Chapter nineteen (AKPKMN)

﻿Announcement: There are two chapters being uploaded due to the shortness of chapter 18. Both 18 and 19 are new chapters.
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Upon arriving at Vertress City, Ash wasted no time in registering early and getting himself a hotel room... after that it was just him exercising his Pokemon, some mild shopping, and generally being a tourist. Ash had even managed to help some idiot named Cameron who didn't know that he had to register before the conference.
Iris, a wannabe Dragon Master, and Cilan, one of the Striaton City Gym Leaders, both arrived at Vertress City days later. Ash was amused when Iris was knocked into a fountain by a running Bianca and he just couldn't remain silent.
"And Bianca uses Take Down on poor Iris... it was super effective..." Ash said, revealing his presence to the annoying and irritating girl. Iris insulted others and belittled them, even for small lapses and mistakes, due to her own failure to become a Dragon Master and the need to cut people down to her level. Ash didn't hesitate to share his opinion of her with her before leaving her behind.
"Shut up, Ash!" Iris said in annoyance, already climbing out of the fountain.
"And deprive the world of my lovely voice?" Ash asked with a mocking smirk.
"Your annoying voice!" Iris replied angrily.
"That's just the opinion of one failure," Ash said dismissively.
"Why do you dislike Iris?" Bianca asked.
"She insults others out of a deep seated self-loathing for her failure to make any real progress towards her own goal becoming a Dragon Master. I ditched her pretty quickly for being mental poison." Ash replied. "She's also jealous of me for being an actual Dragon Master."
Iris just walked away angrily, but Ash didn't care. Iris was nothing to him... she was nothing period, she still only had one Dragon-type.
The next day...
It was time for the opening ceremonies and Ash was eager to start battling...
"You look excited," Cameron said in observation.
"Yeah. If I win this conference then I'm going to challenge the Elite Four and Alder... if I beat all five then I'll earn myself three million Poke dollars."
"Well, I'm gonna win this one!" Cameron replied, but Ash rolled his eyes. Cameron was no threat to Ash's goals.
Finally, the action seemed to have started... with a man jumping out of a helicopter. Thankfully he had a parachute and safely landed.
"Greetings! Freddy the Scoop is here and ready to roll, and so it's my great honor to welcome you all to the Unova League! Now, if everyone will please turn your attention to the flame cauldron, Vertress City's very own Officer Jenny will light the Unova League flame!"
"Alright, before the main battles we will hold our qualifying rounds. Only those trainers who win will advance to the main event! Each trainer is allowed one Pokemon in our preliminaries... now, up on the screen our qualifying match-ups."
And so began the preliminary rounds...
Ash easily advanced to the qualifying rounds by having his Chandelure two-hit Trip's Serperior... Trip was given a mocking smile and snarky comment immediately afterward.
"Better luck next time, amateur. Maybe you should go back to the basics." Ash said before walking away.
Ash steamrolled his next opponents and he was soon in the Top 8, with Virgil, Dino, Cameron, Russet, Antonio, Ramone, and Katharine having also made it.
It was time for Ash's next battle, with Cameron who was confident due to his so-called secret weapon... a Hydreigon that anyone could learn about by turning on a computer for conference competitors to study each other with. The command to send out their first Pokemon was just given.
"Go Hydreigon!" Cameron said confidently.
"Go Primarina!" Ash said.
Cameron started things off with a command to use Dragon Pulse, but Ash had Primarina take the hit and suffer no damage. Primarina used Moonblast, rapidly producing and unleashing the attack, and Hydreigon was quickly left unable to battle.
Ash was amused by Cameron's stupefied look. "Primarina is a Fairy and Water-type from the Alola Region, a region which has no gyms or a league," Ash explained.
"Go Ferrothorn!" Cameron said, using the information just given to him. "Use Thunderbolt!"
Ash had Primarina use Protect, add Light Screen for good measure, and then use Sing which was quickly followed up by repeated Moonblast's to defeat Ferrothorn.
"Ferrothorn is unable to battle! Cameron send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said.
Cameron chose Riolu as his next Pokemon and had it use Vacuum Wave, which was countered with Hyper Voice and then frozen with Ice Beam. Ash quickly had Riolu hit with Shadow Ball to defeat it.
"Riolu is unable to battle! Since Cameron has has had three Pokemon defeated we will take a short break." The referee said.
After a short break the battle continued, and Cameron's Samurott was quickly defeated by Energy Ball and his Swanna was defeated by Ice Beam. Ash was shocked when Cameron revealed that he only had five Pokemon with him and so was the referee.
"I thought trainers were only suppose to have five Pokemon!" Cameron said in embarrassment, provoking laughter from the audience.
"Trainers are supposed to have six of them," Ash explained, in mild annoyance. "Ref, can he go get his sixth Pokemon?"
"Sorry, but no," The referee replied in annoyance. "Cameron only brought five Pokemon to the battle and he has therefore lost by having his final Pokemon defeated!" The referee announced.
Ash just sighed and walked away. He wouldn't have wasted his time on making sure that Cameron was registered if he knew that Cameron was just going to squander his chance out of pure stupidity.
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After easily defeating Ramone in the Top 4, it was soon time for Ash and Virgil to battle for the conference championship... Virgil was a talented trainer, but he was certainly no prodigy and he lacked a similar level of skill and battle experience and Ash was in no mood to play around... Ash dominated him and easily won his fifth championship.
"And our winner is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" The announcer said as cheers broke out. "This is Ash's fifth championship win! Not only that, but Ash has also just matched his own previous accomplishments at the Silver, Ever Grande, and Lily of the Valley Conference and none of his Pokemon have fainted during the entire Vertress Conference! This is Ash's fifth league win in a row and Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town has become the first in history to achieve this, and has added to his world record..."
"Ash has just set two more national records... No Pokemon fainted during the Vertress Conference. A national record. No Pokemon fainted during three League Conferences... a national and world record. Here comes the Champion Alder to present Ketchum with his trophy!"
"Congratulations, Aaron!" Alder said, annoying Ash. "I present you with your trophy; proof of your victory, and one million Poke dollars will be transferred into your account. Your winning the Vertress Conference grants you the right to challenge Unova's Elite Four and myself at any time you desire, and you will bear the title Champion of the Vertress Conference until next year."
"Thanks..." Ash replied. "I'll be seeing you soon though. I'm challenging the Unova Champion League and I'll be taking that title off your hands... at least until I get bored."
"I look forward to battling you then!" Alder replied, before walking away.
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Ash wasted no time in announcing his intention to challenge the Elite Four and Alder... Cameron, Bianca, and Stephan all stuck around to watch and were actually allowed to be closer to the action.
Ash's Bronzong just nearly managed to single-handedly sweep Marshal's entire team, much to Cameron, Bianca, Stephan, and the audiences shared awe. Gardevoir finished up the battle without fainting.
Grimsley required Blaziken to beat, but he was soon defeated too.
With Ash having defeated two out of four of the Elite Four, he was allowed to take a break and swap out his Pokemon. The next opponent would be Caitlin, the Psychic-type specialist of the Elite Four.
"You could really win this, Ash!" Cameron said in awe.
"Well, yeah," Ash replied. "That's the goal. Besides, I do need the three million for my plans and the Unova League has no part in them. I needed this challenge badly. Competition is getting pretty boring since I'm a prodigy, but I'll probably quit traveling after the next league and settle down and begin working on my true plans."
Cameron, Bianca, and Stephan just nodded. They just wished that Ash wouldn't throw away a champion title... They all thought that Ash would make a way cooler champion than Alder.
"This battle between Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town and Caitlin of the Elite Four will now begin!" The referee said.
"Trainers please send out your first Pokemon!"
"Go Metagross!" Caitlin said.
"Go Chandelure!" Ash said. When the referee gave the word, the battle began. Metagross tried using Psychic, but was targeted by Imprison, stripping it of several moves. It was followed up with Flamethrower and then Hex...
"Metagross is unable to battle! Caitlin, please send out your next Pokemon!"
Since Chandelure cannot learn Hypnosis and was unlikely to know Dream Eater due to not being able to perform the entire move combo, Caitlin sent out Musharna and ordered it to use Hypnosis... to surprisingly no effect. It was quickly hit with Imprison, Will-O-Wisp, Hex, Night Shade, and then was defeated with Flamethrower.
Caitlin was beginning to realize Ash's brilliance... Pokemon can learn many moves, but they require more training to remember them all, and Ash had trained Chandelure to down grade Psychic-types so that they could be defeated far more easily and all while knowing several moves detrimental to Chandelure and using Imprison to counter them. Chandelure was even trained to avoid sleep! Caitlin was very impressed, but her Gothitelle would still defeat Ash's Chandelure.
"Go Gothitelle! Use Thunderbolt!"
Ash had Chandelure dodge and use Imprison once more before using Fire Spin on Gothitelle... it was then that Caitlin realized she couldn't free Gothitelle with Psychic and was forced to use Thunderbolt for that, but was hit by Will-O-Wisp and Hex in the mean time. Caitlin had her Gothitelle dodge the incoming Shadow Ball and use Thunderbolt again, but it was redirected with Psychic and Gothitelle was forced to dodge her own attack... and while that was happening Gothitelle was hit by Night Shade, defeating her.
Caitlin requested her optional break to strategize.
"They can request breaks?" Bianca asked in confusion.
"Yes. Instead of the standard break after having three Pokemon defeated, it is instead optional. I get one too... if I want." Ash paused. "Caitlin likely believes that my Pokemon are all under level 70, but they're all at level 100 or higher... my win should be secure, but her Reuniclus and its Magic Guard ability will require brute force, as will her Sigilyph and its Wonder Skin ability. I'll use my extremely powerful Gengar for those two."
"I-i didn't know you were this good, Ash," Stephan said in shock.
"I'm a prodigy," Ash replied. "I'm best at battling, training, evolving, and trading Pokemon. It's boring though. Battles get less challenging as you rapidly progress to greater skill levels."
When the battle restarted, Ash sent out his Gengar and Caitlin her Reuniclus. A quick Shadow Punch and it was beaten, much to the shock of most of the viewers. Sigilyph got the same treatment and not even her Gallade could withstand Gengar's might. It also helped that Gengar was level 165.
"The winner of this battle is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" The referee declared.
The battle with Shauntal went great... for Ash. Ash used his Chandelure's Imprison to deprive Shauntal's Chandelure, Cofagrigus, Driftblim, and Banette of their strongest moves and then defeat them. Her Golurk and Froslass were dealt with by Gengar. Shauntal still managed to defeat Chandelure though, by wearing her down.
"Ash Ketchum has just defeated the Unova Elite Four!" The announcer exclaimed. "The Champion Alder will be battling Ash as soon as Ash's Pokemon are cleared for battle by Nurse Joy."
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Three days later...
"This battle for the Unova League Champion title will now begin!" The announcer said, uttering those fateful words. "Champion and challenger, send out your first Pokemon!"
"Go Bouffalant!"
"Go Blaziken!"
"Battle begin!" The referee said.
Alder started the battle off with Stone Edge, which Ash let hit and had Blaziken use Counter, but Ash wasn't done yet.
"Brick Break!" Ash ordered. Blaziken was a blur as he sped over to Bouffalant and used Brick Break right on its skull, blasting Bouffalant into a wall and unable to battle.
"Bouffalant is unable to battle! Champion Alder send out your next Pokemon!"
"Go Druddigon!" Alder said.
Ash returned Blaziken and sent out Lapras.
Surprisingly Alder didn't substitute and Ash ordered a Perish Song, suspecting a strategy from Alder and wanting to be incredibly thorough. Lapras used Sing, putting Druddigon to sleep and then used Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and to finish it, yet another Ice Beam.
"Druddigon is unable to battle! Champion Alder send out your next Pokemon!"
"Go Accelgor! Use Energy Ball!"
"Protect!" Lapras succeeded in defending against the Energy Ball, and then used Perish Song and followed it up with Sing.
"Accelgor, return!"
"Lapras return," Ash replied and sent Blaziken back out, baiting Alder into what he would believe to be a battle of attrition.
"Go Volcarona!" Alder said, causing Ash's lips to briefly upturn.
"Stone Edge!" Ash ordered, to Alder's shock. Blaziken used Stone Edge, Rock Slide, and to finish it all off, Ash had Blaziken use Brave Bird.
"Volcarona is unable to battle! Champion Alder send out your next Pokemon!"
Ash smirked at Alder, knowing that he was going to defeat the old man. Alder knew it too, that Ketchum kid was extremely skilled and had trained all of his Pokemon very well. If Alder was going to continue battling Ketchum then he would have to use his Excavalier and his Aerial Ace.
With that in mind, Alder sent out his Excavalier and wasted no time in having it use Aerial Ace on Blaziken.
"Counter!" Ash psychically ordered and Excavalier fell into the trap, taking twice the damage that it dealt... "Now, Blast Burn!"
"Excavalier is unable to battle! Champion Alder send out your next Pokemon!"
Alder sent Accelgor back out and had it use Focus Blast, which Blaziken dodged and then used Flare Blitz to defeat Accelgor, shocking Alder and the audience even further.
"Accelgor is unable to battle! Champion Alder send out your final Pokemon!"
Alder sent out his Vanilluxe, hoping to at least defeat Ketchum's Blaziken, and Ash knew the Pokemon's move set quite well... Mirror Coat was one of them. There were very few moves that Blaziken could use to avoid that, but Flare Blitz was one of them.
"Flare Blitz!" Ash ordered, and with Blaziken's superior speed and power, Vanilluxe was unable to dodge in time.
"Fire Punch!" Ash ordered, and Blaziken punched Vanilluxe into the ground... unable to battle.
"Ash Ketchum is the winner of this battle and the new Unova League Champion!" The announcer said. Alder returned his defeated Pokemon and walked over to congratulate Ash.
"Congratulations, Aiden!" Alder said, causing Ash's eye to twitch. "If you'll follow me, I'll induct you into the Unova Hall of Fame and arrange for your prize money to be transferred... Well, there is a technician who will actually do that. People think that I have memory problems, but it's not my fault that their parents didn't name them correctly."
"You're funny person, Alder," Ash said drily. "Hold onto that, it's all that you have left since you're no longer a champion and now that your looks have faded." Alder glared, but led Ash to the Unova Hall of Fame and the technician quickly registered Ash.
Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town, Kanto Region. Five time Champion, five-time national record holder, a holder of two world records, and a Dragon Master. Defeated Alder with none of his Pokemon fainting. Pokemon team: Charizard, Blaziken, Pikachu, Gengar, Gyarados, and Froslass.
After calling out his Pokemon and having their picture taken, Ash was informed that the three million Poke dollars had been transferred into his account.
Ash later abdicated, appointing Marshal purely based upon his willingness to strengthen the Unova League from the top down and create training programs and mentorships to better the competition as a while. Ash had only been champion for a mere week.
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Ash briefly returned home to Kanto to plan out his trip through the Kalos region and acquire the Pokemon that he intended to train... Ash had a Chespin, Fennekin, Honedge, and a Tyrunt from a fossil, but couldn't find himself a Froakie.
After rapidly training them up to level 25, Ash left again, this time for the Kalos region.
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