"Professor Oak, Professor Elm, mom" Ash called out as he walked up to the three. "What are you all doing here?"

"We came to see you battle in the Championship tournament of course" Delia said hugging her son. "We saw yours and Gary's match on T.V. and we came to watch your battles.

"According to Tracey" Professor Oak began. "You and Gary are the talk of the town back home. Everyone is looking forward to watching the two of you battle. Speaking of battle we should probably head to the main area as the matchups are sure to come up soon."

"Yeah," Ash said. He pulled out two Pokeballs, "Sorry guys, Latios, Latias return." Two red beams shot out and connected with the two invisible Eon Dragons.

"So my computer wasn't fooling me" Professor Oak said slightly awed as he had only caught a glimpse of the two Pokémon Ash just recalled. Beside him Professor Elm was a little wide eyed. "You do have the Legendary Latios and Latias."

Ash nodded, "Yep and with them on my side I'm gonna win. I haven't used them yet in battle because I was saving them for the Victory tournament."

"Well I can't wait to see them in battle" Professor Elm said excited. "It's every Pokémon professors dream to see a Legendary in battle."

Inside the area by the stadium were the sixteen trainers that had managed to pass the Robin-Round matchups. As they entered Professor Oak and Professor Elm walked off towards Mr. Goodshow to see if they could help with anything. Ash looked up at the screen that showed the sixteen trainers that managed to pass. As to be expected Gary's picture up there and soon he found his own picture as well.

"Hey look, Harrison passed as well" Brock pointed at one of the pictures. Ash looked up and saw a picture of an older trainer with brown hair that was slightly spiked at the top wearing a red and blue shirt. Harrison was a trainer that Ash met when the lighting of the torch was going to take place. A troublesome Sneasel was causing problems and it was Harrison who used a new Pokémon from the Hoenn region called a Blaziken to defeat it and capture it. Harrison was also the one that told Ash about the Hoenn region and all the Pokémon that were I the region that Ash had never seen before.

"Awesome" Ash said when he saw Harrison's picture.

"Hey Ashy-boy" Gary greeted with a wave walking up to him.

"Hey Gary" Ash said in a dry voice. Gary merely chuckled quietly at Ash's dry voice and turned to the screen to wait for the matchups to be posted.

After a few moments of waiting Mr. Goodshow stepped up and began speaking, "Attention all remaining trainers of the Silver Conference. Congratulations to all to the sixteen of you who have made it past the Athlete Division and the Robin-Round Division. Now the Championship tournament begins" Mr. Goodshow announced and most of the trainers let out whoops of joy. "The tournament is a full six on six elimination match. The first trainer to lose all six Pokémon will be knocked out of the competition and the winner will move onto the next round. The matches will be played on either a grass, ice, rock, or water field. When one trainer loses three of their six Pokémon there will be a five minute break for the trainers to rest and think up strategies. Now without further ado the computer will now mix up the remaining trainers and randomly select which trainer you will battle and in what round the battle will take place in."

With his little speech done Mr. Goodshow turned to the big screen that everyone in the room could see and pressed a button. The screen went dark for a second before it lit back up and the pictured began flashing around until it stopped and revealed the final matches.

"Look, Harrison's in the first match" Misty said. Ash looked and indeed Harrison was in the first round.

"He's going to win his match" Ash said. "I'm sure of it. Now where am I?" Ash scanned the one next to him and his blood went cold and his eyes widened. Ash was in the second match and it was against Gary. Professor Oak and Delia's eyes widened at this. Misty and Brock looked worriedly between Ash and Gary. Ash turned to look at Gary just as Gary turned to look at him. Ash could have sworn he saw a flicker of surprise in Gary's eyes, but he dismissed it. Ash chuckled slightly, "Well Gary, looks like you're leaving the tournament so soon. I gotta say I feel a little bad for you."

"In your dreams Ash-boy" Gary said calmly while the two stared at each other.

Mr. Goodshow's voice sounded out and probably stopped Ash and Gary from going at each other's throats. "The first two matches will take place today. Harrison of Littleroot Town vs. Austin of Blackthorn City and the second match is Gary from Pallet town vs. Ash of Pallet Town. The first match will take place at 12:00 and the second battle will take place afterwards. Good luck to all of you in your upcoming matches."

"Well Ashy-boy," Gary said. "I've got to go and prepare my team. I hope that you'll at least make me break a sweat, but I won't hold my breath." Gary turned and began to walk away.

Ash growled slightly, "I'll make you eat those words Gary."

Gary stopped and turned around, "By the way Ash, you remember this?" Gary pulled out a top half of a Pokeball from his pocket. It was all rusted and beaten up and looked really old.

Ash looked surprised, "You still have that?"

"Of course I still have it" Gary said. "It was my first defeat."

"We tied for it and you know it" Ash countered back. "Neither one of us won."

"Well to me tying with you is almost worse than losing" Gary said in a bored voice. He put the half Pokeball back in his pocket and began walking away. "See you in our match Ashy-boy."

As Gary walked away Delia asked her son, "Ash, honey, what was that Pokeball thing?"

"It's a fight me and Gary had years ago," Ash said looking down. He then huffed, "It's not important right now. I need to go and build my team to beat Gary." Ash turned to Brock and Misty with a pleading look, "You guys will help me make a team that can beat Gary, right?"

They both laughed, "Of course we'll help you Ash."

"Well if that's all then I'll go get stadium tickets" Delia said walking off with the two Professors. Later we find Ash and friends inside of their room in the Pokémon center trying to register Ash's team.

"Well Gary doesn't specialize in one type of Pokémon" Brock said checking Gary's Pokémon. "He's got a wide variety of Pokémon and all of them are pretty powerful."

"Well I've got Charizard, Latios and Latias on my team so there goes power" Ash said.

"I don't think you should use both of them" Brock said making Ash look at him curiously. "Think about it, you have two legendary Pokémon and if you reveal them both too early in the competition then your future opponents could have a higher chance of finding a weakness to them and exploiting on it."

"Oh... I didn't think about that" Ash said sheepishly.

"I think for power Pokémon you should use Latios, Charizard, and Snorlax" Brock said. "Pikachu is good for speed so that would do well in your battle. Quilava is good for charging through tough attacks and good on defense so there's another one and you need another Pokémon that's good for speed and hard attacks. Your Heracross fits that description perfectly."

"Pikachu, Quilava, Heracross, Snorlax, Charizard and Latios" Ash muttered to himself. Then he grinned, "That's a perfect team." A roar got their attention as Ash went to the window and saw a giant Charizard flying towards him. "Charizard" Ash called out. Charizard saw its old trainer and flew down to give its usual greeting.

A flamethrower to the body

"I missed you to" Ash moaned out before falling to the ground twitching. Pikachu, Charizard, Misty and Brock all laughed while Ash twitched on the ground.

Meanwhile back in the stadium Harrison and his opponent, Austin, were in their match. "Sneasel, use night slash attack" Harrison ordered. Sneasel's claws glowed a dark black color and it clawed at the opponent's Vaporeon and the poor little blue Pokémon collapsed to the ground unconscious.

"Vaporeon is unable to battle" the ref called raising the red flag. "The winner is Sneasel and the winner of the battle is Harrison of Littleroot Town." The crowd cheered as Harrison recalled his Pokémon and left the arena with a smile on his face.

'My next opponent is the winner of the next round' Harrison thought. 'I should stick around to see what kind of Pokémon my next opponent will use.' Harrison walked up into the stands to find a good place to watch the next battle.

Misty looked worried, "Harrison goes up against the winner of the next match between Ash and Gary, right?"

Brock nodded, "That's right. Harrison will be a tough opponent to whoever wins the next match. He has Pokémon from the Hoenn region and they all look pretty powerful. Well let's just relax, Ash's battle starts in a few minutes."

"Oh good, we're not too late" a female voice said. Brock and Misty turned to see Bianca and Lorenzo walking up to them.

"Bianca, Lorenzo, you made it" Misty said excited.

"Of course we made it" Bianca said. "There's no way I'm gonna miss the chance to see my best friends battle. How strong have they become anyway?"

"We don't know" Brock said. "Ash trained them in secret for three weeks. Only he knows how strong they are." Bianca and Lorenzo were now more curious and excited than ever to see their two old friends battle. The four of them took their seats and waited. Soon the four of them were joined by Professor's Elm and Oak and Ash's mother. All three of them were just as excited as the others and couldn't wait to see the match.

"Hello Pokémon fans" the announcer roared as the crowd began cheering. Ash and Gary walked onto the field with determined looks on both of their young faces. "Now we will begin the Second Match of the Johto League Silver Conference Victory Tournament. For those of you who didn't see it, the first match was won by Harrison of Littleroot Town. The winner of this match will face him in the quarterfinals."

"I will win" both trainers whispered to themselves simultaneously.

"Both trainers in this battle are from Pallet Town in the Kanto Region" the announcer continued. "Both of these trainers are unique in their own way. Both of them are the same age and have made reputations for themselves. On the red side is Gary Oak, the grandson of Pokémon expert Professor Samuel Oak. On the green side is Ash Ketchum who has made it all the way to the Top Sixteen in the Indigo Plateau. Both of these trainers have promising futures, but which one of them will emerge victorious?"

Everyone's attention was now drawn to the screen where Gary and Ash's pictures took up the slots. Below their pictures were six empty slots for their Pokémon. Then in between their names there was a circle divided into four segments; one of them had a rock in the middle, one shaped like grass, one the shape of ice and the last one the shape of a water droplet. Then it began flashing through the four segments before stopping on the one shaped like a water droplet. "And it looks like the battle will take place on a water field" the announcer said. The neutral field was then swapped out for a water field that had a few platforms in the middle of them.

Then another circle appeared where the previous one was. Only this one was divided into eight parts, with four slots green and the other one red. "And now to determine which trainer will send out their Pokémon first" the announcer said. It flashed between colors for s few seconds and everyone waited with their breaths held. Then it stopped on a red segment "And Gary Oak will send out his Pokémon first."

"I choose you Electabuzz" Gary said sending out the powerful electric Pokémon that landed on one of the platforms with a loud roar. Up on the screen Electabuzz's icon appeared under Gary's picture.

"And Gary's first Pokémon is Electabuzz" the announcer said. "Now we eagerly wait to find out what Ash's first Pokémon will be."

"I choose you Snorlax" Ash called releasing his Snorlax that was, thankfully, awake. Up on the screen Snorlax's icon appeared under Ash's picture. "Snorlax use hyper beam" Ash ordered.

The gigantic Pokémon opened its mouth and launched a massive hyper beam at Electabuzz. "Electabuzz dodge and use shock wave" Gary ordered. Electabuzz dodged the attack by jumping to another platform and then it launched a shock wave at Snorlax.

"Punch it away with your ice punch" Ash called. Snorlax's fist glowed a baby blue color and it simply punched the shock wave away, "Good job now use your ice beam attack." Snorlax formed a small ball of blue energy in its mouth and then it fired off the ice from the attack aiming everywhere for Electabuzz, but Electabuzz, but Electabuzz was too fast to get hit, but Snorlax's attacks were leaving their mark.

Soon Snorlax stopped the hyper beam attack and the whole field was now covered in ice making it an ice field now, "Amazing folks, Snorlax's ice beam has made the whole water field into an ice field now" the announcer said. Electabuzz was slipping around slight as it was not fully prepared to stand on ice all that well. "And it looks like Electabuzz is all wobbly as it can't balance on ice that well."

"Electabuzz return" Gary called recalling Electabuzz.

"And Gary Oak makes the wise decision of recalling his Electabuzz" the announcer said. "Now we wait to see what his next Pokémon will be.

"Nidoking, let's go" Gary said and sent out the massive purple dinosaur like monster that snarled at the sight of Ash's Pokémon. "Nidoking, use poison sting" Gary ordered. Nidoking sent out a lot of tiny sting attacks from its mouth and they all slammed into Snorlax making it cry out in pain.

"Snorlax, use body slam" Ash ordered. Snorlax charged forward at surprising speed and jumped onto Nidoking sending it flying into a rising ice block snapping the ice directly in two.

"Nidoking, use your hyper beam attack..." Gary ordered "On the field." Nidoking fired its hyper beam and it hit the one of the ice chunks that Snorlax created and it sent ice towards Snorlax obscuring its vision. "Now get it with focus punch before it recovers." Nidoking charged forward and delivered a solid punch to Snorlax's head and that punch was dead on as Snorlax fell to the ground with swirls in its eyes.

"Snorlax is unable to battle" the ref said raising the red flag. "Nidoking is the winner." Snorlax's icon went dark and left Ash with five Pokémon.

"And Ash is down one Pokémon" the announcer said. "What will he send out next to combat against Gary's Nidoking?"

Ash had to think for a few seconds, 'The only one with a type advantage over his Nidoking is Latios, but I want to save him for last. I guess I'll go with...' "Quilava I choose you" Ash said sending out his fire Pokémon. Up on the screen Quilava's icon appeared signifying it as Ash's second Pokémon.

Gary wasn't going to be switching out so he continued with his Nidoking, "Nidoking use your poison sting attack." Nidoking opened its mouth and sent out a bunch of little poisonous needles towards Quilava.

"Quilava take that poison sting on with your flame wheel" Ash ordered. Quilava had flames erupt around its body and it charged headfirst into the poison sting attack and its flames knocked all of the poison sting needles away and hit a surprised Nidoking hard and melting part of the now ice field back to water.

"Nidoking beat that flame wheel back with a tackle attack" Gary shouted. Nidoking charged forward and delivered a powerful tackle attack to Quilava smashing the little Pokémon into an ice block. Quilava slid down the ice and landed there a little dazed, but still ready to fight.

"Quilava, use your flamethrower on the field around Nidoking" Ash ordered.

Gary's eyes widened, "Nidoking move" he shouted. Too late as Quilava fired its massive flamethrower at the area around Nidoking and it gravely affected the ice covered water that Snorlax created. The entire area around Nidoking was completely melted away leaving Nidoking on a small platform of ice that was a little too small for its massive weight and it began to crack.

"Alright Quilava hit that Nidoking with your fire blast" Ash called. Quilava fired out a massive flame attack from its mouth in the shape of a Japanese kanji and the attack hit Nidoking dead on. The resulting backlash from the attack was devastating as most of the ice on Gary's side of the field was gone from Quilava's flamethrower earlier and the fire blast from just a second ago.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what a devastation fire blast attack as it hits Gary's Nidoking dead on" the announcer shouted amidst the cheers of the crowd. "Will Gary's Nidoking arise belly up or ready to battle?" Nidoking floated to the top of the water with swirls in its eyes and gurgling on water comically.

"Nidoking is unable to battle" the ref said raising the green flag. "Quilava is the winner." Nidoking's icon went dark signifying its defeat as Gary was left with only five Pokémon.

Gary recalled his Nidoking without saying a word and then he pulled out his third Pokeball. "Blastoise go" Gary said sending out his very first Pokémon.

"Isn't that Gary's starter Pokémon" Misty asked staring at Blastoise.

"You mean the very same Squirtle that Gary received from Professor Oak at the start of his journey, yeah that's the one" Brock muttered.

Professor Oak chuckled next to them, "Looks like Gary wants to make Ash take a lot of heavy losses from the start. Blastoise is his strongest Pokémon." Next to Professor Oak Delia was snapping pictures like crazy as though trying to make a whole photo book while just watching one match.

"Ash will beat it" Delia said confident in her son's abilities.

Brock smirked, 'If only Gary knew what Ash has in store for him at the end then he wouldn't be so confident nor would he send out his Blastoise so early.'

"Quilava, you still good to go" Ash asked. Quilava nodded and its flames roared to life, "Okay then let's start this off with your flamethrower attack." Quilava took a deep breath and launched its massive flames from its mouth.

"Blastoise use rapid spin" Gary shouted. Blastoise tucked its arms, legs, and head inside of its shell and jumped in mid air and began spinning rapidly. As the flames hit Blastoise the spin knocked the flames away and there wasn't even a mark on Blastoise' shell. "Now combine that with a tackle attack" Gary ordered. Still spinning Blastoise charged forward and hit Quilava hard before it even knew what happened.

Quilava flew back and landed hard on the cold ice with swirls in its eyes. "Quilava is unable to battle, Blastoise is the winner" the ref announced raising the red flag. Quilava's icon went dark leaving Ash with four Pokémon left.

"Quilava, return" Ash said and Quilava disappeared back into the Pokeball with a flash. "You did well, I'm proud of you." Turning to his most trusted companion he grinned, "Pikachu, you're up." Pikachu saluted and jumped into the field. On the screen Pikachu's icon appeared.

"And Ash's third Pokémon is his Pikachu" the announcer said. "Will Gary stick with his Blastoise or will he switch to another Pokémon?"

"Blastoise return" Gary said returning his Blastoise. "Umbreon I choose you." Out came one of the evolutions of Eevee. This one was black with yellow circles on its body and glaring red eyes. When it saw its opponent it smirked thinking that this would be an easy win. Pikachu didn't like the cocky look the Umbreon had on its face. Pikachu glared and its cheeks sparkled angrily thinking about the defeat it suffered when the Umbreon was only an Eevee.

"Pikachu, use thunderbolt" Ash ordered. Pikachu's cheeks sparkled bigger and it launched a massive thunderbolt towards Umbreon. Without even needing to hear Gary's command Umbreon jumped out of the way of the attack.

"Umbreon use shadow ball" Gary ordered. Umbreon opened its mouth and a purple ball formed in its mouth and Umbreon shot it at Pikachu.

"Pikachu dodge and use hyper beam" Ash shouted. Gary looked shocked at what Ash had just said. Pikachu opened its mouth and a hyper beam formed in its mouth and with a loud cry Pikachu fired the hyper beam from its mouth. Umbreon was too surprised to move out of the way from the attack and the hyper beam hit dead on.

"Umbreon" Gary shouted as Umbreon landed on a platform. Gary grit his teeth as he glared out at Ash and Pikachu, 'That Pikachu was able to learn a move like hyper beam.' "Umbreon use payback" Gary shouted. Umbreon jumped up and gave a shout and two pink balls formed in its mouth and Umbreon fired it at Pikachu.

"Pikachu use light screen" Ash called. Pikachu formed a clear screen in front of itself and Umbreon's attack smashed into it and Pikachu grit its teeth to try and hold the attack back, but was slowly losing its footing.

"Umbreon use tackle attack" Gary shouted. Umbreon appeared behind Pikachu and tackled it hard from behind. Pikachu cried out as it was flung forward and nearly landed into the water, but stopped just short of the edge. "Umbreon finish it with a body slam" Gary ordered.

"Pikachu," Ash called worried. "Wait a minute... Pikachu knock Umbreon into the water." Pikachu snapped its eyes open just as Umbreon was about to jump on top of it. Pikachu raised its tail up and jammed into Umbreon's chest. Umbreon coughed from the hard hit to its chest. Pikachu then used the momentum to knock Umbreon in the water. "Pikachu, thunderbolt" Ash shouted. Pikachu launched a thunderbolt directly into the water that Umbreon was currently in. Umbreon screamed out in pain as the electricity attack hit it hard.

"And an electrifying thunderbolt fries Umbreon badly" the announcer roared excitedly as the crowd cheered loudly. Delia was snapping pictures like crazy while the others were clapping. Umbreon floated to the surface with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the green flag, "Umbreon is unable to battle. Pikachu is..." the ref stopped when Pikachu grit its teeth in pain and collapsed to the ground. Ash stared in absolute shock. The ref raised both flags, "Pikachu and Umbreon are unable to battle. This match ends in a draw." Both icons on either side went dark. Gary still had four left while half of Ash's were eliminated.

"After a hard battle both Pokémon were unable to battle" the announcer said. "Since Ash Ketchum has lost three Pokémon we will be taking a five minute break." Gary recalled his Umbreon while Ash picked Pikachu up and walked back to his own side.

'Gary's just as strong as ever' Ash thought as he held Pikachu closely. "You okay buddy" Ash asked. Pikachu gave a small 'Pika' in response and nodded. Ash smiled "That's good. I'm proud of you Pikachu, you did well. And between you and me you beat Umbreon first. It fainted at least three seconds before you did. That counts as a win to me." Pikachu grinned in response.

Gary stood there thinking 'Ash is stronger than I thought he would be' he thought. 'Let's see I have Electabuzz, Magma, Blastoise and Golem left. My guess that one of Ash's Pokémon left is Charizard, but he'll probably be using him last. I don't know what kind of Pokémon he has left though.'

Soon five minutes had passed, "Alright we'll now begin the second half of the battle. Ash Ketchum is down three Pokémon while Gary is down two" the announcer said. The wheel began spinning again to determine who would send out their Pokémon first. The spinning stopped and it landed on the green, "And Ash Ketchum will be sending out his Pokémon first."

"Heracross, let's go" Ash called. The bug Pokémon appeared in a flash flapping its wings threateningly.

"Magmar, let's go" Gary shouted sending out the fire Pokémon native to almost every volcano around the Pokémon world.

"Heracross, use mega horn" Ash shouted. Heracross' horn glowed and it charged at Magmar.

"Magmar catch it" Gary ordered. Magmar put its hands out and caught Heracross and stopped it in its tracks. "Now Magmar use flamethrower" Gary said. Magmar shot the flamethrower out and it hit Heracross at point blank range.

"No Heracross" Ash shouted. Heracross grit its teeth in pain, but it eventually snapped its eyes opened and batted Magmar away and then snapped its wings open dispersing the flame showing there wasn't a scratch on it.

"And Magmar's flamethrower has no effect on Heracross" the announcer said. "Ash Ketchum has trained it well to be able to withstand a full powered flamethrower at point-blank range."

"Alright, Heracross use string shot" Ash ordered. Heracross shot a string out of its mouth and it wrapped around Magmar's wrist. "Now throw Magmar into the water, quickly" Ash said. Heracross swung its head up taking Magmar with it and then swung it down towards the water.

"Magmar, avoid the water" Gary shouted. Magmar flipped in mid air and landed on a platform and then it grabbed the string shot that Heracross still had coming from its mouth. "Now slam that Heracross into the ground" Gary ordered. Magmar tugged on the string and pulled Heracross up and began slamming into the ice all around the field.

"Heracross, release the string" Ash shouted. Heracross cut the string just in time as one more hit would have finished it.

"Magmar use fire punch" Gary shouted. Magmar appeared in front of Heracross and with its fist enflamed and punched Heracross hard and sent it down into the water area side of the field. Heracross floated to the top with swirls in its eyes.

The ref raised the red flag, "Heracross is unable to battle. Magmar is the winner." Heracross' icon turned black signifying its defeat. Things were looking bad for Ash as he only had two Pokémon left. He recalled Heracross and gave it a small congratulation.

"Charizard I choose you" Ash called out. He sent the powerhouse of the team out on the field. Charizard roared and spat flames from its mouth.

Gary looked surprised, 'Charizard this soon. I expected him to save Charizard for last.' Gary looked at Ash's screen and saw that he still had one blank one left. 'Either Ash is starting to panic or he has an ace in the hole that's more powerful than Charizard.' "Magmar return" Gary said returning his Pokémon. "Blastoise go" Gary called sending out his started Pokémon. "Let's beat this Charizard and end this battle. Use Hydro pump."

The shell parts on Blastoise' back opened up and two cannons revealed themselves. Two large streams of water launched themselves from Blastoise back.

"Charizard, dry that water out with your fire spin attack" Ash shouted. Charizard opened its mouth and with a loud roar it launched the fire spin from its mouth and it hit the hydro pump attack and they met head on. They were at a dead stand still before the fire spin slowly begun overcoming Blastoise' hydro pump.

"Blastoise, rapid spin hurry" Gary shouted quickly. If Charizard's fire spin hit dead on then Blastoise would be in big trouble. Blastoise stopped the hydro pump and begun spinning just in time to avoid being hit with the massive fire. It spun fast enough to avoid being hit critically with the fire spin.

Soon the fire spin stopped coming and Gary shouted, "Blastoise use Hydro pump." Blastoise stopped spinning and fired a Hydro pump directly at Charizard scoring a direct hit on it. Charizard grit its teeth, but held firm.

"Charizard, use your Dragon Rage attack" Ash called. Charizard roared and fired the dragon rage attack at Blastoise. Blastoise easily dodged it. "Now Charizard tackle attack" he shouted. Charizard flew in and was about to smash itself into Blastoise when...

"Skull Bash attack now" Gary shouted. Blastoise raised its head up and smashed it right into Charizard knocking it back. "Give it another Hydro Pump attack" Gary shouted. The hydro pump hit in almost the exact spot causing more damage to Charizard.

"Don't give in, Charizard, use Dragon claw" Ash shouted. Charizard's claws glowed and he charged at Blastoise.

"Dive into the water" Gary said. Blastoise dived into the water and Charizard was forced to stop the attack.

"And Blastoise has taken advantage of the field and dived under the water and could come up anywhere" the announcer said. Up in the stands everyone was wondering where Blastoise would come up. Charizard looked around on the field wanting to know where Blastoise would come up for an attack. Then the ice broke behind them and Blastoise jumped through it surprising Ash and Charizard. "And Blastoise bursts through the ice behind Charizard leaving it wide open."

"Charizard, watch out" Ash shouted.

"Too slow, Blastoise full power hydro pump" Gary shouted. The Hydro pump hit Charizard hard and knocked it to icy ground.

"A stunning attack, this could be the end for Charizard" the announcer shouted.

"Charizard, fly and grab Blastoise" Ash shouted. Charizard burst from the ice and grabbed a surprised Blastoise. "Now give it a point blank flamethrower and finish it with a seismic toss." Charizard lifted Blastoise into the air and gave it a flamethrower attack at point-blank range causing massive amounts of damage. Now Charizard prepared for a Seismic toss.

"Blastoise, bite attack go" Gary shouted. Blastoise was weak, but it was strong enough to bite Charizard hard on the shoulder. Charizard winced as Blastoise bit into his weakened shoulder, but Charizard refused to give up.

"Charizard add a fire spin to that Seismic toss" Ash shouted. He wanted to make sure that he at least took Gary's Blastoise down. Fire surrounded Charizard and Blastoise causing quite a bit of damage to Blastoise and a little damage to Charizard. Charizard began spinning rapidly in the air and flew around quickly in an elliptical fashion and then flew down to the ground and slammed Blastoise into the ground. The field exploded and smoke covered the area.

"And a fire spin combined with a seismic toss has caused the field to explode in smoke" the announcer roared. Soon the smoke cleared and it showed that Blastoise and Charizard were standing on two platforms on the recently melted ice field; now back to its original water field.

POKESPEECH

Charizard panted as it stared out at Blastoise who was panting just as hard as Charizard was. Charizard stiffened as pain ran through its body "Good match turtle" Charizard said.

Blastoise smirked, "You too lizard" he said and then grimaced in absolute pain. "Until next time" Blastoise said as his vision darkened.

Charizard's vision darkened as well, "When we next see each other. We'll settle the score." Then both Pokémon fell on their platforms out cold.

END POKESPEECH

The ref looked at both Pokémon and raised both flags, "Charizard and Blastoise are unable to battle. This match ends in a draw." Both icons on both trainers side went dark signifying their defeat. That left Ash with one Pokémon and Gary with three. Ash and Gary both had one empty slot, but Gary still had two Pokémon ready for battle.

"Oh man I thought for sure that Charizard could beat Gary's Blastoise without it ending in a draw" Brock said to himself.

"Oh no, I hope can still win" Delia said worried.

"Don't worry Mrs. Ketchum" Misty said. "Ash isn't done yet. He's about to reveal his ace in the hole." Delia looked confused about what Misty said, but Brock and Misty smirked. Lorenzo and Bianca were on the edge of their seats and Professor's Oak and Elm were getting excited because they hoped Ash would reveal what they'd hope he'd reveal next.

"Now Ash Ketchum has only one Pokémon left to battle with" the announcer said. "Gary still has three Pokémon left. Will Ash's last Pokémon be an ace in the hole for him or will this match end with Gary's victory?"

Ash pulled out his final Pokeball and stared at it, ready to reveal his final Pokémon and reveal to the world that he, a trainer who had hadn't even been a trainer for two years yet, had a Legendary Pokémon.

The stadium was deathly quiet as each and every person in the stadium was awaiting Ash's final Pokémon. While Ash only had one Pokémon left, Gary still had three Pokémon left. Two of them had barely taken any damage and one of them wasn't even used yet. People in the stands were betting that Ash was going to lose the match.

Gary looked out at Ash as he held his final Pokeball in his hands, 'It was a good battle Ash. You took down some of my strongest Pokémon and my Blastoise and that alone is hard. I still have my Electabuzz, Magmar and Golem and hopefully I can end this without using Golem since this field would not work well for him.'

Ash called out, "Hey Gary, good luck. You're gonna need it."

"What are you talking about Ashy-boy" Gary asked confused.

"You'll see" Ash smirked. "For my final Pokémon I choose you Latios" Ash shouted throwing his final Pokeball. When the Pokeball opened up and out popped Ash's last Pokémon Gary had an unusual sense of foreboding come over him. Then Latios revealed his magnificent form with a slight cry and hovered in mid air.

Gary's eyes were wide, "What is that Pokémon?" For the second time in Gary's short almost twelve year life he was witnessing a Pokémon he had never seen before. He quickly pulled out his Pokedex and pointed it at Latios' hovering form.

"Pokémon unknown: No data available" the mechanical voice sounded out.

The blood in Gary's veins chilled as he had flashbacks of the time he was in the Viridian gym. The announcer seemed to recover his voice, "Well ladies and gentlemen. Ash Ketchum's last Pokémon is a complete mystery Pokémon. What kind of Pokémon could it be?" Up on the screen Latios' icon appeared in Ash's last slot. If it wasn't for early registration the slot would have had a '?' in it. "Now Gary Oak must send out a Pokémon to combat against Ash Ketchum's mystery Pokémon."

"Wow" Bianca said as she looked at Latios and pulled out her sketchbook and began drawing. "Latios has gotten a lot bigger since I last saw him."

"Yes indeed" Lorenzo said as he witnessed his long time friend. "Looks like Latios has gotten a lot stronger as well. I wonder how strong." Everybody went back to the battle to wait and see what kind of Pokémon Gary would send out.

'From the way it's floating off the ground it's a psychic type and by the way it's shaped it looks part dragon. So it's a dual Dragon/Psychic type' Gary deduced. 'Dang it, if Umbreon wasn't already defeated I would have a slight advantage.' Making up his mind Gary chose his Pokémon, "Electabuzz I choose you" Gary said sending out his Electabuzz out again to fight. Up on the screen Electabuzz's icon lit back up.

"And Gary sends back out his Electabuzz to combat against Ash's mystery Pokémon" the announcer said.

"Electabuzz, use thunderbolt" Gary ordered. The antennas on Electabuzz's head sparkled and with a loud shout Electabuzz fired its thunderbolt at Latios. Latios didn't even look worried as the thunderbolt came closer.

"Latios use Psychic" Ash said calmly. Latios' eyes glowed before the thunderbolt stopped right in front of it and was not moving an inch. The audience and Gary were shocked into silence as they witnessed this. "I believe that the thunderbolt is his" Ash said. "Latios, we should return it to its rightful owner." Latios smirked on the inside and fired the thunderbolt back at Electabuzz. It was too fast to dodge and Gary was too shocked to call out an answer and Electabuzz was hit by its own attack that was amplified by at least five times.

The poor thing didn't stand a chance as the thunderbolt hit it directly in the chest and Electabuzz flew back with a shout of pain and into the water. Electabuzz floated to the top with its eyes all swirly. The ref raised the green flag, "Electabuzz is unable to battle. Latios is the winner." Electabuzz's icon went dark on the screen signifying its defeat.

"Simply amazing folks" the announcer roared. "Ash Ketchum's mystery Pokémon has taken down Gary Oak's Electabuzz without moving a muscle and by using its own attack against it does Gary have the Pokémon it takes to take out Ash Ketchum's mystery Pokémon."

Gary recalled his Electabuzz with a grimace, "Magmar, let's go" Gary called sending out his fire Pokémon onto one of the platforms. "Magmar, use fire spin" Gary ordered. Magmar took a deep breath and launched a swirling stream of fire at Latios.

"Latios swat that fire spin away with your dragon claw" Ash called. Latios' claws on its right paw glowed and elongated and Latios took a swing at the fire spin and with a little grunt of exertion Latios swatted the fire spin down to the water making the fire go out and steam to arise from the water obstructing the view for both parties.

"Magmar be on your guard" Gary called out. "Get your fire punch ready." Magmar put its right hand into a fist and it glowed a deep fire red waiting for Latios to appear.

"Latios tackle Magmar with your extreme speed" Ash shouted. Quick as lightning before Gary could call out an attack Latios appeared in front of Magmar and tackled it hard in the side. But Magmar wasn't going to go down easy as Magmar grabbed onto Latios' wing and held on tight. It didn't help Latios at all since it was the hand that was still ignited with fire. "Latios try and shake it off" Ash called.

Latios flew high into the air and began flying around as fast as it could to try and shake Magmar off, but Magmar was still holding on tightly. "As Ash Ketchum's Latios takes to the air Gary's Magmar is holding on tightly refusing to let go" the announcer said.

"Alright Magmar, good job" Gary said. "Magmar use Fire blast." Magmar took a deep breath and blew out the fire blast and it hit Latios point blank range. Latios cried out in pain as the fire attack burned its left side.

"Latios, dive towards the water" Ash shouted. Latios flew down towards the water as fast as he could and dived directly into the water with Magmar still latched onto Latios. After a few seconds Magmar jumped from the water grimacing in pain from the water on its fire body. Latios flew back out of the water and with a flap of its wings Latios knocked most of the water off of his body making the area around him sparkle.

"And after a high dive towards the water, Latios manages to knock Magmar off of its body and cause Magmar some serious damage as well" the announcer said. "With Magmar so damaged from the water can Gary Oak stage a comeback and defeat Ash Ketchum's Latios?"

Gary grit his teeth when he saw how damaged Magmar was, "Magmar, use flamethrower on the water." Magmar took a deep breath through the pain and blew out a lot of flames and had it hit the water and son steam rose from the entire area shrouding the field from view. Ash couldn't see Magmar, but he just got what Gary was planning.

"Latios get Magmar before it can finish off all the water" Ash shouted. "Use your Luster Purge attack." Latios had a purple aura surround it and it began forming a ball in its mouth.

Gary looked on confused, "Luster purge? I've never heard of that attack before." Latios had finally powered its attack to the max and fired off the purple beam and it was aimed directly into the field of steam. When the attack hit there was a massive explosion that took place.

"And Latios' attack, the Luster Purge I believe it was called, has created a massive explosion on the field. Will Gary's Magmar rise up and ready to battle or belly up and unconscious" the announcer said. There was silence for a bit until the smoke cleared showing that all of the water was evaporated leaving an empty field and Magmar was lying in the center unconscious.

The ref raised the green flag, "Magmar is unable to battle. Latios is the winner." Up on the screen Magmar's icon went dark signifying its defeat and leaving Gary with only one Pokémon left.

Gary recalled his Magmar without a word. "And Gary's Magmar is down. With one Pokémon left will Gary be able to stage a comeback or this it?"

Reluctantly Gary pulled out his last Pokeball. "Golem, let's go" Gary called sending out the massive Megaton Pokémon. The Golem landed in the center of the evaporated water field ready for battle. On the screen Gary's last spot was filled with Golem's icon.

"And Gary's last Pokémon is his Golem" the announcer said. "Golem is at a huge disadvantage because of its limit to the ground."

"Latios use dragon breath" Ash called. Latios took a deep breath and released the attack. It was a swirling beam of green energy and it flew straight at Golem.

"Golem use Defense Curl" Gary shouted. Golem tucked itself into its shell and the Dragon breath hit Golem's shell. It still did some damage to Golem, but not as much damage as it could have down. "Golem use Rock Throw" Gary shouted.

Golem dug its hands into the bottom of the arena and picked up giant rocks and threw them towards Latios. Latios weaved in and out of the rocks to dodge them, but was a little slow as one rock hit Latios on the same burn mark on its wing that Magmar left. "Latios fly in lower for a steel wing attack" Ash called. Latios' wings glowed a bright white and Latios charged in towards golem smacking rocks away like nothing and smashed its wings directly into Golem. "Finish it with a second Steel Wing."

Latios went in for a second attack, but then Golem reached up and caught Latios' wing. After struggling a bit Golem stopped Latios' attack and held Latios in both of its hands. "Golem, Seismic toss" Gary shouted. With a loud shout Golem jumped into the air with Latios still in its hands and then aimed Latios towards the ground and fell. Golem smashed Latios into the ground hard kicking up rocks and dusts everywhere.

Ash gaped at this, "Latios, are you okay?" Golem hopped out of the dust and landed on his own side of the field. The dust soon cleared to show Latios grimacing slightly, but then Latios hovered back into midair. "Alright, good job Latios, now use dragon pulse." Latios opened its mouth and it emitted a powerful shockwave that Golem couldn't withstand as it threw Golem back and into the wall. "Now a full power Luster Purge" Latios powered up its signature attack once more and fired the purple beam and it made direct contact with Golem and Golem didn't have a chance and fell to the ground with swirls in its eyes.

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

Golem's icon faded out leaving Gary with no Pokémon left. "Golem has been defeated. The victor is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town." The crowd erupted into cheers as Gary's picture and Pokémon faded from the screen leaving Ash's picture to elongate and take up the whole screen with the word WINNER underneath it. "It was a long fought battle, but in the end Ash emerged victorious and will now move onto the quarterfinals."

Ash was still staring out shocked. "I won and I beat Gary" he whispered softly. Gary was also staring out surprised that he lost, but then he recalled his Golem and left the stadium without saying a word. Then Ash gave the biggest grin possible, "I did it, I beat Gary." Ash raced out and embraced Latios around his slender neck. "We did Latios, we won." Latios smiled and cooed softly.

The audience was still trying to fathom what they had just witnessed. First they had just witness a Legendary Pokémon owned by an eleven year old boy and that same boy managed to use that Legendary to win the match and have his own Pokémon take minimal damage while still managing to take out his opponents last three Pokémon. Many of the younger trainers were jealous of Ash as they wanted a Legendary of their own. Most of the old people smiled at the scene of Ash hugging Latios as they were touched by the obvious very strong bond that the two of them had between one another. Finally something strange happened; a bunch of the young girls in the stand developed hearts in their eyes after watching Ash battle, Macy included. Misty noticed this and had a tick develop over her eye. Brock also noticed and had anime tears going down his face.

Delia was smiling almost as big as her son as she saw him hug his Pokémon and before they separated she got a good picture of it. "I knew Ash would win" she said.

Professor Oak and Professor Elm were silent as they were too busy having google eyes to notice anything else. They had just witnessed a Legendary Pokémon battle. It was every Pokémon Professor's dream to see a Legendary in person, but to actually see one in battle was something else entirely. "Wait until we tell Professor Birch and Professor Rowan about this" Professor Elm said excitedly.

"You know they've probably seen it on T.V." Professor Oak responded.

"Who cares," Professor Elm said still more excited than ever. "We just saw a Legendary Pokémon battle in person. Not many Professor's can say that."

Professor Oak nodded, "True, true, but I do wonder. What was that last attack Ash used? Luster Purge I believe it was called? I remember reading something about that attack, but I can't recall what it is."

"Maybe we can ask Ash about the attack" Professor Elm asked. "Also do you think Ash will let us take a look at Latios and his Latias as well?"

"I don't know" Professor Oak said. "Ash would only do something like that if his Pokémon agree with it. If his Pokémon don't want to be studied then Ash won't let us. He never does anything that makes his Pokémon uncomfortable."

Professor Elm had a surprised look on his face, "I've never even heard of a trainer that has such a strong bond with his Pokémon before."

"That's my Ash" Delia said hearing their conversation.

Higher up in the stands Harrison was standing there with slightly wide eyes. Being a trainer from the Hoenn Region Harrison had known quite a bit about the Legendary Eon Dragon Duo known as Latios and Latias and to find out that some kid that hadn't even been on a journey for two years yet had the Legendary Latios. 'I don't believe it' Harrison thought shocked. 'Ash, a trainer, from Kanto owns a Latios. Not good, I'm up against him in the next round. I'll need to find a way to defeat it' Harrison looked down to see the heart warming scene of Ash embracing a happy Latios. Harrison smiled slightly and turned and began walking away. "Ash... I have to admit I'm very jealous of you. I've always wanted to own my own Legendary" he whispered softly. Harrison left the stadium to look for a Latios weakness.

The rest of the stadium was erupting in massive cheers still. They were witnessing history here. This is the first time that a Legendary has appeared in the Johto League Silver Conference and it was used by a young trainer from the small town of Pallet in the Kanto Region. Ash parted from Latios and raised both hands in the air excitedly. The stadium roared for Ash and his Latios for their astounding victory.

Misty chuckled as she looked at Ash, "Look at him. He wins his first match in the Victory Tournament and he's cheering like he won the whole tournament."

Brock smiled, "That's true, but considering that he beat Gary of all people; he has a reason to be cheering like he is now."

"And... done" Bianca said putting her pen down. Brock, Misty and Lorenzo looked at Bianca curiously. Bianca showed them her sketch book and their jaws dropped in amazement. She had drawn a perfect sketch of Ash and Latios battling. The picture was drawn from the perspective of one lying on the ground as Ash was in the back with a serious look on his face and looked to be ordering Latios to use an attack. Latios was in front and looked battle ready. It was a truly magnificent drawing.

"Okay Latios, return for now" Ash said recalling Latios. "After you're fixed up at the Pokémon center I'll let you and Latias fly around as much as you want." Ash turned and left the stadium and waited for his friends to show up. Soon the rest of the stadium began leaving as well and Ash didn't have to wait long before Misty and Brock showed up with, to Ash's surprise, Bianca and Lorenzo. "Lorenzo, Bianca" Ash greeted.