A League of His Own

### Written by

Sonic876, Punkasaurus0530, Frogadier55, NegimaLover, TMNTHedgehog5, and DragonSpore18

### Directed by

Sonic876 and NegimaLover

***A League of His Own*** is the 32nd episode of *Josh's Adventures of Pokémon the Series: XYZ*.

## Plot

Ash and his friends return to Lumiose City, and it's finally time for the biggest showdown, the Lumiose Conference. Malva is shown doing a live report outside of the stadium where the Kalos League will take place. Team Rocket, disguised as her camera crew, scheme to steal any rare Pokémon that might show up during the conference. Ash and friends arrive at the stadium, marveling at the sight. Malva overhears that Ash will be competing in the Lumiose Conference and decides to interview him. During the interview, Ash states why he is there: to be the very best, and to reach the apex of his pursuit of power, as a Pokémon Master.
However, a Trainer sporting a red mohawk called Everett who eavesdropped on Ash's interview gives a disrespectful sneer to Ash's optimism. Skeptical of his capabilities, he runs into Ash and demands a battle from him while calling out his Kabuki Trim Furfrou. Before Ash gets too carried away, Serena grabs onto his arm and scolds him for being rash and reminds him that he might be too late to register for the Lumiose Conference if he chooses to battle. Clemont and Serena take Ash away to registration, and Everett snarls, annoyed that he couldn't battle Ash.

Later that evening, Ash sees that Sawyer is also participating in the Lumiose Conference and has a pep talk with Tierno and Trevor, who are also competing. Ash notices Alain, who rudely walks away from Professor Sycamore after the latter tries to approach him. Ash catches up to Alain and is surprised to learn that he will also be competing in the Kalos League as well. After Alain leaves, the computer randomly matches up the 64 competing Trainers against each other, and Ash is surprised to see that Trevor will be facing Alain. Serena points out that Ash will be facing a Trainer named Titus first, and Tierno and Sawyer find out who they will be facing in the first round.

The next day, the grand ceremony is unfurled. The Kalos Pokémon Champion Diantha delivers an encouraging speech followed by a fireworks display.

The matches commence accordingly, with the first battle being that of Alain and Trevor. The battlefield is set to a mountainous terrain, complete with a waterfall and a river. Both Trainers send out their Charizard. Trevor's Charizard opens with Fire Spin, which is evaded by Alain's Charizard. Alain's Charizard retaliates with Flamethrower, which Trevor's Charizard counters with Dragon Claw. Trevor Mega Evolves his Charizard into Mega Charizard Y. Upon Mega Evolving, its Drought Ability activates, powering up all Fire-type moves. Mega Charizard Y unleashes a powerful Heat Wave, but Alain's Charizard blocks it by slapping its tail into the water to create a water wall to take the hit. Trevor calls for his Mega Charizard Y to use Dragon Tail, but Alain's Charizard dodges it and then Mega Evolves his own Charizard into Mega Charizard X. Mega Charizard Y uses Fire Spin while Mega Charizard X uses Flamethrower. The moves collide, creating a thick smoke covering both Mega Charizard. Trevor tells Mega Charizard Y to fly, but Alain retaliates by having his Mega Charizard X launch another Flamethrower. Mega Charizard Y gets hit and is knocked out, reverting back to its original form. Clemont is surprised at how powerful Alain's Mega Charizard X is and Serena reminds Ash that his battle is up next, so Ash gets up from the seats and leaves. Recalling his Charizard, Trevor calls out his Aerodactyl to battle.

As Ash reaches the pathway that leads to the stadium, he is intercepted by Everett, the red mohawked Furfrou Trainer from before, who immediately challenges him to a battle. Ash tries to decline his challenge, but Everett refuses to let him pass unless he battles him. Seeing that he can't reason with him, Ash accepts Everett's challenge and calls on Pikachu to battle against Everett's Furfrou. Everett orders Furfrou to use Sand Attack to blind Pikachu before launching a Giga Impact which hits.

Back at the stadium, Alain's Mega Charizard X knocks out Trevor's Aerodactyl with a Flamethrower.

Back in the hallway, Everett has Furfrou use Take Down, while Ash has Pikachu retaliate with Iron Tail. Pikachu follows up with an Electro Ball while Furfrou defends with Cotton Guard.

Back in the stadium, Trevor has his last Pokémon, a White Flower Florges, use Energy Ball on Alain's Mega Charizard X, but Mega Charizard X uses another Flamethrower to destroy Florges's attack and knock her out as well. With a clean sweep victory, Alain and his Charizard are the winners of the first battle. The spectators are awestruck by Alain's performance, while Trevor is devastated that he was eliminated so soon from the Lumiose Conference.

The next battle, Titus versus Ash, is about to begin. Titus has shown up, and the battlefield has changed into a grassy terrain, but Ash is nowhere to be seen. The battle he had with Everett made him late for his battle with Titus. Everybody wonders where Ash could be, including Clemont, Serena, and even Team Rocket. The referee is about to disqualify Ash for not showing up, though Ash just arrives in the nick of time and calls out that he is indeed here.

Everett is seen on the hallway floor remembering the rest of his battle with Ash. Pikachu had used Quick Attack while Furfrou defended with another Cotton Guard. Pikachu retaliated with a powerful Thunderbolt, knocking out Furfrou. After Ash thanked Everett for the battle, Everett broke down in tears, crying that he couldn't compete in the Lumiose Conference as he couldn't collect the eight badges needed to do so and told Ash to win his League challenge, and Ash replied that he would do so.

With Ash present, his first Kalos League battle has begun. Titus sends out his Altaria while Ash chooses to use Greninja. Titus has Altaria use Dragon Pulse, which Greninja takes with ease. Titus orders a Draco Meteor and as the attack approaches, Ash and Greninja sync up to allow Greninja to change into Ash-Greninja and it dodges every single meteor launched by Altaria's attack. Everyone is surprised to see Greninja change form as Ash-Greninja delivers a powerful Water Shuriken, knocking Altaria out on impact. Ash manages to win the three-on-three battle and will advance onto the next round.

Later that day, the participants, Ash and Alain amongst them, eagerly await the second round of the Kalos League.

## Major events

* Ash and his friends arrive back in Lumiose City and meet up with Tierno, Trevor, Sawyer, and Alain again, all of whom have earned the eight required Badges.
* Ash and his friends meet Malva for the first time.
* Ash, Tierno, Trevor, Sawyer, and Alain all enter the Lumiose Conference.
* Alain briefly reunites with Professor Sycamore.
* The Lumiose Conference begins.
* Trevor's Charmeleon is revealed to have evolved into Charizard.
* Trevor is revealed to have obtained a Key Stone, a Charizardite Y, an Aerodactyl, and a Florges.
* Alain and Ash defeat Trevor and Titus, respectively, and advance to the second round.

## Characters

### Humans

* Ash
* Serena
* Clemont
* Bonnie
* Jessie
* James
* Professor Sycamore
* Alain
* Tierno
* Trevor
* Sawyer
* Viola (fantasy)
* Grant (fantasy)
* Korrina (fantasy)
* Ramos (fantasy)
* Valerie (fantasy)
* Olympia (fantasy)
* Wulfric (fantasy)
* Malva
* Diantha
* Astrid
* Remo
* Everett
* Titus
* Trainers
* Announcer
* Referee

### Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Charizard

* Pikachu (Ash's)
* Meowth (Team Rocket)
* Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
* Dedenne (Clemont's)
* Greninja (Ash's; Ash-Greninja)
* Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X)
* Charizard (Trevor's; Mega Charizard Y)
* Aerodactyl (Trevor's)
* Florges (Trevor's; White Flower)
* Altaria (Titus's)
* Furfrou (Everett's; Kabuki Trim)
* Furfrou (Trainer's)
* Mime Jr. (Trainer's; ×2)
* Smeargle (Trainer's)
* Watchog (Trainer's)
* Igglybuff (Trainer's)
* Sentret (Trainer's)
* Glaceon (Trainer's)
* Hoppip (Trainer's)
* Jigglypuff (Trainer's)
* Oddish (Trainer's)
* Cubchoo (Trainer's)
* Pachirisu (Trainer's)
* Fletchling (Trainer's)
* Leafeon (Trainer's)
* Swinub (Trainer's)
* Scraggy (Trainer's)
* Poliwag (Trainer's)
* Furret (Trainer's)
* Fletchling (Pokémon League's; multiple)
* Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)

## Transcript

*Main article: A League of His Own/Transcript*
## Trivia

* Poké TV: "Kalos League News" focusing on the competitors in the Lumiose Conference, as well as Diantha.
* This episode begins the seven-part Lumiose Conference arc.
* A remix of XY&Z is used as an insert song when Ash's Greninja turns into its Ash-Greninja form.
* Ash, Sawyer, and Tierno narrate the preview for the next episode.
* Two of the Trainers in the Lumiose Conference are also two of the participants in the Pokémon Summer Camp.
* The announcer seen during the opening feast bears a resemblance to the commentator in the Princess Festival in *Princess vs. Princess* and *The Art of Pokémon*, and the host of the Rustboro City Pokémon Contest in *All Things Bright and Beautifly!*.
* This episode marks the first appearance of an Igglybuff in the anime since Normajean's appeared in *The Brockster Is In!*, 268 episodes earlier.
* The episode's rating was less than 2.3, making it the lowest-rated debut of a Pokémon League Conference in the overall anime to date.
* The English dub title is a reference to the 1992 sports comedy-drama film *A League of Their Own*.