The Road to Tomorrow

The Road to Victory

Welcome yet again for another set of three stories set in the Ancienverse! However, while the last was really a continual story depicting Ash and Serena's wedding, this threeshot will be very different, treated more as a prologue to the final story. To that end, there will be three different perspectives, each of which will lead into that final story. A little different in tone, perhaps, but I hope you'll enjoy.

Do note, before we begin, that this takes place a year after the wedding.

Author: Epicocity

Rating: T

Pairings: Amourshipping, Laserbladeshipping, RoyalDoctorShipping

DISCLAIMER: Still not owning, and I'm so glad I won't have to say this soon.

The Road to Tomorrow

An Ancienverse Pokémon Threeshot

The Road to Victory

"Greninja, Water Shuriken!" came Ash's shout, sweat clearly leaking from where his hair met his forehead. Greninja reached for his back, grabbing his large shuriken before he sent it flying off towards his target. Across from him, his opponent nodded her head, Gardevoir teleporting away to avoid the flying disc. "Aerial Ace!"

"Nin!" Greninja shouted. Already, he was tired from having to take down Diantha's own Goodra, the bulky dragon putting up quite a fight. There was no doubt in that specific battle that Ash had never expected to actually go up against a Pokémon that he, himself, had trained and raised. However, Greninja was just as his trainer, never giving up and constantly driving forward, adapting to the situation before them. The Ninja Pokémon vanished suddenly. A flash of a second later and he had appeared right at Gardevoir's side, bringing his glowing leg swinging out to slam into the Embrace Pokémon, who had already been moving slower than usual from the toll of the earlier portions of the battle.

"Moonblast!" Diantha ordered. Greninja skidded along the ground from his landing as Gardevoir, Mega Evolved right from the beginning of the battle, began to charge up her pearlescent orb of energy. She quickly fired it at Greninja. The Ninja Pokémon was slammed in the chest, being pushed towards the edge of the arena. "Shadow Ball!"

"Double Team!" Ash ordered, throwing his hand out in tandem with Greninja. Multiple copies of Greninja sprung up around the area, and each swarmed in as the fleet of Shadow Balls flew out, obliterating all but one. "Cut!"

"Reflect!" Greninja's watery kunai slashed out, impacting with the blue shield that Gardevoir put up. It held for a moment, but there was no way that Ash was going to let that stop him.

"Aerial Ace! Speed up!" Ash called, punching his fists into the air. The knives disappeared, and all of Greninja's limbs glowed a blinding white. He spun around, nailing right into Gardevoir's face from the side of the shield, before spinning and kicking into her body. The barrage of strikes soon culminated in the frog nailing her with a downwards punch. With a final kick, Gardevoir was sent flying backwards. "Double Team and Water Shuriken!"

"Moonblast, mow them down!" Gardevoir gathered her energy, while Greninja appeared all around the area, each one gripping for his giant shuriken. Then Gardevoir fired, a pink beam blasting out instead of being tossed in an orb. The cutting beam sliced away the swath of Greninja, but failed to hit the real one.

"Now, finish it! Let's go!" With a great heave of Greninja's Water Shuriken, he sent it colliding into Gardevoir's back with immense speed. He didn't stop there, as another reappeared on his back, which he grabbed and threw in quick succession, Gardevoir unable to dodge. The Ninja Pokémon looked to Ash, who nodded with a grin. Greninja angled his body, and shot downward, his fist glowing, making a white streak become visible behind him as he gave a final punch that slammed into the battlefield and sent dust pluming upwards, slightly grainy from the distortion of the screen.