𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗔𝗟

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 16

'If anyone deserves to be the Champion of the six regions, then it's him. After all, he is the first trainer that ever gave me a challenge and defeated my Darkrai. That does not mean I am going to give up. No, I will fight with all I have. All my legendries will fight today.' Those were the thoughts of the once mystery trainer Tobias about our champion Ash Ketchum. Ever since his identity had been revealed, Tobias's thoughts landed on their battle in Sinnoh league about ten years ago. It was the first time; someone had been able to defeat his Darkrai. Furthermore, his Latios also lost to Ash's Pikachu; although it was a draw, in his mind, it was a loss.

Over the years, he had seen the demerits of overdependence on the legendries. Presently, he relied on one legendary at most in most of his battles. However, today he was up against the Champion. He was going to use his full force and yet, he was not very confident of himself. It was not fear of Ash's strength or fear of his defeat. It was out of respect for the young man who had come a long way to become a well-deserved champion. Tobias was ready for his battle.

Tobias owned four Legendary Pokemon and he was using them all. He knew Ash would have guessed that but he was going to play by his strengths.

Ash was in his suite thinking about what Pokemon he was going to use against Tobias. He had done his research the previous night on Tobias and his current strategy. Sure, he had faced him once but that was ten years ago; people change a lot in ten years. He believed Tobias was going to use his legendries but his record from the past three years showed that he had relied less on his legendaries. In many battles, he did not even use his Darkrai but rotated amongst his other legendries. Still, Ash went with his guts and counter strategy for the four legendries of Tobias but took two more Pokemon with him for safe side. He was confident of winning but he did not want to break his perfect record so far.

It was 3.30 in the afternoon. Ash had his battle at 4 pm. He headed towards the Pokemon centre from their base with Serena.

"Hello, Ash." He heard someone call him from behind as he turned around to find his opponent of the day.

"Hello, Tobias. How are you doing?" Ash asked as they shook hands.

"Fine. Ready for our battle?"

"Sure. By the way, this is my wife Serena. You probably know her," said Ash introducing Serena.

"Everyone does. Nice to meet you, Mrs Ketchum." Tobias said with a smile.

"Nice to meet you too, Mr Tobias," Serena replied.

"So, I will meet you on the battlefield. May the best trainer win!"

"Yeah! Good luck Tobias." Ash wished Tobias.

"You too Ash," Tobias said as he turned away. Ash and Serena went inside the Pokemon centre and then made their way to the arena.

"Has he always been this creepy?' Serena asked smiling.

"Yeah as far as I know him. He does not interact much and he is very strong with quite a few legendaries." Ash was in a serious mood.

"I know. You just go out there and win. Then, we will head for my match." Serena tried to clear his mind successfully.

"Yes ma'am." He said with a smile.

"Let the battle begin," declared the referee as Ash released his first Pokemon. He was quite sure what Tobias's first Pokemon was going to be and he chose his accordingly.