Rating Ash's Pokemon: Greninja Only Gets a 9.7?

A Pokemon rating countdown screen descends upon the world.

From the start, Greninja gets a rating of 9.7.

Diantha: "My Hawlucha only got a 9.0. What makes Greninja worthy of a 9.7?"

Lance: "If even Greninja got a 9.7, my Dragonite has to get a perfect score."

But as one iconic Greninja moment after another is revealed, everyone in the Pokemon world is left stunned.

Even the Champions all agree: Ash-Greninja only getting a 9.7 makes no sense at all!

Next, Ash's Pokemon are revealed one by one.

A butterfly-stroke Snorlax, a Noctowl smarter than its Trainer, a Sceptile that even the legendary Pokemon-obsessed guys fear, and a Charizard that repeatedly saves its Trainer at crucial moments.

Everyone thinks this must be the limit, until Pikachu appears.

"A Pokemon with a score over 10? Higher than Leon's Charizard? Is this for real?"

The Pokemon world erupts!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.