Nesscas Oneshot Haven

Ends of a Journey

This story was requested by Minerpore. This may be a bit late compared to other uploads, but I put a fair amount of effort into this. I will say, there is a possibility of me creating a sequel or a prequel for this oneshot in the future. It's not planned, but if I feel like it, or if people want it, then I'll do it. I hope you enjoy this fun Pokemon story.

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Lucas and his three closest friends, with one of them being his very own twin brother, made it to the final branch of their Pokemon journey. The Pokemon League Championship. A tournament that determines who is worthy of fighting the one and only champion of the Ultima region; Red. Red was undefeated. He was constantly challenged by many upon many challengers, some of them being the very gym leaders of the league; Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, Yoshi, Kirby, Fox, and strangely enough Pikachu.

The boys beat all of those leaders, beat an evil organization called "Team Subspace" that wanted to force the world into a state of emptiness and despair....otherwise known as Subspace. Now they were here....the championship. All they needed to do was battle to see who was truly worthy.

"Well...here it is...." Lucas started. The others were still staring at the large stadium in utter disbelief that there were even there, more or less about to challenge it. Lucas's trusty partner Pokemon, Riolu, stood on his shoulder. He too was looking at the stadium in amazement. Riolu never liked Pokeballs. He thought them to be too cramped and made the excuse that his power was too big to be contained into a little Pokeball.....in all honesty, he just liked how Lucas treated him as a partner rather than how an owner would treat a pet.

"So....bets on which of us will get to Red?" Ninten questioned. He was always one to place pointless and no consequence bets like this. He knew the answer most of them would give. The person that'd make it to Red would be themselves, of course. Most of them thought they were the strongest trainer. Not to the level of being narcissistic, but enough to have confidence in their ability.

Lucas looked at his trusty Riolu. "You ready pal?" Riolu nodded sporadically. He was very hyped. Riolu loved battles. Before Lucas obtained him, Riolu was known to be one for starting fights just to have that thrill of battle. He'd often fight bigger opponents, losing most likely, but that wasn't why he fought. Now, he was about to fight the strongest of them all.

"Well, we should probably get in before they decide to start without us," Claus suggested. The others agreed to this without much hesitation. They walked toward the stadium's multiple doors up a pretty extravagant staircase. Inside they're met with a large crowd and the circular desk thing that acted as a sign-up post. Above the counter, connected to the ceiling, were TVs that had recordings from the boys' gym battles, since they were the only gym challengers to have made it this far. The actual championship would be smaller than usual....due to the lack of many gym challengers.

The boys walked up to a nice-looking lady named Daisy, who was behind the counter. She smiled a pleasant smile. "Welcome to New Donk City Stadium. You're the famed challengers who took down Team Subspace?"

"You bet," Ninten proudly took in stride. He was very much proud of their accomplishment. He wouldn't often showboat, but he did like to take credit for it.

"We are forever in your debt."

"No no...it should be fine," Ness pleaded. Daisy nodded.

"Anyway. I'm sure you're here to take part in the championship, yes?"

"Correct."

"Alright. You'll just need to sign yourselves in. Make sure you sign in your Pokemon as well. You chose up to six to take in, and you can not change in or out a 'mon until you win or get out of the championship. Understand?" The boys nodded. Daisy motioned for them to enter a special room for them to change into their challenger outfit and to register themselves and their Pokemon. Lucas's team for the championship was: Riolu, Lycanroc (Dusk), Sunflora, Infernape, Blastoise, and Rotom. Ness's team was: Cinderace, Muk, Mienshao, Musharna, Electabuzz, and Oricorio (Sensu). Claus's team was: Type: Null, Galarian Slowbro, Tyrantrum, Porygon Z, Girafarig, and Skarmory. And finally, Ninten's team was: Weezing, Machoke, Metagross, Zoroark, Rapidash, and Sirfetch'd.