Revenge of a New God

Chapter- 12, Start of the Tournament

No one POV,

After the meeting with the traitors Ash was less thrilled then he was when he set out that morning, he hadn't wanted to meet them this soon in the tournament. He knew they were going to be there but he didn't want to actually talk to them as he knew he may do something that he would not regret.

Ash was just lucky that his wife and family were there with him, if they were not then he would not have been able to guarantee the safety of those that betrayed him.

"Are you ready for this Ash?" Latias asked from behind him. The group had returned to their rooms after meeting the traitors to relax before they had to leave for the first day of the tournament. Latias and Ash were in their room, Ash sitting on the bed and Latias just coming out of the shower. Ash turned to look at her and smiled.

"Yes dear, I have been waiting for this for years, it is time to start showing people who I truly am" Ash said. Latias smiled and moved towards Ash sitting herself on the bed beside him, Ash wrapping his arm around her shoulder as Latias was in her human form.

"Yes I know you have Ash, and remember you have all of us to help you." Latias said snuggling into Ash's side and making herself comfy. Ash smiled down at the person he loved more then anyone.

The time passed as they were talking about random things. Before they knew it they had to leave for the tournament, it was now half 9 and they needed to get to the arena. However, it only took them 15 minutes to walk to the arena however they were the only ones there, they waited till the time was right and realised they were still alone.

"Welcome all to the Pokemon Master Championship!" The announcer said. He then paused when he looked into the arena. "Where are all of the contestants?" He asked.

"I do not know sir, we arrived 15 minutes ago and no one was here. Maybe they forgot what time they were meant to be here?" Ash said, though the end of the sentence sounded more like a question than a statement.

"They were told the time of this event, I didn't expect great battlers to be like this I thought they were punctual. At least you 5 managed to get here on time." The announcer said.

"Yes this is late to us, we are used to being up early so this was no problem." Paul said.

"Yeah all of the others are probably still in bed and not wanting to get up since it is so early in the morning for them." Gary said with disgust. This was a very important and special tournament with the best of the best, even he thought the contestants would be more prepared then this.

"Nurse Joy, please tell all of the contestants that they are late and are to report to the arena as soon as possible." The announcer said into his ear piece, he smiled when he was given a reply.

Nurse Joy seemed to have done her job as one hour later all of the contestants were in the room and ready to go. "You all realise that you were meant to be here for 10am, not 11am?" The announcer said.

All of the contestants other than the traitors did look sorry and really did regret their sleeping in, but the traitors did not mean what they did was wrong and yet they did it anyway.

"Well anyway as you all know this is a tournament for the best of the best. The most powerful people are here in this room right now ranging from trainers, to gym leaders, to elites and to the champion." At this the crowd gave a loud cheer, except the group of traitors who obviously did not like the champion at all.

"The start of the tournament is going to be 3 on 3 battles, meaning 3 pokemon to each person and there are no substitutions. The pokemon that you chose you have to stick with until it is victorious or taken out, once a pokemon has fainted then that person is allowed to chose their next one. This continues until a persons team of 3 pokemon are all fainted, if there is a case of all of the pokemon going down at the same time, then another pokemon will be chosen and the one that falls loses." The announcer said to the contestants.