1. Sinnoh's Champion

"Pikachu, use Thuderbolt!" Ash Kechum yelled, ordering his Pokémon to deliver the final blow. The opposing pokemon was shocked by Pikachu's emense power and fell, not able to get to its feet.

"Alakazam is unable to battle. Pikachu is the winner! This means that Ash Kechum, from Pallet Town, is the victor!" the referee announced.

"Amazing folks, just when we thought Ash had lost, he pulled himself right back up, winning him the Sinnoh Pokémon League!" the loud speaker rang out, praising Ash's victory.

Ash had done it. His first Pokémon League win. After losing the challenges of Kanto, Johto and Hoenn, he defeated the toughest of them all: Sinnoh. Ash waved to everyone in the audience, paying most of his attention to his mother and Professor Oak who were behind him near the top of the bleachers.

"I'm sure I speak for everyone, when I say, CONGRATULATIONS ASH!" the loud speaker boomed. Ash's strongest Pokémon, Pikachu, jumped onto Ash's back and joined him in waving at the audience.

"We finally won Pikachu." Ash said, looking at the electric mouse Pokémon.

"Pika!" Pikachu cheered, overjoyed at their success.

"Great job Ash!" Dawn yelled, running to Ash and hugging him.

"Yeah, you really made everyone proud." Brock said, also giving him a hug.

"Thanks guys!" Ash said with an enormous smile on his face.

"So Ashy-Boy, how did you do it?" said a familiar, snarky voice behind Ash, he hadn't heard it since he was saving some Sheildon from Pokémon Hunter J.

"Gary?!" Ash said, astonished. He turned around to see his former rival, now friend, Gary Oak, who is also Professor Oak's grandson. With his brunette hair, spiked the way he always had it and his black T-shirt with gray jeans. His pack that went around his waist like a belt and his most powerful Pokémon, Umbreon, in tow behind him.

"You couldn't beat me, how did you beat him?" Gary said with his trademark smirk.

"Quiet Gary, you know I could beat you any day!" Ash said, playfully punching Gary in the arm.

"I'm so sure… Why don't you prove it?" Gary said, trying to get Ash going.

"You're on! I have to stay for the ceremony though. How about we have it as soon as we get back to Pallet Town?" Ash said, trying to end the conversation before he began blushing from talking to Gary. You see, Ash has had a crush on his rival since the day they had fought over an old, rusty PokéBall and decided it was a tie when the ball broke in half. Although he had traveled all over the world, competed in every Pokémon League challenge, thus far, and even battled some of the Elite Four members themselves, he was too terrified to tell Gary of his secret crush.

"That sounds good; I'm heading back tonight so I can start some research at the lab. See you then, Ashy-Boy." Gary said, turning and walking away as he began blushing. Gary too, had a crush on his rival, but he didn't have the courage to tell him for fear Ash would hate him. He always admired Ash's features: his raven black hair that always seemed to be in a mess, but also seemed that it would feel like silk if Gary were to touch it. The cute little lightening bolt things on Ash's cheeks that everyone, but Ash himself, seemed to notice and, best of all to Gary, was the look of determination that Ash always wore as he competed or just battled for fun, the look that said "I won't lose to you." But in a nicer kind of way.

As Gary walked away, Ash was presented the Sinnoh League cup by Mr. Contesta, although he usually judged Pokémon contests he was there as a special guest, and Ash held it up to shine in the gleaming sun.

Ash thought about Gary even as he was at his own "Congratulations" party in honor of his victory. He pondered what the battle with Gary would be like; would he win, lose, or get lost in the good-looks of the brunette who plagued his wildest fantasies? Only time would tell as Ash began small talk with a group of young, aspiring trainers who had watched his battle.

"How did you beat him?" one of the boys asked.

"He wore you down so far, and you still took out his Alakazam." another pointed out

"Was it really hard?" a girl, who seemed a little timid about putting the question out, asked.

"Yeah, it was pretty tough. You see, when you use more than one Pokémon, you have take into account, the powers of your opponent, that's why my Staraptor and Buizel went down so quickly, because I didn't take his Jolteon's power to heart. It's all about reading your opponent, in a way. Does that answer your questions?" Ash was trying to get his mind off Gary by explaining his battling style.

"It answers mine, but if you read your opponent, why did you send Staraptor and Buizel out, one after the other?" the first boy asked.

"Let's just say I was a little too confident there, but try not to let confidence cloud your mind." Ash defended himself. In truth, he had been daydreaming because he thought he had seen Gary in the audience, which he did, but the slightest notion could set Ash off into his fantasy land.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or anything having to do with Pokémon. The only thing I own is the plot of this story.

Typhlosion15: Sorry if it seems really corny, but it's my first story. If you like it then it's beginner's luck, right? Well… I guess just read and review. See ya.

P.S. I may be a guy, but I never really saw Ash with any of the girls he had traveled with, except, maybe Misty, but he and Gary just seemed like a better couple cuz… I don't know why, they just do. I'm not gay, by the way, but I've read some of the T rating stories for Palletshipper's Paradise and I decided to write one, not a hard core porno thing, but the nice sort of thing where they fall asleep in each other's arms, ya know? I probably sound like I'm trying to cover up the fact that I'm gay, but I'm not, I have friends who are, but two are girls and one's a guy who isn't out of the closet yet. This isn't going to be erotic, so if that's why you're reading, stop now and find something else to read cuz this isn't for you. I'm trying to keep a T rating.