Ash Ketchum, Pokemon Master By ZaneT69

Chapter 12

When Ash arrived at Dewford Town he wasted no time in going to the local Gym, only getting some sleep and all of his Pokemon looked over and healed before seeking to win his next Gym Badge.

Imagine his surprise when Brawly refused to battle, preferring to surf instead.

"Can Hoenn Gym Leaders do that?!" Ash asked.

"Yes..." Max replied.

"But, Broly, it'll only take me five minutes to beat you!"

"It's Brawly!"

"Sorry, Broccoli!" Ash replied, amusing May and Max.

"How about this... we have an official battle, but if it takes longer than five minutes then I automatically lose?"

"Fine!" Brawly said in annoyance.

Both trainers took their places and the referee spoke. "This'll be a two-on-two Pokemon battle with a five minute time limit. The first trainer to lose two Pokemon loses the battle or if five minutes elapse then Ash Ketchum automatically loses. Trainers send out your first Pokemon!" The referee ordered.

"Go Machop!"

"Go Gardevoir!"

Gardevoir started it and ended with Psychic; easily blasting Machop into a wall, despite its futile attempts to dodge.

"Machop is unable to battle! Brawly send out your next Pokemon!" The referee said.

"Go Makuhita!" Brawly said, though he wasn't confident of his chances of winning.

Makuhita was quickly restrained and then subjected to Confusion and Moonblast, quickly defeating it and causing Brawly to sigh in annoyance. Brawly hated it when people used type advantages, it made for a very boring battle. Brawly stepped forward and unenthusiastically presented Ash with the Knuckle Badge and informed him that 3000 Poke dollars would be transferred into his account.

Ash decided to leave, sensing how unpopular he was here now. Brawly didn't last more than two minutes.

After wasting hours on a beach, Ash, May, and Max finally went into Granite Cave to search for stuff like Evolution Stones and other valuable objects.

It went extremely well. May found pearls and an Everstone. Max found a few Star Pieces, an Everstone, a few gems, Evolution Stones, and a Steelixite and Aggronite and the accompanying Key Stones.

"Do you want to buy them?" Max ashed in regards to the Mega Evolution objects.

"No, I already have several, but I will make sure that whoever you do sale them to pays a fair price. Those two objects are worth about 100,000 Poke dollars each. If you save and put all that into an interest bearing account and don't touch it until you retire you'll be extremely wealthy. You could contact your parents and have them handle that, but I would suggest that if you sale the Star Pieces you put the money from that into a separate interest bearing account for when you are a trainer." Max nodded, that sounded very smart.

"Wouldn't he be unable to spend it though?" May asked.

"That's the point, he builds up wealth in two accounts and prepares several decades ahead in his life. You should consider doing the same; you won't be young forever and eventually you may be too old to travel or simply just wish to settle down or retire. Even if Max loses every battle that he engages in he would still be a millionaire by age thirty and all due to wise financial management. Setting aside a set amount of wealth into an account would help secure your future. I'm twelve years old and a billionaire... but I use more ruthless business tactics. I own a casino and hotel, and a festival ground." To reinforce his point, Ash showed them the numbers in his bank account: 9,576,032 Poke dollars.