Chain Story: Equal Rivals

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

This is a chain story which is for people to reply to with their own continuations. Let's begin shall we?

The story is in SCRIPT form.

Narrator: Our heroes scale even greater heights, not knowing where they go or...
Brock: Maybe we do know where we are going...
May: Don't be so sure...
Masato: It was Ash's idea to go up here... it's him who mist get us off...
Ash: C'mon... I had reasons to scale this mountain.
May: Like?
Brock: There's a large trainer convention in Kaikoren City, which I think is over this mountain.

Ash thinks for a second. He then reaches from his back a PokéBall.

Ash: Go! Taillow! Scale and look over the mountain!

Taillow looks over the mountain and sees a city. It nods to Ash, who starts running quickly.

Ash runs up to the top of the mountain, but then a scared feeling overcomes him. The entire town is deserted!

[RocketShadow]

Ash and friends walk through the town.
May: "This sure is creepy."
Brock: "I wonder if we are in Kaikoren City."
Ash: "Hey Masato check your Pokenav....Masato?"
Masato wasn't there.
May: "Where did he go?"
Brock: "He just disappeared..."
Ash: "We better stay together and try to find him."
Brock: "Hey May is gone too!"
Ash turns around and looks and May has disappeared too. Ash then turns back around and sees Brock is gone too.
Ash: "Its just you and me now Pikachu... Pikachu?"
Pikachu is also missing. Ash blacks out.

[Omega-Brendan]

*Pokemon Center*

Ash: Drat! My milion yen is now half a million!

May: Where are you Masato?

Max: I'm Max!

May: Shut Up, Warner Bros hasn't confirmed your english name yet.

Brock: Lets look for Kenta.

Max: no, it's Yoshi.

Brock: The green dinosaur?

Ash: Ok, lets look for Marina and Jun'ichi and Hazuki then.

Max: No! It's Dani for Marina, Jackson for Jun'ichi, and Harrison for Hazuki

Ash: Ok, this story is pretty messed up though.

[RocketShadow]

~~TV Tokyo~~
Satoshi: "Well this is confusing."
Satoshi scribbles down "Destroy 4Kids" and then erases everyone's memory of the evil dub names.

~~The Pokemon Center~~
Ash: "This is strange. There is no Nurse Joy here."
Brock: "We must search for our beloved Nurse Joy! Ash you search over there. Masato you look over there and ...."
May: "You search your head for a brain."
Stranger: "Who is that?"
Stranger2: "Are they Pokemon trainers?"
Stranger: "I beleive so."
Stranger3: "What should we do?"

[Miyu-chan]

Stranger: We should kidnap them, and send them back to Mars. (laughing evily)
Stranger 2: How should we do that? (confused)
Stranger 3: Use your brain, idiot. We should disguise ourselves as the said Nurse Joy. (hits stranger 2 on the heard)
Stranger: (Changes into Nurse joy) Hmm...how do I look?
Stranger 2: You look...um...hot. (drools)
Stranger: (still as Nurse Joy) Hello, travelers. Can I help you with something?

-In a random room in the Pokemon Center-
Masato: (Is tied up and blindfolded) lerts mehs ourt!
Stranger 4: Don't worry, you'll meet your sister shortly... (cackles)

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

.: TV Tokyo :.
Satoshi runs to the Masamitsu's office.

Satoshi: "Masamitsu! Something weird is going on!"

Satoshi opens the door and finds Masamitsu's office in wrecks.

Satoshi: "Who did this?"
Voice: "I did."

Satoshi turns around after hearing the voice. He sees no one in the office.

Satoshi: "Strange..."

.: Pokémon Center :.
May: "Masato! Where are you?"
Ash: "He's gone?!?"

May screams. Brock fades away. May collapses. Ash holds her up.

May: "They're both gone!"

.: TV Tokyo :.

Satoshi holds his hand and swishes it, making the incantation: "Priori Statem!" making the room normal and exposing the voice's source. A dark shadow stands swirling around the room.

Satoshi (hand at the shadow): "Teleportious!"

The dark Shadow disappears. Some footsteps are heard as Toshio comes with Masamitsu. Toshio has Masamitsu walking towards the office with his hand supporting Masamitsu, apparently both have been ambushed.

.: Pokémon Center :.

Ash and May run out of the Pokémon Center. The entire town is filled with people, but the Pokémon Center they stood looked newer. It didn't have a few cracks that were notably visible. In fact, the entire town was old looking.

May: "Where are we?"
Ash: "Look. Those people are using apricorns!"

Person (to another person): "You won't win!"
Other Person: "Oh yeah?"

The person throws an apricorn and a Pokémon comes out. The Pokémon is strange looking, braille for it's eyes, a crystal ice body.

Ash: "What's that?" (holds PokéDex)
PokéDex: Regice. PokéDex data has not been loaded for this Pokémon.
Ash hears someone else reading data from a book.
May: "We are at a time that PokéDexes weren't invented!"

Other Person: "Jake you have absolutely no chance of beating me!"
Jake: "We'll see about that Keith!"
Keith: "Go! Blaziken!"
The person reading the Pokémon book looks at Keith.
Person: "Keith! You know that Regice can't be defeated with a Blaziken!"
Keith: "I'll beat it no worries, Kate."
Kate: "But..."
Keith: "Blaziken! Blaze Kick!"

A news paper comes in front of Ash. Ash reads it and is shocked.

Ash: "November 27th 1937?!?"
May: "What?"
Ash: "We've gone more than 70 years back in time!"

[Omega-Brendan]

May: Wait, but Hoenn was just a piece of land with pokemon back then! there were no humans!

Ash: Hey look, that isn't a man! it's a thing?

Pokedex- Man this pokemon come in alot of different forms

May: I must be talking gibberish... May May May!

Ash: Ash ash ash! AAAASSSHHH!!!!

Narrator: So our heros have Narra! Narra! Narra tor Narra?

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

.: TV Tokyo :.
Toshio: "There are... dark... shadows... protruding... the... studio..."
Masamitsu: "They are adding different scenes to the show..."

They both collapse. Satoshi gets his mobile and dials. Shigeru Miyamoto appears on-screen.

Shigeru: "Have you seen what's happening on the anime, Satoshi?"
Satoshi: "I'm aware of it..."
Shigeru: "Was the turning back time your idea?"
Satoshi: "No."
Shigeru: "Hmmm..."

Shigeru appears right next to him. They perform an incantation: "Timeutus!" and the studio is back to normal. Toshio and Masamitsu are healed, and the main TV Tokyo building is normal.

Shigeru: "Where on earth did those shadows come from?"
Satoshi: "I dunno."

Toshio holds a remote and edits out the small scene.

.: Kaikoren City : 1937 :.

Keith's Blaziken loses to Jake's Regice.
Jake: "Who won? Me."
Ash (to May): "That kid is strong..."

Jake appears to hear Ash, as he turns around.

Jake (asking Ash): "Are you a trainer?"
Ash: "Yeah."
Jake: "Well I think I'm just about to beat you."
Ash: "We'll see!"

Ash's Pikachu runs out of the Pokémon Center.

Ash: "Pikachu!"

Pikachu runs up to Ash. They start playing around, and then Pikachu is sent into battle.

Jake: "Espeon! Go!"

[RocketShadow]

Jessie, James, and Meowth sit on the Pokemon Center roof.
James: "What happened?"
Meowth: "I don't know. One minute we were spying on the twerp, the next we are here."
Jessie: "Quit worrying about that and concentrate on capturing Pikachu and this other kid's rare Pokemon."
Meowth: "Once the battle is over we will bring in the Mega-WobbuWarrior MKII and steal their Pokemon."
Jessie: "Right."
James: "One problem: It didn't get brought here and we spent all our money on it."
Wobbufett: "Wobbufett!"

Ash: "Pikachu Thunderbolt!"
Jake: "Use your Psychic!"
Pikachu is lifted into the air but still uses Thunderbolt severly damaging Espeon, making it drop Pikachu hurting it also.

~~Some random building in Kaikoren~~
???: "With my new invention I will finally be able to rule TV Tokyo and overthrow Satoshi. Mwahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Then I Shadow will be the master of all Pokemon! Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!"

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

.: TV Tokyo :.

Satoshi: "So was he behind those shadows?"
Shigeru: "Only one way to find out."
Satoshi: "You mean?"
Toshio: "Shadow is back - we have to stop him from attempting to get out of the barrier that seperates our world from his."
Satoshi: "It's pretty risky..."

Satoshi has a flashback of what happened a few months ago.

Giovanni: "Oh it's not really contolling any more..."
Brock: "What do you mean?"
Giovanni: "Well now with a little chip that I shot at the asteroid, now I can control it's moves."
Ash: "Where would you plan to move it to?"

Giovanni presses a button. A cage falls on Ash and his friends.

Giovanni: "It's all about the Cave of Origin."
May: "No not the Cave of Origin! You can't destroy that landmark!"
Giovanni: "Well I would like it if Hoenn flooded. If Hoenn floods, Johto floods. If Johto floods, Kanto floods, and so do the Orange Islands. Then... we have access to every area around the world!"
May: "I would NOT prefer to live in Japan! You are so evil!"



Satoshi: "That's what happened."
Shigeru: "Whoa! Is that true?"
Satoshi: "It is..."

.: Kaikoren City : 2003 :.

Brock: "Where are they?"
Masato: "I don't know... this town is really creepy... we've been wondering for hours..."
Brock: "They probably disappeared..."
Masato: "Well we are definitely in Kaikoren City..."

.: Kaikoren Town : 1937 :.

Jake: "Espeon! Psychic attack!"
Ash: "Pikachu! Thunder!"

Thunder is sent at Espeon paralyzing it. But the Psychic attack hits Pikachu and sends it slam onto a wall.

Ash: "Finish it off with a Quick Attack and a Thunderbolt!"

Pikachu's attack faints the Espeon.

Ash: "Yeah!"

May looks around.

May: "Ash? Does this place look like what you wanted to be at?"
Ash: "Jake, is this the 1937 Trainer Convention?"
Jake: "It sure is."

Ash and May look at each other.

[RocketShadow]

~~Old House in Kaikoren 1937~~
Shadow: "My plan is working perfectly. First I let those losers know about a trainer convention that happened 70 years ago in a town which is now abandoned. Then once they reach it I send the most annoying of them to the past for the convention. While in the present I sabotage TV Tokyo. Now for the next step, sign up Team Rokcet Executives in the tournament to make people fear us in the past so we will rule them in the future. We will also eliminate that twerp in the convention. Hehehehehe."

~~Outside the house~~
James: "Did you hear that?"
Meowth: "What do we do?"
Jessie: "We are in the past so the restraining order hasn't been issued yet so we can enter the tournament and get a promotion and finally capture that Pikachu!"
James and Meowth: "Right!"
Wobbufett: "Wobbufett!"

~~Kaikoren 2003~~
Masato: "This is very strange."
Brock: "Wait a minute. The date on my guidebook is 1936! Someone switched my guidebook with this old one!"
Masato: "So the convention happened 70 years ago?!?!"
???: "I'm afraid so."
Masato: "Who are you?"
Brock: "Its Gary! What are you doing here?"
Gary: "Well the title is "Equal Rivals" so I thought I'd show up. Where is Ash?"
Brock: "Him and May disapeared."
Gary: "Who is May?"
Masato: "My sister!"
Gary: "What happened to that other girl?"
Brock: "She left."

~~Kaikoren 1937~~
Jake: "You're pretty good Ash. You should enter the Traners Convention tournament."
Ash: "OK I will."
Jake: "What about you May?"
May: "Well I don't really battle that well. I train for Pokemon Contests instead."
Jake: "Well they have a division for that too."
May: "OK I'm in."

~~Across the street~~
Man: "Well they all seem to have decent Pokemon."
Woman: "And thanks to research we know which each trainer has and how often they use each Pokemon and the Pokemon's strength."
Man: "Well we better go sign up so we can take those Pokemon."
The man and the woman walk towards the Pokemon Center.

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

.: Kaikoren City (Pokémon Trainer's Convention Tournament Registration Office) : 1937 :.

Ash: "I'd like to enter the Pokémon Trainer Convention."
Lady: "Sure. I just need you to fill in these details on this form."



Ash: "Done!"
Jake: "Good. The tournament starts in a few days so we need to train."
Kay: "Why don't you spend the few nights in the Pokémon Center and train tomorrow and the rest of the days?"
Ash: "Yeah I am pretty tired..."

.: Kaikoren City : 2003 :.

Masato: "Look at that piece of paper lying on the ground!"
Brock: "What would we want with a piece of paper?"



Masato: "Ash's name is in it..."
Brock: "Can that mean that those two have traveled back in time to 1937?"

[Omega-Brendan]

Masato: Possibly

Brock: Ok, so lets contact someone that knows the history of Hoenn.

Masato: That would be my Grandpa, he is the Hoenn league Petalburg City gym leader, but it didn't mean anything, only Kanto was a league back then.

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

Brock: "Oh really?"
Masato: "I don't know really."
Brock: "Hoenn was a league a longer whole back then anybody thinks."
Gary: "It's been legend that Kaikoren was home to some legendary Pokémon."

Brock gets his guidebook.

Brock: "According to the 2003 guidebook, Kaikoren was abandoned in 1970, when a Pokémon that was rumored to live in the craters of the volcanoes nearby..." (points to a volcano that has smoke hovering over it) "...made lava burst out of the holes of the volcano, lava spreading everywhere.
It was going to be known that this happened, and so the townspeople evacuated the town in 1967, when the last trainer convention was held..."

[RocketShadow]

~~Kaikoren 1937~~
May: "Ash it says here that in the tournament preliminaries you can only use 1 Pokemon per battle. Then in the quarter-final you can use 3. Then the semi-final is a 2 on 2 battle and then the winning team battles each other using 6 Pokemon and the winner of that battle moves onto the finals were 6 Pokemon are used in each battle."
Ash: "Sounds like fun!"

~~Outside the Pokemon Center~~
Jessie: "So how are we going to enter? Are we entering seperately?"
James: "I only have Cacnea..."
Jessie: "Use Meowth then."
James: "But I need 3 for the quarter-finals..."
Meowth: "Why don't you two enter together?"
James: "We can't due to the 2 on 2 battle."
Meowth: "Then give me all of your Pokemon."
Jessie and James: "No way!"
Meowth: "Wait a minute. Jessie why don't you use Dustox for the Pokemon Contest?"
Jessie: "I didn't know there was one... Sounds like a plan though."
Jessie gives James Wobbufett and Seviper and they run inside to sign up.

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

.: Day 4 : After Training : Trainer Convention Main Room : 1937 :.

Jessie: "Doesn't it look beautiful?"

Jessie thinks she made a masterpiece out of Dustox; it is covered with ribbons, makeup and ties.

James: "It looks horrendous!"
Meowth: "It looks weird."
Jessie: "WHAT?!?!?"

Jessie turns around and spots some berries being put into an ordinary blender.

James: "Look at the way they make berries in this time!"
Jessie: "It doesn't require pushing a button like 100 times at least..."

A lady plops a Sitrus Berry, a Tomato Berry, an Oran berry and a Kelpsy berry into the blender.

Lady: "And now start blending..."

The blender turns the berries into some squshy mixed fruit.

Lady: "Then I put some of this in..."

The lady then gets some special ingredients, then she mixes the berry solid-liquid into it and it becomes one big ball which she turns into a flat square, which she cuts them and creates PokéBlock-eqivalents.

Jessie: "Ummm... excuse me..."
Lady: "Yes?"
Jessie: "Are there any CUTE-improving PokéBlocks in there?"
Lady: "Well I don't what PokéBlocks are, we call them berry blocks, but yes, about a big stock of them. Take a few!"

The lady hands a small bag of the little berrie cubes. Jessie walks over to James and Meowth.

Jessie: "Wow there are about 50 of these blocks!"
James: "Give them to Dustox!"

Jessie feeds Dustox a few. Jessie notices it significantly gets cuter.

Jessie: "Now have one more..."

Dustox makes an expression appearing like it doesn't want to eat anymore.

James: "I think it's cute enough."

.: Day 4 : After Practice : Trainer Convention Practice Room : 1937 :.

Ash: "The convention starts in 4 hours..."
May: "It's 10:00 in the morning... it should start at 2:00 then!"
Ash: "Are you excited?"
May: "Yeah! Why not?"
Ash: "Doesn't it last for 5 days?"
May: "According to this... yes."
Ash: "We should get back to the year 2003 soon..."
Jake: "I know how."

Ash turns to see Jake standing in front of him.

Jake: "So it's true... you aren't from here."
Ash: "Is there a way?"
Jake: "I can't tell you now, until after the convention."
Ash: "Yeah I was thinking you'd say that."
Jake: "Well... wish you luck at the tournaments!"
Ash: "Thanks. I hope we eventually battle each other!"
Jake: "I'd look forward to that too! Well I should be going."
Ash: "See you in 4 hours!"

And with that, Jake walks off.

[RocketShadow]

Ash: "May I will need 6 Pokemon for the finals. And since the Contests and the Battles take place at different times could I borrow Torchic and Beautifly?"
May: "Sure thing Ash. I'll make sure they listen to you."

~~Stadium 1~~
Rocket Exec.: "I'm in the first battle...Who is my opponent?" *checks tournament bracket* "Its that kid Shadow wants us to defeat! Ash Ketchup or something like that. Now I can get my raise by defeating him."

~~Main Room~~
Meowth: "According to the tournament bracket, your in the second to last battle James. And your opponent is some guy named Tyson."
James: "Why does that name sound familiar?"
Jessie: "Well it can't be anyone we know since we are in the past. When is my Pokemon Contest."
Meowth: "Go pick up one of those schedules over there."
Jessie picks up a Contest Schedule and reads it.
Jessie: "According to this we have to pass qualifying rounds with 3 out of the 5 judges. I have a qualifying round with Judge 2 at 2:30, right after the first battle. And that twerp girl has one with the same judge at 5:30, 3 hours after me."
James: "Well you have less time to prepare so I'll help you with Dustox!"
Meowth: "And I'll go spy on the competition!"
Meowth walks away and Jessie and James get to work on giving Dustox a full body make-over.

~~Abandoned House~~
Lady: "Shadow, sir. Here is the tournament bracket."
Shadow: "So Ash is in the first battle. I will need a disguise so I can watch and not be recognized. My battle is last and I see they used my fake name. And my opponent is some weak girl that lives here. Leave now so i can work on my disguise!"
Lady: "Yes sir."
The lady leaves and Shadow sits and thinks of a disguise.

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

.: Day 4 : Sabrina's House : 2003 :.

Montana: "So he's been gone for months?"
Sabrina: "Disappeared apparently..."
Eusine: "Will we go looking for him?"
Sabrina's mom: "Shadow was thought to be staying at Wattson's gym... apparently he got out..."

.: Day 4 : Trainer Convention Preliminaries: 1:30 PM : 1937 :.

Ash: "I can't wait until the match starts."

.: Day 4 : Secret Building : 1937 :.

Shadow: "Well this looks quite identity-sheilding."

Shadow disguises himself with a wig, the same clothes worn by cooltrainers seen in 2003 and a pair of shades.

.: Day 4 : Just before Round 1 : Trainer Center : 1:45 PM : 1937 :.
Ash: "According to this i've got a battle with a guy named Dain."
May: "My one is from a girl named Jen."
Ash: "Wish you luck."
May: "According to this if I pass, my opponent is... YOU!"
Ash: "Wha? Wish you luck in contest division then! You'll need it!"
May: "Oh really? Did YOU train for contests?"

.: Day 4 : Running to the stadium : 1:55 PM : 1937 :.

Shadow: "I guess when I battle I'll have my Seviper... what else did I bring? Never mind... need to get to the stadium..."

Shadow runs towards the stadium where Ash and the Rocket Member Dain are battling.

[RocketShadow]

~~Main Stadium (Stadium 1)~~
Announcer: "Welcome one and all to the Kaikoren 1937 Trainer Convention. Here comes the runner with Entei's flame to light the torch."
The runner lights the torch and fireworks go up into the air. Then a curtain falls down and reviels a giant tournament bracket.
Announcer: "Will the first two battlers please proceed to the battle field."
Ash and Dain walk down to the field. Pikachu follows Ash to the field.
Referee: "Dain call in the air. Heads or tails."
The referee flips a coin.
Dain: "Heads."
The coin lands on tails.
Referee: "Its tails. Ash do you wish to go first or second?"
Ash: "Second."
Referee: "Dain goes first then."

Dain: "Go! Hypno!"
Ash: "Go Treecko!"
Announcer: "Dain has chosen Treecko and Dain has chosen Hypno."
Referee: "Begin!"
Dain: "Hypno! Dynamic Punch!"
Ash: "Trecko dodge and use Slam!"
Hypno tries to punch Treecko but Treecko jumps up and whacks Hypno with its tail. Hypno gets knocked back a few feet but isn't too hurt.
Announcer: "And the battle has begun. Both Pokemon seem to be very strong and well-trained."
Dain: "Hypnosis now!"
Hypno: "Hypno. Hypno Hypno Hypno...."
Hypno uses Hypnosis and makes Treecko fall asleep.
Ash: "Treecko wake up!"
Announcer: "Uh oh. Treecko is asleep. If it doesn't wake up soon it could be in for some trouble. And if it doesn't wake up within 15 minutes it is out of the battle according to the tournament rules."

Shadow is sitting right next to May in the stands.
Shadow: " (thinking)I bet they are expecting Dain to use the old Hypnosis Dream Eater combo. I know he has a better combo then that. Hehehe..."
May: "Go Ash! You can do it!"
Shadow: "He must be your friend."
May: "Yeah, I'm May and he is Ash."
Shadow: "I'm Marco. Are you entered in the tournament?"
May: "I'm entered in the Pokemon Contest division."
Shadow: "Ah. I am in the last preliminary battle."

Jessie and James are sitting on the other side of the stands.
Jessie: "The twerp may actually lose this."
James: "If he does lose Dain will get all the credit and we will still be losers in the boss's eye."
Jessie: "So we need to hope the twerp wins all his battles until he battles you."
James: "Right. Hey where is Meowth?"
Jessie: "He said he was going to be running some buisness during the tournament when he wasn't spying on people."

Ash: "Treecko wake up!"
Treecko just lays there asleep.
Narrator: "What will Ash do if Treecko doesn't wake up? Will Dain win and get a promotion? What is Meowth doing? Also so you know, I am not the same narrator as usual, I am his grandfather. This is 70 years in the past you know."

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

Dain: "Hypno! Nightmare!"
Announcer: "What's this? Hypno is casting a mysterious shadow into Treecko!"

Treecko shakes around.

Announcer: "It seems to be having nightmares in it's sleep!"
Dain: "Now! Dream Eater!"
Announcer: "Dain's Hypno is now using the known combo of a hypnosis-Dream Eater."

Hypno drains energy from Treecko.

Announcer: "Every turn Hypno gets HP from Treecko... and ads to it's own... but what's this?!? Yes. Treecko's eyes are open!"

A gushing roar fills the stadium.
Shadow gets a special device.

Shadow: "What's this?!? Hypno wasn't getting any energy from Treecko at all!"
Ash: "Treecko! Slam!"

Treecko's Slam hits Hypno and Hypno lies there...

Announcer: "On the count of 3... 2... 1... AND DAIN IS OUT! ASH IS THE WINNER AND MAY NOW PROCEED TO ROUND 2!"

Ash cheers to himself.

Jake: "Great Job."
Ash: "Thanks. Wish you luck when you go!"

.: Day 4 : Kaikoren City : 2003 :.

Satoshi: "You're here!"
Masato: "What are you doing here Mr. Tajiri?"
Satoshi: "Well it seems Ash and May have gone back in time."
Brock: "Are you going to get him back?"
Satoshi: "No. He seems to be having fun. By the way I've seen someone say he'll bring him back here..."
Brock: "Good. So they'll be back soon."

[RocketShadow]

~~Masamitsu's Office at TV Tokyo~~
Masamitsu: "Ash needs six Pokemon for thw finals. I'll get his Pokemon that are at Oak's lab for him."
Masamitsu leaves his office.

~~Kaikoren Substadium 2 (1937)~~
Judge 2: "OK Jessie and Agatha. You two will have to have a battle to pass my test and go on to the Contest Finals."
Jessie: "Go Dustox!"
Dustox has red bows on its head and wings.
Agatha: "Go Misdreavus!"
Misdreavus has a blue bow on its head and its necklace is very shiny.
Judge 2: "Begin the battle!"
Agatha: "Misdreavus Psybeam now!"
Jessie: "Dustox counter with your Psybeam!"
The Psybeams collide causing a large explosion.

~~In the audience~~
May: "Is that Jessie?"
Ash: "And that lady looks like Agatha, one of the Elite Four."
May: "According to this her name is Agatha and it is Jessie!"
Ash: "So Jessie must have gotten brought back in time with us. I wonder if James and Meowth are here too."
May: "Probably"
Shadow walks up to them.
Shadow: "Oh you are here too. I was sitting down here and I saw you so I'd thought I'd come and say hi."
Ash: "Who are you?"
May: "He is Marco. I met him during your last battle."
Ash: "Oh hi there. Nice to meet you."
Shadow: "Its a pleasure to meet the first winner of the contest. I beleive the way teh bracket is set up that if we both reach the semi-finals that we will work together."
Ash: "But to let you know that if we do make it that far I will be the one entering the finals."
Shadow: "We will see."

~~Other side of the stands~~
James: "Go Jessie! Go!"
Wobbufett: "Wobbufett!"
Meowth: "Go Dustox and Jessie! We're rooting for you!"
James: "Where did you come from?"
Meowth: "I didn't want to miss Jessie's qualifying round so I closed the shop for a bit."
James: "What kind of shop do you have anyway?"
Meowth: "I've been selling Team Rocket paraphenlia and handing out free Team Rocket pamphlets since Shadow's plan here is to spread the word of Team Rocket early on. Some people here are really interested."
James: "Ooooo."
Wobbufett: "Wobbu Wobbu!"

~~Judge's table~~
Judge2: "Ooo what marvelous Psybeam attacks. They were so cool."

~~Battle Area~~
Jessie (thinking): Cool huh? Thats it. There are 5 judges and 5 different kinds of contests. Each judge must like one kind of contest type. He must like cool stuff. Hehehe. This will make things easier...
Agatha: "Misdreavus! Use Shadow Ball!"
Jessie: "Use Whirlwind to knock it back!"
Misdreavus throws a Shadow Ball at Dustox but Dustox blows it back hurting Misdreavus.

Judge2: "Nice."
The judge scribbles something down on his clipboard.

Jessie: (thinking) This will be easier then I thought.
Agatha: "Pain Split"
Jessie: "Confusion!"
Dustox confuses Misdreavus casuing it to mess up Pain Split making it hurt itself. The crowd laughs at Misdreavus's funny expression it has due to confusion.
Jessie: "Finish it with Psybeam!"
Dustox fires a Psybeam at Misdreavus knocking its bow off and causing it to faint.

Judge 2: "Now don't pout Agatha. The battle isn't judge solely on who faints. And the winner of the Cool Competition is Dustox!"
Agatha: "Cool?! But I signed up for Cute!"
Judge 2: "But I am the cool judge. Each judge bases his or her decision on their field of contest. The truw Cute Contest is in the finals. Don't worry you still have four other rounds to try and pass."

~~Outside the stadium~~
May: "Now I know I need to make it look cool for this judge."
Ash: "Yeah. Hey who is that running up to us?"
Masamitsu: "Ash! I'm glad I found you!"
Ash: "What are you doing here?"
Masamitsu: "I brought you all your Pokemon from Oak to use during the tournament."
Ash: "Thanks!"
Pikachu: "Pika!"
Masamitsu disapears.
Ash: "Hey May. Let's go watch the next battle. It is taking place in 15 minutes in Main Stadium 1!"
May: "OK!"

~~Main Stadium 1 (14 minutes later)~~
Announcer: "And with the results of the Pokemon Contest Qualifying Rounds in it seems Jessie has beaten Agatha, Ronald has beaten Hermione, Miles has beaten Han, Kim has beaten Charles, and Sarah has beaten Chris. Division 2 results will come in after the 5:30 qualifying rounds take place. Now we will begin the next Pokemon Battle. Samuel against an anonymous person who goes by the nickname, The Iron Masked Marauder."

~~In the stands~~
James, Jessie, and Meowth: "The Iron Masked Marauder?!?!"
James: "What is he doing here?"
Jessie: "He must be one of the Execs Shadow brought with him!"
Meowth: "He's an Exec.?"
James: "I don't know."
Jessie: "And his opponent looks familiar too..."
Jessie, James and Meowth: "Its Prof. Oak!"

~~Other side of the stands~~
Ash: "Its that Team Rocket member who tried to steal Celebi! What is he doing here?"
May: "Whats a Celebi?"
Ash: "He must have Celebi again if he is back in the past."

~~Battle Area~~
Referee: "Its heads. Samuel do you wish to go first or second?"
Samuel: "Second!"
Iron Masked Marauder: "Go Sneasel!"
Samuel: "Sneasel is part Ice so I should use, Charmeleon go!"
Announcer: "We have a battle of a dark and ice Pokemon, Sneasel against a fire Pokemon, Charmeleon. Will Charmeleon win do to its advantage? Or will Sneasel overcoem that and win?"
Referee: "BEGIN!"
May: "What is Celebi?"
Ash: "And his opponent is Prof. Oak as a kid!"
May: "Prof. Oak? Man he is old...."

(Out of story: LOL Ron and Hermione. I didn't even notice when I wrote that. I got the name Ronald because he is my friend and Hermione did come from looking around my room and seeing my HP books. I didn't mean to do that. lol)

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

Iron Masked Marauder: "Sneazel! Attack it with Shadow Ball!"
Sammy: "How on earth does it have Shadow Ball? Charmeleon repel it with a Flamethrower!"

The Shadow Ball bounces onto the flame, and it gets surrounded. Then the flame shadow ball comes back at Sneazel and hits it, making it badly injured.

Iron Masked Marauder: "Stand for a Snatch!"

Sneazel stands there.

Sammy: "A Snatch attack huh? I'd like to see it Snatch this! Charmeleon! Rest!"

Charmeleon tries to use Rest but instead Sneazel falls asleep.

Iron Masked Marauder: "No!"
Sammy: "Flamethrower!"
Announcer: "It looks like Sneazel is still asleep! It took the effects that Sammy's Charmeleon used!"
Sammy: "One more!"
Sneazel faints.

Referee: "Sneazel is unable to battle any longer! The battle goes to Sammy!"

[RocketShadow]

~~In the Stands~~
Ash: "Wow Prof. Oak did great huh Marco?"
Shadow: "Yeah. That was an excellent battle."
Shadow's cell phone vibrates.
Shadow: "Please excuse me...I uhhhh have to use the restroom."
Shadow runs off.
Ash: "Now to get Celebi back from the Iron Masked Marauder!"
May: "What is Celebi!?!?!?!"

~~Outside the stadium~~
Iron Masked Marauder: "Shadow is going to kill me. He brought me back in time and even rigged the tournament for me to battle Oak and I lost. He wasn't even originally going to bring me."
Ash and May run up.
Ash: "Give back Celebi!"
Iron Masked Marauder: "I don't have it."
Ash grabs his dark balls.
Ash: "Then what are in these?"
Ash throws them. Sneasel, Scizor, and Tyranitar come out and the rest are empty.
Iron Masked Marauder: "I told you I didn't have it."
Tyranitar Hyper Beams Ash sending him flying.
May: *sigh* "I still don't know waht Celebi is...."
May runs after Ash who lands in front of the Pokemon Center.
A male Rocket Exec. walks up.
Exec.: "Shadow is displeased with your failure..."
Iron Masked Marauder: "I'm sory Kent. I will get that Oak."
Kent: "You better. Oh and Shadow demoted you."
Iron Masked Marauder: "What gives you the right to tell me I'm demoted?"
Kent: "I'm Rocket Exec. 2. I'm Shadow's assistant. Remeber in the first chain story?"
Iron Masked Marauder: "I wasn't in it..."

~~Abandoned House~~
Shadow: "Yes sir Giovanni. I have obtained one of the seven mythical jewels that were destroyed 30 years after this conference. Once we get them all we can rule the world. And my Talking Pokemon Pill is a success!"
Nidoking: "Yep and I ate the only one made."
Shadow: "And I left my notes in the future so I have to start from scratch...."
Giovanni: "I don't care about those stupid pills. Just start Team Rocket in the past and bring me those jewels."
Shadow: "Yes sir!"
Giovanni hangs up.
???: "Do you really think it will be that easy?"
Shadow: "How did you get here?"
???: "I am an expert at sneaking around and infiltrating high security places. I also know of something your looking for."
The boy pulls out a glowing red jewel.
Shadow: "Wha?"
???: "And I do beleive you do not want Ash and May knowing who you are or the town knowing that you are from the future..."
Shadow: "So what do you want?"
???: "I propose we work together and get these jewels and I join your little team."
Shadow: "Hmmm very well then."
???: "Its a deal then. I'm Keith. Pleased to meet you."
Keith hands Shadow the red jewel and Shadow opens a safe. Inside is a glowing green jewel the same size and shape as the red one. Shadow puts in the red jewel and shuts the safe.
Shadow: "So is my translation of the stone tablets correct. Is some super powerful Pokemon summoned that will obey they owner of the jewels when all 7 are collected?"
Keith: "In order to control the Pokemon you need a special jewel which isn't in this dimension."
Shadow: "Hmmm I'll just have to get that jewel then also."

[Hiroshi Sotomura]

Ash: "Ow..."
May: "C'mon Ash! Jake said he'd be battling in the second stadium!"

.: Day 4 : Second Stadium : 1937 :.
Kate: "Do you possibly think you can win?"
Jake: "Maybe."
Referee: "So Kate, you want to attack second, so the match will begin in 5... 4... 3..."

Ash and May get into some seats.

Referee: "2... 1... Let the battle begin!"
Jake: "Go! Typhlosion!"
Kate: "Go! Kingdra!"
Announcer: "Jake starts with a Typhlosion and Kate goes with a Kingdra!"
Jake: "Typhlosion! Thunderpunch!"
Announcer: "Thunderpunch lands on Kingdra but it's Dragon-type prevents Thunderpunch from landing as a very damaging hit."
Kate: "I thought you knew!"
Jake: "I did."
Kate: "Kingdra! Surf attack!"
Anouncer: "The surf attack hits Typhlosion, and it looks like it has drowned."

Jake has no expression on his face. He stands there.
Typhlosion, who is in the water filled field, has it's flame off, and swims to the shore.

Jake: "Good! Typhlosion! Thunderpunch!"

The thunderpunch lands in the water and shocks Kingdra, and produces double the damage in the water. Kingdra looks serverly damages, and floats helplessly above the water flatly.

Jake: "Yeah!"
Announcer: "A shocking strategy!"
Referee: "If Kingdra does not respod, the victory will go to Jake... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... VICTORY GOES TO JAKE!"

A roaring crowd fills the stadium.

Ash: "Yeah!"
May: "He did it!"

[RocketShadow]

~~Pokemon Center (1937)~~
Kate: "Can you look after my Kingdra?"
Nurse Joy: "Sure."
A growling noise is heard.
Kate: "What was that?"
Ash who is next in line raises his hand.
Ash: "That was me. I haven't had anything to eat all day."
Nurse Joy: "You know that there is a free all you can eat buffet for all convention paticipants in the cafeteria here."
Ash: "Really!?!"
Nurse Joy: "Yes."

Ash runs off and passes May and Pikachu.
May: "Where is he running to?"
Pikachu: "Pika?"
May and Pikachu follow Ash who has already devoured two plates full of food. May and Pikachu's eyes light up when they see the food and the sign saying it is free for all participants and their Pokemon. They soon have full plates of food too.

~~Outside of the Pokemon Center (1937)~~
Sammy: "You did a good job today Charmeleon."
Charmeleon: "Char."
Sammy: "And that nice long rest at the Pokemon Cneter did you good."
Charmeleon: "Char."
Sammy: "And that food was great."
Charmeleon: "Char. Charmeleon."

Iron Masked Marauder: "Touching."
Sammy: "What do you want?"
Iron Masked Marauder: "I want revenge for you beating me all those times!"
Kent: "Uhhh the events with Celebi haven't happened yet. Wait a few years before he knows about it..."
Sammy: "So your just sore about losing? Charmeleon can handle any of your Pokemon!"
Iron Masked Marauder: "We'll see. Go Scizor! Double Team attack!"
Scizor creates many images of itself which surround Charmeleon.
Sammy: "Fire Spin!"
Charmelon shoots out fire which goes in a circle around it hitting all the Scizor, but they are all fakes and the real one is no where to be found.
Sammy: "Where'd it go?"

~~Inside the cafeteria~~
Kate: "Hey look there's a battle outside."
Ash: "Hey that's Sammy and the Iron Masked Marauder!"
May: "Didn't they battle each other not too long ago?"
Ash: "Let's go outside and see what's going on!"
Ash, May, Kate, Jake, Piakchu and several other trainers run outside.

~~Outside~~
Iron Masked Marauder: "Scizor! Metal Claw!"
Scizor comes flying down out of the sky headed for Charmeleon. Charmeleon sees it at the last minute and dodges. Scizor can't stop in time and gets its claw stuck in the ground.
Sammy: "Finish it with Fire Blast!"
Scizor frantically tries to get free but Charmeleon uses Fire Blast causing Scizor to faint.
Iron Masked Marauder: "If I can't beat that thing, I'll catch it! Dark Ball go!"
Sammy: "Iron Tail!"
Charmeleon whacks the Dark Ball back with its tail and the Dark Ball hits the Iron Masked Marauder knocking him into a tree.

Shadow: "You have failed too many times for your own good."
Ash: "That voice sounds familiar...."
Ash looks around and sees Shadow on the Pokemon Center's roof.
Ash: "You must have brought him here!"
Shadow: "So what?"
Ash: "You must have some sort of time machine."
Shadow (thinking): I can't let him know of my real plans yet so....
Shadow: "Yeah sure. I'll go with that...."
Nidoking: "Yeah a time machine. Hehehehe"
Trainer: "Hey that Nidoking talked!"
Kate: "That is strange..."
Shadow: "Oh yeah my latest Pokemon scientific advancement. Talking Pokemon Pills. But unfortunately there was only one which he ate.... Well anyway you can't stop me this time."
May: "You won't get away with this!"
Shadow: "We will see who won't get away from here alive. Hahahahaha."
Shadow and Nidoking disappear. The Iron Masked Marauder and his Pokemon run away.
Ash: "What is he up to this time."
May: "Well it can't be good if it includes time travel. He could do anything to alter the past."
Ash: "We must stop him!"
Pikachu: "Pika!"