The Return of Betrayal One

Chapter 6

"It's them." Clemmont whispered.

"Drew" Ash said through gritted teeth. His fists immediately balled up into fists, his eyes grew wide and full of hatred.

"Ash please, just ignore them. Just calm down please" Serena said in a very panicked like voice. She hugged his arm and whispered "Please Ash...nothing you do will get you anywhere. Please just calm down." Tears began to form in her eyes, she didn't want her childhood friend to endure more pain, after all he has gone through the last thing he needed was more.

"Serena..." Ash whispered. "Please don't cry, I promise I won't do anything risky."

"Ash..." Serena said while tears began to drip from her eyes, she let go of Ash's arm and turned her back it him not wanting her friend to see her in her current mental state.

"Serena looks at me." Ash said suddenly grabbing her shoulders spinning her around to face him. "Serena looks in my eyes. I promise I won't hurt anyone. I wouldn't lie to you. Please believe me" Ash said while staring into her eyes trying to make a point.

Serena just stared into his eyes, trying to process what was happening.

"Alright Ash. I trust you" she finally whispered. She pulled away from him with a small blush on her face due to the proximity they were in.

"Guys let's go to the hotel!" Bonnie squealed. "I really hope I get my own room"

"No way Bonnie. You may be 11 years old but there is no way I'm trusting you alone after what happened the last time I left you alone at-" Clemmont started.

"Let's not talk about that Clemmont! Point taken...fine we will share a room." Bonnie pouted. "Well come on! Race you guys there let's go Dedenne!"

"Dedenne!" cried the little electric mouse.

Bonnie took off running who was followed by Serena.

"Last one there is a Slowpoke!" Serena yelled.

At this point Ash started to sprint and yelled "Clemmont step on it!"

"After four years I'm still slower than my younger sister" Clemmont sighed as he began to chase the group.

Time Skip- 12 hours later

Ash and Clemmont had split up from the girls, they went to go shopping while they went to the opening ceremony for the tournament.

"Ash look at all the people here! There must be thousands!" Clemmont said. "Oh wait sorry Ash I got to go! Bye!" he said as he ran out of the arena.

'What was that about?' Ash wondered. "Hey Pikachu, you excited for the tournament?"

"Pi pika chu!" Pikachu cheered.

"I'll take that as a yes" Ash chuckled to himself as he found a seat in the stands.

As the sky had finally darkened and the arena was lit by torches as Charles Goodshow walked onto the battlefield with a mic.

"Greetings Pokémon trainers of the world! Welcome to the Master Cup, a tournament set to test your skills as a trainer and you all should be proud of not only yourselves but your Pokémon for making it this far." He said. He paused for a moment or so before beginning again.

"As you may know this tournament has some of the most talented trainers in the world competing in it. Now we present the trainers that are part of the Pokémon League." He said, he took out a handkerchief and wiped his forehead.

A large screen rose from behind Charles and there were 5 headings: "Kanto, Jhoto, Hohenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos"

"Please turn your attention to the screen everyone." Charles said. "These are among possibly the strongest trainers in the world, as you may notice these are all the current/former gym leaders, elite 4 members, and champions in the world. Now let's give them a warm welcome!" He yelled.

The floor in front of Charles opened up and a platform rose from it. On the platform stood many trainers we all know and love. The crowd went wild, fan girls screaming at their dreamy idols, guys proclaiming their love for the beauties that stood before them, and of course all the regular people just clapping and cheering.

"Now Cynthia, may you please address the crowd?" Charles asked.

"Of course!" Cynthia answered in a cheerful voice as she took the mic from him. "Hello everyone, I am honored to be here among the strongest trainers of the world. It's hard to believe of all of them I am the strongest-" She started but the mic was ripped away from her hands by a brown haired male.

"Now now Cynthia, that isn't exactly true." The man said. "Everybody as you may know my name is Blue Oak, leader of the Kanto Elite Four. Now the 3 strongest trainers in the world are Cynthia, Steven, and Lance. Does everyone agree?" He asked the crowd. He was met by the nods of many heads and people screaming Yes or No way _ is the strongest!

"Now Cynthia you say that you are the strongest, but that is false. Charles they have returned" Blue said as Charles eyes grew wide and his face grew as pale as a ghost.

"Cynthia you are the SECOND strongest in the world. Steven and Lance as good as they are, they do not compare to these trainers." Blue said with a wide smile on his face. "Let me present to you the 3rd Strongest Trainer in the world and the TRUE Jhoto Champion JIMMY GOLD!" He yelled as the league members faces went from confusion to shock. Into the arena walked a man with a backwards hat on, his hair parted through the opening of the hat, he wore a red sweatshirt accompanied by a pair of back and yellow shorts. Next to him walked his strongest Pokémon, his Typhlosion. Gold stood right next to Blue and Cynthia as if nothing was out of the ordinary.

"Cynthia I think you know what this means don't you" Blue said.

"Yes I just...I can't believe he's back" she said.

"Now the strongest trainer in the world. He has been alone and not seen by anyone for the past 17 years. He took down the largest criminal organization in the Kanto and Jhoto region, Team Rocket. He collected all 8 badges the Kanto Region had to offer and managed to defeat the Kanto's former Elite Four like they were bugs. He took down the current champion during the time which well...that isn't important. He is an official Pokémon Master and has been the undefeated Kanto Champion for 17 years and has finally returned." Blue said.

"I am proud to introduce you to the strongest trainer in the world and my best friend RED KETCHUM!" He yelled the last two words with all his might.

From the stands walked a man with a red sweatshirt on unzipped revealing a white undershirt. He wore a pair of blue jeans with a pair of red and black sneakers on. He wore a Red hat with a Pokeball symbol on it. As he walked by Ash he muttered to himself "I love you son" When he finally walked to the center of the arena he slowly turned around and faced the crowd.

No words were spoken the arena was dead silent, people began to leave the stadium. The stands were empty except for our raven hair hero who collapsed to his knees with tears in his eyes, and he said only one word.

"Dad"