Chapter thirteen (AKPKMN)

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After repairing Flannery's battlefield and even showing her a standard method and shortcut to speed it up by melting rock; which was used by many Fire-type Gym Leaders, Ash also had to find the Heat Badges for her and then make sure that she knew how to create more of them... which caused her grandfather, Mr. Moore, to reveal himself and help her out with that.

"This will be a three-on-three Pokemon battle between Ash Ketchum and the new gym leader Flannery, with substitutions allowed only for the challenger," Flannery's grandfather, Mr. Moore, said. "Trainers, send out your first Pokemon."

"Grandpa! Do you have to say that I'm new?" Flannery complained.

"No "Grandpa" stuff out here, Flannery. You'll address me as Judge."

"Go Mag!" Flannery said, sending out her Slugma.

"Go Swampert!" Ash said.

Flannery started things up with an order to use Flamethower, it was met and overpowered by Hydro Pump and then followed up with Muddy Water that left Slugma unable to battle.

"Mag is unable to battle. Flannery send out your next Pokemon." Mr. Moore said.

"Go Meg! Use Yawn!" Flannery ordered, to Ash's annoyance.

"Hydro Pump," Ash ordered with visible annoyance. Flannery tried having her Slugma dodge, but the Hydro Pump followed it at high speed. Still, Ash had lost a Pokemon to Sleep status and would have to wake it up.

"Meg is unable to battle! Flannery send out your next Pokemon." Mr. Moore said.

"Go Torkoal! Use Overheat!"

"Wake up, Swampert!" Ash bellowed, putting everything but his magic into the act. It and the Overheat allowed him to succeed. "Now... Hydro Pump!"

"Use Overheat!" Flannery said, and the two moves met and began struggling for dominance... The fire technique was evaporating the water and the water was also combating the heat, it was tedious and Ash opted to have Swampert cancel the Hydro Pump, shield against the weakened Overheat with Protect and then counter attack with Hydro Pump, striking Torkoal and knocking it backwards...

"Torkoal is unable to battle! The winner is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" Mr. Moore said.

Flannery walked over to Ash. "Here is the Heat Badge, proof of your victory over the Lavaridge Town Gym. 5000 Poke dollars will also be transferred into your account."

"Thanks, Flannery," Ash said politely.

With his fifth badge won, Ash was back to training. He needed all of his Pokemon at level 45 to have another advantage over the Pokemon of Winona.

During this training Ash's Metang evolved into a Metagross, Lairon evolved into a Aggron, and his Snorunt evolved into a Glalie.

After catching a Torkoal in the Valley of Steel, Ash teleported himself, May, and Max to Mauville after May expressed an interest in the contest being held there. While May was preparing for that, Ash was catching a Volbeat, Illumise, and Kecleon, and then releasing them back into the wild, and working on Hoenn Pokedex completion... Ash acquired a Seviper, Clamperl, Gorebyss, Huntail, Luvdisc, and a Medicham, and then traded some away for a Spoink, Grumpig, Hariyama, Shuppet, and had even went to where May had tried to catch an Azurill and then bribed it with berries in exchange for being caught and then released. It worked and Ash honored the agreement and even escorted Azurill back to its parents.

May would later win her second ribbon and catch herself a Bulbasaur.

Ash was forced to defeat a Whiscash named Nero who was a menace and tried stealing his badge case.

With Team Aqua and Magma still continuing their plans, Ash was forced to step up his own.

Regice, Regirock, and Registeel were all easily beaten by Ash's Charizard... Regirock merely required a Solar Beam to be defeated.

Ash felt that his next badge win would be an easy win, but Ash was used to it, and had decided to find other challenges for himself... like expanding his collection of Legendary Pokemon.

It finally was time for Ash to battle Winona and win himself the Feather Badge.

"This will be a three-on-three Pokemon battle with no substitutions! Trainers, send out your first Pokemon!"

"Go Altaria!" Winona said.

"Go Metagross!" Ash said, feeling that he could sweep Winona's team with it.

Ash started them off by having Metagross restrain Alteria and then defeat it with Ice Punch. Her Pelipper was defeated next by its own psychically redirected Hydro Pump and a Thunder Punch.

Not even Winona's Swellow was a challenge, but Ash was given the Feather Badge and six thousand Pokedollars by a humiliated Winona.

Ash left Fortree City displeased with the battle, but he knew that he only needed to get eight badges and then he could battle better trainers in the Ever Grande Conference.

With Winona defeated, Ash needed to level up his Pokemon further... his research had shown that Tate and Liza's Pokemon were about ten levels higher. Apart from that, Ash was tracking and killing off members of Team Aqua... which soon led him to the Weather Institute.

Ash had just arrived near the Weather Institute and disillusioned himself and he quickly began taking out the Team Aqua sentries, leaving them dead, devoid of weapons, communication devices, and Pokemon. Ash also learned from their minds that they wanted to use Kyogre to expand the oceans, which Ash found to be extremely stupid. Still, Ash entered the Institute and began picking off the Team Aqua Grunts and quickly picked them off in pairs, stunning their Pokemon and then returning them.

Eventually, Ash opted to deal with the leader of the operation and her surviving agents.

Fortunately, Ash arrived just in time to witness a Team Magma Agent reveal himself. Ash teleported behind him, snatched the info the agent bragged about, broke his neck and then kicked him off the satellite and even stunned his Ditto for good measure.

Ash restrained Shelly and her grunts and then killed them all... He would summon their shades later and use their information to damage Team Aqua even further.

With his mission completed, Ash teleported away.

While training his Pokemon up to level 55, his Shelgon evolved into Salamence, and he taught all those who had naturally learned all the moves they could some newer moves.

Ash hated Team Aqua and Magma. His only consolation was that he had escaped with Pikachu while faking his death in an explosion. May and Max had thankfully escaped before he faked his death... As for why? Team Magma wanted Ash to defeat both Legendary Pokemon; Groudon and Kyogre, and then hand them over to them.

Ash freed Kyogre, disguised himself, and then he went to utterly annihilate both teams. Ash didn't rest until every single person involved was dead... it took him a day due to his rage. It was brutal, horrific, and even Ash was a little traumatized, but it needed to be done and it was. They were all dead and the world was a better place for it. Ash didn't feel any remorse or regret for wiping them out... they were an extinction-level threat.

Ash decided that it was time to meet back up with May and Max... who had both been rescued by Lance's Gyarados.

"Ash!?" Max questioned in shock.

"Yeah, I survived thanks to Kyogre, my Pokemon, and that guy who wiped out Team Rocket. I just recently woke up and was allowed to leave immediately." Ash replied.

"Did he hurt you?" Lance asked in concern.

"No. I'm not a criminal who's better off dead." Ash replied. Ash was just a criminal and vigilante. "He wiped out Team Aqua and Magma by the way... I can't say that I disapprove of that action."

"It's mass-murder!" Lance protested.

"Yes. He killed thousands so that millions or more might live and I... I... find myself unable to judge him too harshly for it. He simply chose the smaller number of deaths and in doing so he saved millions of lives. I'm not saying that murder isn't horrible, but this guy chose to murder a minority to prevent their murder of a majority. He's aiming for stable long-term solutions and trying to make examples of villainous teams in the process and it's working. When the alternative is living in fear while the various leagues try defeating the threat, I can't help but to sympathize. I won't be helping him, but I see no reason to personally try stopping him."

Lance sighed, realizing that Ash had a point. "I'm glad that you're okay, Ash. I do need to go though. I have a lot of paper work to get done." Lance departed, leaving behind an awed Max.

"Lance is so cool!" Max said.

"But I'm way cooler," Ash added, patting Max on the shoulder.

"No you're not," Max said in disagreement.

"Smile and nod, Max. I've been teaching you a lot and it's only polite to let me believe that." Ash said jokingly.

"Fine, but it's a huge sacrifice on my part," Max said with a put upon tone.

"I know and I appreciate it," Ash said.

They had been amusing May with their back and forth and May was glad that Max had made a friend. Ash had been teaching them both a lot; cooking, training, healing, first aid, safety, tactics, laws, survival, and several other things. Max was soaking it all up like a sponge and May was interested in cooking, healing, first aid, tactics, and survival, but she wasn't as interested as her brother. Still, both had done incredibly well and they had both made Ash proud. Ash might start traveling with other people on every journey.

It was finally time for Ash's battle with Tate and Liza, but Ash just wished that he could have trained more for his battle with Tate and Liza. He was confident in his victory, but training was something of an obsession of his, and it had produced great results. Ash just hoped that he could get his third championship in a row.

But first, Ash had to defeat the gym leaders Tate and Liza. He would be using his Dusclops and Milotic for that and he was hoping that they would be enough. Double Battles were a new experience for Ash and he would need to overcome that failing and at least become competent at them. Ash had practiced, of course, he would be an idiot to not have done so, and felt that he had a good understanding of the skills required for Double Battles... Still, only time would tell.

After the referee, Tate and Liza's mother, specified the conditions of the battle the three of them sent out their Pokemon.

"Go Solrock!" Tate said.

"Go Lunatone!" Liza said.

"Go Dusclops and Milotic!" Ash said, using them to exploit three weaknesses of Tate and Liza's Pokemon.

"Solrock use Solar Beam!" Tate ordered, beginning the battle. Liza followed with an Ice Beam, but Ash had Milotic protect herself and Dusclops with Protect and then had Dusclops use Shadow Ball on Solrock and Milotic use Hydro Pump on Lunatone, who used Light Screen. Since Solrock's Solar Beam was the biggest threat, Ash had Dusclops attack with Shadow Ball and had Milotic use Hydro Pump on it, defeating Solrock and leaving Liza alone. Ash ordered Dusclops to use Dark Pulse and Milotic another Hydro Pump, leaving Lunatone unable to battle.

"The winner is Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town!" The referee said as Tate and Liza returned their Pokemon. Ash returned his Pokemon and walked over too Tate and Liza.

"Congratulations!" Tate and Liza said in twin speak.

"We present you with the Mind Badge!" Liza said, handing Ash the badge.

"Proof of your victory over us!" Tate finished.

"Also, 7000 Poke dollars will be transferred into your account." Liza added.

"Thanks," Ash said, somewhat distracted with thoughts over his performance. The battle didn't last long, but Ash felt that his training was worthwhile and that his Pokemon had performed at the desired level. Ash left the Mossdeep City Gym, thinking of improvements to his techniques.

Ash needed to get his Pokemon up to a higher level now, which meant more training and battling.

Their travels continued and Ash, May, and Max all grew with each passing day. May was nearly sabotaged by Harley, a new rival, but Ash warned her to be wary of him and others that might want to sabotage her. They had even saved a village from destruction and ignorance... the idiots thought an Absol was causing all of the disasters. May caught a mischievous Snorunt and Max had befriended a Ralts which he vowed to return for.

But now it was time for Ash's battle for his eighth badge...

"Ah, a challenger!" Juan said. "Welcome to the Sootopolis Gym, I am Juan, the gym leader."

"I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town and I've come to challenge you for the Rain Badge," Ash said.

"Excellent! It will be a Double Battle and then a three-on-three Pokemon battle," Juan said, and Ash nodded, having researched Juan.

Juan's butler and referee took his place and then reiterated what Juan said and stated that only Ash, the challenger, may substitute his Pokemon.

Juan sent out his Sealeo and Seaking, and Ash sent out his Gardevoir and Dusclops.

Ash started the party with an order for Dusclops to restrain them and then had Gardevoir use Hypnosis on them both, much to Juan's annoyance. Ash had them bound with Destiny Bond and then had them both use Dream Eater, with Dusknoir adding Hex and Gardevoir using Draining Kiss. It was boring, but Ash was also trying to exploit status conditions more and not use so much brute force. Eventually, Ash had Gardevoir use Magical Leaf on Seaking and Dusclops use Thunder Punch on Sealeo, which left them both unable to battle.

"Impressive, if greatly lacking in elegance," Juan commented.

"I'm not into pageantry," Ash replied, returning his Gardevoir and Dusclops and sending out his Sceptile.

Juan looked as if he bit down a sarcastic remark and sent out his Luvdisc and had it use Sweet Kiss, which was countered with Protect and then a Quick Attack followed up by a brutal Leaf Blade attack and Mega Drain to finish it, and leaving Juan shocked by the brutality and ugliness of Ash's battle style. Juan returned his Luvdisk and sent out Whiscash and ordered it to use Hyper Beam, but Ash had Sceptile dodge with Quick Attack while charging up a Solar Beam, which was Ash's new favorite improvised move and it blasted Whiscash away, severely damaged. Whiscash was finished off by Seed Bomb.

Juan returned his defeated Whiscash and Ash returned his Sceptile, feeling that it had worked hard enough and that it would be risky to leave in play for much longer. Ash sent out his Altaria, much to Juan's surprise. Juan was expecting another Electric-type or Grass-type, but Juan suspected that Altaria had skills that Ash felt would bring him victory, and his opponents victory was a near-certainty considering his Dusclops and Gardevoir's Destiny Bond and the Dream Eater/Hypnosis/Hex/Draining Kiss combination.

"Go my dear old friend," Juan said, sending out his Milotic.

Ash wasted no time in ordering Altaria to use Perish Song, much to Juan's annoyance. Juan sighed. "Then we will take your Altaria with us! Twister!"

Ash smirked and had Altaria use Aerial Ace and use the Twister against Milotic and Juan, hitting Milotic with incredible force and knocking it down hard and forcing it to use Recover... That Recover was the only thing that kept it able to battle after being hit with Solar Beam. Until the Perish Song took effect and caused it to faint.

"Milotic is unable to battle! The winner is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" Sebastian announced.

"Congratulations, Ash!" Juan said, returning his Milotic. Ash did the same with his Altaria. "You weren't at all elegant, but your using my Milotic's Twister against us was brilliant! Your Pokemon are all very well trained and quite possibly Elite Four level."

"Thank you, Juan." Ash said politely.

"You have trained them all to very high levels in such a short time and you still have an excellent bond with them, which is surprising and impressive." Juan said. "Anyway... I, Juan, present you with the Rain Badge, proof of your victory over me! Eight thousand Poke dollars will also be transferred into your account. The Ever Grande Conference will be beginning in six months time in Ever Grande City... I'm sure you will spend a lot of time training?"

Ash noticed the questioning tone and replied. "Yes, my older Pokemon need refresher training and I may catch some new Pokemon too."

After exchanging polite goodbyes, Ash, May, and Max left the Sootopolis City Gym.

After getting briefly trapped on Mirage Island and catching a Wynaut and watching May in the Grand Festival, Ash bought May and Max tickets to Ever Grande City and then went to train on Mount Silver.

With Ash having attained his eighth and final badge, he left to train on Mount Silver. It went very well, and by this time Ash felt that he was something of an expert at training and raising strong Pokemon. Ash got all of his Hoenn Pokemon up to beyond the champion level, which was only level seventy-five or higher, but Ash preferred to compare his Pokemon with Lance's or Steven's and theirs were all in the eighties and the high seventies, and now Ash's were all level 100. It was hard, but his Pokemon were all well-prepared and were willing to work hard to become strong and master their moves. Ash was extremely pleased with his Hoenn Pokemon and their work ethic.

Ash wasn't just training his Hoenn Pokemon though, he was also training his Pokemon caught for the Kanto and Johto Leagues too. Ash focused on training those who could Mega-Evolve, and his Dragonite, Kingdra, and Ash could finally Mega-Evolve his Aerodactyl. Ash now had several Pokemon who reached the limit of the current scale for measuring levels, but everyone knew that Pokemon just kept growing in power as long as they trained. The level system was only useful to a certain point, level 100, but they weren't unbeatable and Ash knew that. Charizard and Pikachu seemed pretty close to it though.

Ash had also finally evolved his Dusclops into a Dusknoir.

It was after all that work that Ash learned of the rankings of trainers and of his own rank... he was nationally ranked in the Top 40, and that was after his defeat of Steven was made public. It was impressive, Ash could admit that, but that was only the Top 40 in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh regions; which were all part of the same country. Considering the fact that he wasn't in the Elite Four, a champion who defeated them and became the regional Champion, former regional champion, former Elite Four, or a Pokemon Master, that was quite impressive. It wasn't at all bad for a thirteen year old, but Ash wanted nothing less than to be the acknowledged and absolute best.

But to celebrate this partial success, Ash lost his virginity at the age of thirteen.

Ash got bored of training eventually though. He didn't have any leads on Jirachi or Deoxys, but had found the location of a Latias and Latios... and both could Mega Evolve... Ash was thrilled.

The first thing Ash did when he found them was trap them with Absol and Gengar's Mean Look... after that Ash Mega Evolved Gengar and then bound both Latias and Latios with Destiny Bond... Ash wasn't taking any chances here.

The actual battle began with two Shadow Balls from Mega Gengar and Absol hitting Latias and Latios.

Ash wished that they were a challenge, but they just weren't. It helped that his Pokemon were at level 150 and level 100, but Latias and Latios weren't even at level 70 and they never really stood a chance. It took a mere three attacks from Ash's Mega Gengar and Absol to defeat them both. Ash threw two regular Poke Balls and after three dings, it registered two successful captures.

Everything was coming together. Ash would eventually locate Deoxys and Jirachi and he was designing a Containment Ball for Pokemon like them that transformed into an inanimate form, but it wouldn't hold other Poke Balls or objects as a precaution. Thankfully Deoxys had enough energy to register as a Pokemon in its crystal form and so should Jirachi in theory. Ash returned his Absol and Gengar and contacted Professor Oak.

"Hello, Ash," Oak said kindly. "Are you calling about your two recent captures?"

"Yes, Latias and Latios. Only 2 Hoenn region Pokemon are left to catch."

"Congratulations, Ash!"

"Thanks. Has Kurt gotten back to you on the Containment Ball?"

"Yes, the design will do what you intended for it to do," Oak replied. "He sent it back to me."

"Great! When I get back to Pallet Town I'll put it into limited production in the makeshift factory that I have. I can make five a day there, which is kind of excessive given the balls nature." Professor Oak nodded in agreement.

"As for catching Jirachi, both known are currently sleeping... One in Forina, which I've narrowed down to a very small area underground, and one on the bottom of a lake in Unova on Big Island which can be caught most easily. The second would be your best bet, Ash."

"I'll visit the location once I have multiple Containment Balls. I don't need to use up my few prototypes." Ash replied, to which Oak nodded.

"I'll keep your recent captures quiet, Ash. You've amassed an impressive collection of Pokemon and you could easily become a target if that got out."

"I appreciate that, Professor. While the world has been cleansed of evil recently it's not completely clean yet... perhaps in the future I can reveal all of my Pokemon without fear." Ash replied.

After saying their goodbyes, they ended the call and Ash decided to relax before leaving for Ever Grande City.