Forrest announced "The winner is Gym Leader Brock." Forrest was the ref of the match, but left for a couple minutes to answer the door.

"Are you okay Golduck" the trainer asked his Golduck helping it up. Golduck nodded and they bumped fists together "You did your best, we'll beat him next time."

"That was a good battle" Brock said walking up to his challenger with Kabutops following. "You proved your strength and your bond with Golduck is strong. Keep on forging that bond and your strengths and there's nothing you can't do."

They shook hands "Thank you" the trainer said before returning his Golduck and leaving the Gym.

"Hey Brock long time no see" Ash said stepping out from behind Forrest.

"Ash" Brock greeted with a smile. The two old friends walked forward and clasped hands together, "I haven't seen you in almost two years. How are you doing man?"

"I'm doing what I do best" Ash said "Winning gym battle, catching Pokémon and winning Leagues. You know, the usual stuff." Brock and Ash laughed at that. Forrest left the area and went back inside. Brock and Ash spent the next fifteen minutes catching up on things that went on while they were gone. Ash told Brock about all the Pokémon he caught, the gym battles he won and the people he faced off against.

"Well Ash you've definitely been busy since I've been gone" Brock grinned. "I saw your battles on T.V. and you've definitely gotten better, what with all those Legendary Pokémon in your arsenal, you're practically unbeatable."

"Well I wouldn't say unbeatable" Ash said sheepishly remembering his lost to Agatha. "So what's been going on with you. Last time I saw you I don't think you had a Kabutops."

"Oh that" Brock said laughing slightly. "I captured Kabutops a while ago along with a few new Rock Pokémon. Here take a look" Brock said leading Ash to the side of the building. The wall opened up revealing another rocky area. Inside were a bunch of rock type Pokémon. Ash saw Brock's Steelix, his Golem, once a Geodude, his Crobat, a Kabutops and Kabuto along with an Omanyte and Omastar, Aerodactyl, Pupitar, Rhydon and an Armaldo.

Ash gaped at the assortment of Pokémon, "Wow that's quite a haul. But how did you get Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto, Kabutops and Aerodactyl when they're supposed to be extinct?"

"One time when I had some free time away from the Gym I went and did a little digging looking for more rock Pokémon and I found their fossils. Professor Oak and Gary were kind enough to revive them for me and I captured them. Training them was tough, but I managed to pull it off. Aerodactyl was the toughest of all, but I did it and it's my strongest Pokémon."

"Awesome" Ash said. "Oh I got another question. Why is everyone inside rushing about setting things up? Forrest mentioned something about it being the biggest day of your life."

Brock got the happiest smile on his face that Ash had ever seen, "Ash come sit with me" Brock said indicating to some rocks near a pond where his Omanyte and Omastar were lounging. Brock gave them a pet as he sat down. They smiled at him before swimming off to the other end. Ash took a seat next to Brock "Ash I found the one" Brock said.

"The one" Ash repeated confused.

"You've heard me say this before to almost every Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny we've ever met, but this time I mean it Ash" Brock continued. "I've found the girl for me; I'm in love."

Ash's eyes widened and he could tell Brock was being serious since ash had never seen him this happy before, "Well Brock I'm glad you found a woman for yourself. What's she like?"

"She's wonderful" Brock said smiling. "She's a great Pokémon trainer, loves battling and caring for Pokémon and loves to travel around."

"That's great Brock" Ash said "So what's so important that's going on tonight?"

"Well tonight's her birthday and I'm gonna ask her to marry me" Brock said. Ash stared at Brock in shock when he heard Brock say that, "We've been together for two years now and it's been the best years of my life. I can't imagine my life without her by my side."

"Well Brock I'm happy for you and I hope you two have a wonderful life together" Ash said and patted Brock on the shoulder. The two friends spent the next few hours just talking about random things when the door burst open and Forrest came running in.

"Brock she's here" Forrest gasped. Brock sprang up and ran back into the house with both Ash and Forrest following close behind. This must be more important to Brock than anything since he's never been able to outrun Ash before. They got inside just in time to see the lights be turned off and everyone hiding.

"Ash good to see you" Flint whispered as Brock went and answered the door.

"You too Flint" Ash whispered back.

"I know this is sudden, but when Brock brings his girlfriend in here can you jump out and say surprise like the rest of us" Flint asked. Ash nodded and resumed his hiding spot.

'I wonder what she looks like' Ash thought turning and poking his head out to see Brock walk in with his hand over a tall woman's eyes. From the dark Ash could tell she was a little shorter than Brock, had long black hair and wearing boots. The woman also had a smile on her face as Brock whispered something into her ear. Brock then pulled his hands away and the woman's eyes were closed and Brock turned the lights on and Ash took that as the cue.

"SURPRISE" everyone yelled. The woman opened her eyes in surprise before smiling widely.

"Oh Brock thank you so much" she cried hugging Brock tightly. Brock smiled and hugged her back and when they pulled apart Ash got a view of who it was and his eyes widened.

It was Pike Queen Lucy.

"Lucy" Ash said shocked.

Lucy looked over and saw Ash "Ash I never thought I'd see you here" she smiled.

"You know Ash" Brock said surprised.

"He came and challenged me at the Battle Pike about a month and a half ago" Lucy explained. "He was definitely a challenging opponent and managed to defeat me. So Ash how far have you gotten now?"

"I've got Six Symbols" Ash said pulling out his case and showing off the Frontier Symbols. "I was on my way to the Battle Pyramid when I decided to pay Brock a visit." Ash laughed a bit "When you said you had to leave because you had to go meet your boyfriend I had no idea it was going to Brock."

Lucy also laughed a bit while Brock rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. Lucy wrapped her arms around Brock's neck "I'm glad I met Brock he's one of a kind." She gave him a kiss on the cheek making him blush under his dark skin.

The party went under way with everyone having a good time and Ash was really happy he decided to stop and pay Brock a visit. The party started to dwindle down after a few hours and soon the lights dimmed again and Brock brought out a beautiful looking cake that looked so good your mouth would water at the sight of it.

Brock set it down in front of Lucy and everyone sang the "Happy Birthday" song for her. Once they were done Lucy blew the candles out in one breath "Did you make a wish" Brock asked.

"Yeah" Lucy said.

"What was it" Brock asked.

"I can't tell you or it won't come true" she giggled with a smile.

"Let me see if I can guess what it is" Brock said taking her by the hand and leading her to the center of the room in front of everyone. Brock bent down on one knee and Lucy gasped covering her mouth with her free hand. "Lucy you've been with me for two years now and they've been the happiest years of my life. I can't imagine spending the rest of my life with anybody else in the world. I love you my queen" he said softly and pulled out a small black case about the size of his palm. He opened it up and revealed a silver ring with a diamond in the center. "Lucy will you do me the honor of marrying me?"

Lucy had bright tears of happiness in her eyes "Oh yes, yes I'll marry you" she cried. The, now, engaged couple embraced each other and kissed each other with passion on the lips. The family cheered and clapped for Brock and Lucy. Ash was clapping the hardest of all happy that his best friend had finally found a woman for himself. "Brock "Lucy whispered when they broke apart, "This was my wish."

Brock chuckled and kissed her again "Glad I could make it come true" he whispered back to her.

SCENE BREAK

It was morning in Pewter City and Ash was saying goodbye to the newly formed engaged couple, "Well it was nice seeing you again Brock, but I gotta get going. The Battle Pyramid awaits me" Ash said.

"You never could stay in one place for too long eh Ash" Brock said with a smile.

"Good luck in your last battle Ash" Lucy said.

"Thanks and good luck with Brock too" Ash grinned. Brock nearly face faulted while Lucy giggled and soon the three of them were laughing. "See you guys" Ash said walking off and waving to them. Pikachu on Ash's shoulder also waving as well as Ash walked away. Brock and Lucy also waved until Ash was out of sight.

SCENE BREAK

Ash And Pikachu continued through the Pewter City Forests and once they got around a clearing their mouths fell open in shock. They saw a gigantic pyramid that was easily ten stories high, maybe more. "Whoa" Ash said.

"Impressive isn't it" Scott said coming up behind Ash.

"Yeah it is" Ash said "So this is where the final Frontier Brain is?"

"Oh yeah" Scott said "Hey Brandon come on out. Your challenger is here." As soon as Scott said that a bottom part of the pyramid opened up and a man of average height with a regal appearance with black hair and eyes wearing the clothes an archaeologist would wear appeared. The man had a semi-scowl on his face.

"Hello Scott" Brandon said once he reached them.

"Nice to see you again" Scott said and then turned to Ash, "Ash meet the final of the Frontier Brains. His name is Brandon, but his official title is Pyramid King Brandon. Brandon this is your challenger Ash Ketchum."

"So you've made it past the six Frontier Brains" Brandon said in a slightly surprised tone. "You must be a quite an impressive trainer to make it so far. I look forward to our battle."

"Thanks Brandon, me too" Ash said grinning.

SCENE BREAK

The top of the Pyramid opened up allowing free access for any Pokémon that wanted to fly. Brandon and Ash too their spots on opposite sides of the field "Go Ash go" a familiar voice cheered. Ash turned to see Scott sitting with May, Max, Brock and Lucy.

"Hey guys what are you doing here" Ash waved.

"We came to see you battle of course" Brock said. "There's no way I'd miss the most important battle of my friend's life."

"I came to Kanto to compete in the Grand Festivals" May answered. "I actually tried to find you at first, but Professor Oak said you had already left so I came by myself with Drew and Solidad."

"I got my first Pokémon and travelled around Hoenn collecting badges for the Next Ever Grande Conference" Max said.

"Alright" Ash said walking over to Max, "How many badges do you have right now?" max pulled out a badge case and showed off a Stone Badge, a Knuckle Badge, a Dynamo Badge, a Heat Badge, a Feather Badge, a Mind Badge and a Rain Badge. "Wow seven badges already" Ash said impressed.

"I'm gonna challenge dad when I get home" Max said excitedly.

"We're ready to begin the battle" the ref said. Ash immediately went back to his trainer box. "This is a battle with Challenger Ash Ketchum and Pyramid King Brandon. This will be a full six on six battle with no time limit. Let the battle begin."

"Wow a full battle" May said surprised.

"Ash will be great" Max said confidently "But let's see if Brandon can actually force Ash to use all six Pokémon."

"Dusclops I need your assistance" Brandon called sending out a ghost Pokémon with two massive hands and a giant eyeball in the center of its face.

"Alright then my choice is Darkrai I choose you" Ash called and sent out the Legendary Pitch Black Pokémon. Brandon eyes the dark Pokémon with interest.

"A Darkrai" Brandon noted. "An extremely rare Pokémon of the Sinnoh Region. This should be an interesting match young man. Dusclops will-o-wisp" Dusclops put its massive hands together and formed a blue ball of fire in its hands before launching it at Darkrai.

"Darkrai extinguish the will-o-wisp with ice beam" Ash called. Darkrai formed the ice beam in its hands and launched it at the will-o-wisp and plowed right through it hitting Dusclops head on.

"Dusclops confuse ray" Brandon called calm as ever. Dusclops launched a confuse ray at Darkrai, but Darkrai dodged to the side with quick speeds and went for Dusclops "Dusclops shadow punch." Dusclops clenched its fist and hit Darkrai with a super effective shadow punch.

"Darkrai use dark void" Ash called. Darkrai formed a dark ball in its hands and launched it at Dusclops.

"Dusclops dodge it" Brandon said. Dusclops dodged to the side and avoided the black ball "Now will-o-wisp." Dusclops launched the will-o-wisp attack and it hit Darkrai this time launching it back. "Finish it off with shadow punch" Brandon called. Dusclops launched another shadow fist at Darkrai.

"Now use dark pulse" Ash called. Darkrai got up and formed the swirling dark attack in its hands and launched it through the shadow punch and nailed Dusclops in the face sending it flying where it skidded on the ground.

"Dusclops use confuse ray" Brandon called. Dusclops hopped up and was about to launch a confuse ray when Darkrai appeared in front of it.

"Darkrai use dark void quickly" Ash called. Darkrai launched its signature attack and it hit Dusclops and sent it into blissful sleep, but not for long. "Darkrai dream eater" Ash called. Darkrai's eyes glowed red and launched a spectral version of itself and it plowed through Dusclops. Dusclops cried out before it went still with a swirl in its massive eye.

"Dusclops is unable to battle. Darkrai is the winner" the ref announced.

"Alright that's one down" Max cheered.

"Ash is definitely strong" Lucy said. "It's been a while since Brandon's Dusclops was taken down."

"Dusclops return" Brandon said recalling Dusclops "Great job my friend you battled well. Now Regirock I need your assistance." The rock version of the Legendary Golem's appeared on the field with a roar.

"Whoa Regirock" May gasped. "I didn't think anyone was in possession of Regirock except Ash."

"Regirock use stone edge" Brandon called. Regirock formed a bunch of rocks around its arms and launched it at Darkrai.

"Darkrai Giga Impact" Ash called. Darkrai surrounded itself with energy and charged through the Stone Edge and hit Regirock hard making it skid back.

"Regirock use hyper beam" Brandon called. Regirock formed a hyper beam in its hands and launched it at Darkrai and Darkrai couldn't dodge because of Giga Impact's after effects. It hit and Darkrai was sent launching back with a groan, but it was still ready to battle. "Regirock finish it with focus punch" Brandon said. Regirock charged forward towards Darkrai with its fist glowing.

"Darkrai counter with your own focus punch" Ash shouted. Darkrai's fist glowed and also charged at Regirock. Both attacks hit dead on resulting in an explosion. Brandon and Ash shielded themselves from the blast and soon the dust cleared and it showed Regirock still standing, but Darkrai was on the ground unconscious.

"Darkrai is unable to battle. Regirock is the winner" the ref said.

"Return Darkrai" Ash said recalling his Pokémon. "Good job, now take a long rest."

"Young man" Brandon called "I must give you your credit where it is due when it comes to your Darkrai's performance. Obviously you have trained it well for it to be able to withstand so many attacks. I hope all of your other Pokémon are just as good."

"Oh believe me they are" Ash said pulling out his next Pokeball "Snorlax let's go" Ash called sending out the massive Pokémon that stood up wide awake and ready for battle. "I know you're hungry Snorlax, but once we win I promise you you'll get all the food you can eat." Snorlax roared in agreement and got ready to battle.

"Regirock zap cannon" Brandon called. Regirock held its hands together and formed a swirling orb of lightning energy and shot it at Snorlax.

"Snorlax use Giga Impact" Ash called. Snorlax surrounded itself in energy and shot forward and plowed through the zap cannon and blasted Regirock hard sending it flying back.

"Giga Impact was the only move that could break through Regirock's zap cannon without Snorlax being affected by it" Brock commented.

"That's' true, but now Snorlax will be wide open for the next attack" Lucy said.

"You may have avoided the first attack, but you can't protect yourself from the next one" Brandon said "Regirock hyper beam." Regirock fired a powerful hyper beam directly at Snorlax.

Ash smirked "Snorlax feeding time" was all Ash said. Snorlax opened its mouth and the hyper beam from Regirock flew inside surprising everyone there. "Now hyper beam times 2" Ash called. Snorlax roared and fired the most massive hyper beam anyone had ever seen. It tore through the arena and towards Regirock hitting it harder than ever. Regirock flew from the arena and smashed into the walls before sliding down onto the ground not moving.

"Regirock is unable to battle. Snorlax is the winner" the ref said recovering from the shock.

"How could Snorlax just eat a hyper beam" Max asked shocked.

"I guess Snorlax's stomach is so strong it can ingest attacks and even fire them back out" Brock said impressed. "I gotta ask Ash if he can show me that again sometime."

"Regirock return" Brandon said "Good job my friend, you battled well" Brandon pulled out his next Pokeball. "Ninjask I need your assistance" out came a small bug Pokémon colored yellow and black with red eyes.

"Snorlax return" Ash called recalling the massive Pokémon and pulling out another Pokeball "Suicune I choose you." Out came the magnificent aurora Pokémon ready for battle with a loud roar. "Suicune hydro pump now" Ash called. Suicune opened its mouth and launched a massive hydro pump at Ninjask.

"Ninjask sand storm" Brandon called. Ninjask waved its wings and a sand tornado formed and it went right for Suicune while blocking the hydro pump. Suicune dodged the sand attack by jumping out of the way "Alright Ninjask use Ariel Ace" Brandon called. Ninjask flew out and slammed into Suicune making it cry out as she was slammed back.

"Suicune hyper beam" Ash shouted. Suicune launched a hyper beam at Ninjask as it recovered and it hit Ninjask hard. "Hit it again with ice beam" Ash called.

"Ninjask sand storm" Brandon called quickly. Ninjask kicked up the sand storm and blocked the hyper beam and this time Suicune was ensnared in it. "Now hit it again with Ariel Ace" Brandon called.

"From within the sand storm" May said surprised "But how can Ninjask see where it's going?"

"Brandon has trained all of his Pokémon to be able to see in dark places" Scott said "A sandstorm like this is child's play for Ninjask." Ninjask went into the sand storm for an Ariel Ace attack.

"Suicune Giga Impact now" Ash shouted. There was a roar and a loud crash shaking the stadium from within the sand storm and then it died down showing Ninjask on the ground with swirls in its eyes and Suicune still standing with swirls in its eyes.

"Ninjask is unable to battle. Suicune is the winner" the ref said.

"Alright Ash has now taken out three of Brandon's Pokémon" Max cheered.

"Ash has only lost one so he's in a pretty good league" May commented.

"I wouldn't count Brandon out yet" Brock said making them all look at him. "Brandon's not known as the most powerful Frontier Brain for nothing. He must have something else hidden up his sleeve."

"Ninjask return" Brandon called returning his Pokémon. "You were most brave, now take a long rest." Brandon pulled out his next Pokeball "Registeel I need your assistance" out came the second of the three legendary golems.

"Another Legendary" Max said quietly.

"Registeel use metal claw" Brandon called. Registeel's claws glowed and it charged at Suicune with considerable speed for its large size.

"Suicune dodge it" Ash called. Suicune jumped to the side and above Registeel, but then Registeel jumped and slammed Suicune in the stomach with its metal claw "Suicune ice beam quickly" Ash shouted. Suicune unleashed a powerful ice beam and it hit Registeel at point blank range. Registeel was thrown down to the ground. "Now Giga Impact" Ash shouted. Suicune made a flip in mid air and surrounded itself in energy and charged down at Registeel.

"Registeel stop it" Brandon called. Registeel hopped up, help both of his arms out and caught Suicune before it could hit him. Registeel held its ground and wasn't being pushed back an inch. Ash and the others, besides, Brandon and Scott, gasped and gaped. "Good Registeel now use flash cannon" Brandon called. Registeel formed a swirling ball of energy in the center of its being and then fired it at Suicune at point blank range. Suicune lost the Giga Impact and was the own back and landed on the ground with swirls in its eyes.

"Suicune is unable to battle. Registeel is the winner" the ref said.

"Suicune return" Ash called returning Suicune "Good job, now take a long rest. Snorlax come back out" Ash called sending out his previous Pokémon. "Snorlax use ice beam" Ash called .Snorlax launched a massive ice beam from its mouth toward Registeel.

"Iron defense" Brandon called. Registeel glowed and surrounded its body in energy and the ice beam simply refracted off of Registeel "Good now use hyper beam." Registeel put its arms together and launched a massive hyper beam at Snorlax.

"Snorlax use protect" Ash called. Snorlax put its arms together and a green barrier surrounded it and the hyper beam smashed against it, but after a few seconds it refracted off as well. "Snorlax take down attack" Ash called.

"Registeel metal claw" Brandon called. Both Pokémon charged at each other and smashed into each other. Snorlax was holding back the arm that had the metal claw activated and Registeel was holding back Snorlax's arm with its other arm. "Registeel use..."

"Snorlax..." Ash cried.

"Hyper Beam" they both shouted. Both Pokémon fired a hyper beam at close range at the same time resulting in another massive explosion. The explosion dust cleared quickly showing Registeel and Snorlax still standing before Snorlax grunted in pain and fell forward with swirls in its eyes.

"Snorlax is unable to battle. Registeel is the winner" the ref announced.

"They're even now" Brock commented. 'C'mon Ash you can win this.'

"Well young man I must say you've battle well so far" Brandon said. "It's been a while since anyone has been able to push out Registeel's true battling spirit."

Ash returned his Snorlax whispering a thanks before pulling out his next Pokeball "Deoxys let's go" Ash called sending out his psychic legendary.

"Ash really is something" Scott commented. "I've never seen a single trainer with so many legendaries before."

"Registeel use gyro ball" Brandon called. Registeel began rotating at fast speeds before charging at Deoxys.

"Deoxys use psychic" Ash called. Without moving from its spot Deoxys eyes glowed and Registeel was stopped in place. "Now use focus punch" Ash said. Deoxys tentacle glowed and it punched Registeel hard and Registeel was sent flying back hard.

"Registeel lock on" Brandon called. Registeel's eyes glowed and a red circle shot out of ti and connected with Deoxys chest leaving a red dot on it. "Now zap cannon" Brandon called. Registeel launched a zap cannon at Deoxys.

"Deoxys change to speed form and use extreme speed" Ash called. Deoxys morphed into its speed form and sped around the room and the zap cannon followed it.

"Don't' worry if zap cannon doesn't hit you then Registeel's other attack will" Brandon said. Registeel then began launching hyper beams at Deoxys. Deoxys flew around the room harshly avoiding all of the attacks while zap cannon still followed it. Then a lucky hyper beam snagged it in the leg sending it down to the ground and then zap cannon connected with it.

"Deoxys are you okay" Ash called. Deoxys stood up wincing with lightning cackling off of its body.

"Registeel end it with a full powered flash canon" Brandon called. Registeel formed the flash cannon in its hands and fired it at Deoxys.

"Deoxys change to your defense form and use iron defense" Ash called quickly. Deoxys changed to tis defense form and its body glowed. The flash cannon hit, but when it cleared it showed that Deoxys was still standing. Brandon looked surprised "Alright Deoxys use Giga impact."

Deoxys changed to its attack form and surrounding itself in purple energy before charging at Registeel "Quickly Registeel use gyro ball" Brandon shouted. Registeel began swirling and charged as well. For the second time they clashed and another explosion ensued kicking up more dust and causing Brandon and Ash to shield their eyes. The dust cleared and it showed Registeel and Deoxys out cold on the ground.

"Registeel and Deoxys are both unable to battle" the ref said. Both for them called back their Pokemon and whispered a thanks.

"It's a dead tie now" Max said.

"Both of them have just two Pokémon remaining" Lucy said.

"It's just getting started" Brock said smiling.

"Solrock I need your assistance" Brandon called sending out a sun shaped rock Pokémon.

"Pikachu you're up buddy" Ash said. Pikachu nodded and jumped into the fray. "Okay Pikachu let's start this off with a thunder bolt." Pikachu's cheeks sparkled and it launched a massive thunderbolt at Solrock.

"Solrock use psychic and deflect that thunderbolt" Brandon ordered. Solrock's eyes glowed and the thunder was redirected back at Pikachu and hit it making Pikachu grit its teeth, but shrug it off "Now Solrock use shadow ball" Brandon called. Solrock formed a dark ball in front of it and launched it at Pikachu.

"Dodge with quick attack" Ash called. Pikachu sped around and avoided the shadow ball before moving toward Solrock and smashing itself into Solrock.

"Solrock use solar beam" Brandon called. Because the sun was shining brightly above them it gave Solrock the perfect amount of power for a solar beam as it was charged quickly and shot at Pikachu. Pikachu was too slow and couldn't dodge it in time so it was hit hard by the solar beam and sent flying.

"Pikachu" Ash called worried. The smoke cleared and Pikachu was lying on the ground twitching before it got up shaking slightly.

"Solrock end it with another solar beam" Brandon said. Solrock charged another solar beam and aimed for Pikachu.

Ash grit his teeth before his eyes widened "Pikachu dodge and use volt tackle." Solrock fired the solar beam at Pikachu, but Pikachu dodged just in time and charged at Solrock and lightning cackled around the Pikachu's body and it jumped up and slammed into Solrock and shoking it badly doing it massive amounts of damage.

"Solrock shadow ball" Brandon shouted. As Solrock fell to the ground it shot one last shadow ball that nailed Pikachu and sent the little mouse Pokémon flying as well and it landed on the ground a little after Solrock did. Both Pokémon were unconscious and had swirls in their eyes.

"Pikachu and Solrock are both unable to battle" the ref announced. Ash went up and retrieved Pikachu while Brandon returned his Solrock and gave it thanks.

Ash walked over to Brock and handed him Pikachu "Take care of it please Brock" Ash asked.

"No problem" Brock responded as Ash turned and walked back into his trainers box.

"It's the final stretch" Scott said "C'mon Ash just one more win."

"I must say young man you've battled very well so far" Brandon said. "You have earned my respect, but this will be our last bout. Regice I need your assistance" Brandon sent out his last Pokémon and the third of the legendary golems. Regice appeared with a deep roar.

Ash pulled out his final Pokeball, "It's all up to you" Ash whispered "Latios let's go" he shouted throwing the Pokeball into the air. Latios appeared in a flash and a cry before flying downward and hovering in front of Ash. "I'm counting on you Latios, give it 110%" Latios nodded in response.

"Regice blizzard let's go" Brandon said. Regice launched a blizzard at Latios and Latios winced; weak from the ice attack.

"Whoa that's cold" May whimpered rubbing her arms as everyone felt that blizzard attack.

"Latios safeguard" Ash called. Latios glowed and formed a barrier around itself protecting itself from the blizzard "Alright now use dragon pulse." Latios formed a green ball in its mouth and launched it at Regice through the blizzard, but Regice dodged to the side and avoided it. "Quick use dragon rush" Ash shouted. Latios surrounded itself with blue energy and charged at Regice. The attack connected and it did damage to Regice along with Latios since Regice was practically made of ice. 'Okay physical attacks, bad idea' Ash thought.

"Regice ice beam now" Brandon ordered. Regice formed an ice beam between its hands and launched it at Latios and hit it dead on making Latios cry out in pain from the attack.

"Latios try and shake it off" Ash called. Latios shook its head before glaring at Regice "Latios confusion now" Ash called. Latios' eyes glowed and then Regice got a blue glow around its body and it was lifted off the ground. Latios then proceeded to smash Regice against the walls and the ground trying to do as much damage as possible.

"Regice use focus punch on the ground" Brandon called as Regice was moved towards the ground. Regice's fist glowed and it punched the ground lodging its fist in the ground. Latios tried digging it out, but it didn't work "Now use rest" Brandon said. Regice gained a blue glow around its body and began to heal itself.

Ash's eyes widened "Latios Luster Purge quickly" Ash shouted. Latios' eyes stopped glowing and it formed a purple ball of energy in its mouth and it launched it at Regice. Regice just finished heal as Latios fired it.

"Regice dodge it" Brandon called. Regice dodged to the side "Now ice beam attack." Regice launched an ice beam and it hit Latios dead on making it cry in pain again.

"Latios dragon breath quickly" Ash shouted. Latios formed a chartreuse ball of energy in its mouth and fired it at Regice. Regice dodged to the side only for Latios to appear in front of it "Dragon pulse now" Ash shouted. Latios nailed Regice with a super effective dragon pulse.

"Regice blizzard" Brandon called. Regice fired another blizzard attack and Latios was frozen in place from the powerful blizzard "Hyper beam now" Regice called. Regice's hyper beam only grazed Latios on the wing, but it sent it down to the ground "Freeze it with ice beam quickly" Brandon shouted. Regice blasted ice beam around Latios and trapped it in the ice making sure Latios couldn't move "Now rest" Brandon said smirking.

Regice got another glow around its body and began to heal itself "Ash better think of something quickly or he's gonna lose" Lucy said.

"Oh don't worry about that" Max said smirking. "Ash still hasn't used Latios' strongest attack yet."

"Oh I get it" May said snapping her fingers in realization.

Ash closed his eyes before opening them "Latios" Ash called getting all attention to go to him "Full power Draco Meteor now" he said. Brandon's eyes widened as Latios gained an orange look around its body and opened its mouth and pointed towards the ceiling.

"Regice hyper beam quickly" Brandon shouted. Regice stopped glowing and launched a hyper beam at Latios just as Latios shot the Draco Meteor into the sky. The hyper beam hit Latios, but the attack went on as the little orange ball split into many and they all went down and hit the area inside and around Regice obscuring the view as they continued to fall. Once it ended their was silence on the field. The smoke cleared shortly and both Regice and Latios were on the ground.

The ref looked at both Pokémon "Since both Pokémon are down and neither side has any Pokémon left the winner will be determined by which Pokémon has the will to stand first."

"Regice get up" Brandon called.

"C'mon Latios I know you can do it" Ash called. Neither Pokémon moved so both trainers tried again and this time both of them twitched before Latios opened his eyes and glared out while Regice lifted itself on its arms. Latios grit his teeth and with a loud cry rose off of the ground and panted like crazy. Regice tried pushing itself up with its arms before it cried out weakly and fell to the ground. "Regice is unable to battle. Latios is the winner; the winner is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town."

"Alright we did it" Ash cried out jumping for joy "Great job Latios you did it."

Brandon smiled "Regice return. Great job my friend."

"He did it he won" May and Max cheered jumping around almost as excitedly as Ash was.

"That was a great battle Ash" Brock said quietly. Lucy put a hand on Brock's shoulder and they both smiled at each other.

Brandon and Ash met in the middle of the field "Ash that was an amazing battle. You have shown that you have a battle style that is truly yours and yours alone."

"Thanks a lot Brandon" Ash said bowing.

"And here's your prize the Brave Symbol" Brandon said handing Ash his final symbol.

"Thanks Brandon" Ash said "Alright I'm master of the Battle Frontier."

SCENE BREAK

Outside the Battle Pyramid Scott was talking with Ash while the others were there too "By earning all seven Frontier Symbols you have earned yourself a place in the Battle Frontier Hall of Fame." Ash held a placard that had all seven of his frontier symbols in them.

"It's an honour Scott" Ash said.

"It'd be an even greater honour if you considered becoming one of our Frontier Brains" Scott said.

Ash frowned and looked away "You see... I can't do that." Everyone looked at Ash in surprise "I like travelling too much and there are many other awesome places and new Pokémon that I've never even seen before and, especially, all of the battles that await me."

"I see" Scott said. "Well if you change your mind, the offer still stands." Scott got into his car and started it up "Good luck in your future battle Ash" Scott said before driving off.

"Well Ash it's time for me to get going too" Brandon said. "I've found a new ruin to explore so I must be going now."

"Goodbye Brandon" they all said. Brandon and his assistant got into the Battle Pyramid and they took off flying away leaving the five friends back on the ground. With all seven symbols earned Ash's place in the Battle Frontier Hall of Fame is secured and now Ash must travel home before setting off on his next adventure.