"Those who don't know the value of loyalty can never appreciate the cost of betrayal….."

(Editted Version)

"Those who don't know the value of loyalty can never appreciate the cost of betrayal….."

You are a weakling

You are a disgrace to this family

Good luck losing in the next region

Why are we even friends with you

"Ash!"

Ash Ketchum woke up as he looked around groggily in the dark. His mind soon pieced together what had happen before and he sigh hopeless as Serena was looking at him worriedly.

" Ash, are you okay?" Serena asked.

The raven haired teen nodded as he looked around for his cap still a bit sleepy. He then stood up and patted his pants to clean up the dust that gathered on him while he was sleeping. He then took another look around once again seeing that they were in a cargo box while also hearing rails clanging against steel wheels.

"Y-yeah, where are we again?" Ash groggily ask as he rubbed his eyes to remove the gunk in them.

"We are in a train, remember?" Serena gesture to the sound of the tracks and steel clanging sound as Ash's mind soon came together as he grimace.

"Oh, I remember, and I think we should get off too, we should be far away from there," Serena nodded as Ash stood up and grabbed his backpack which was used as a pillow during his and Serena's time in the cargo box. Serena follow suit as Ash open the cargo box door. A blast of cold air rush at the two as they both held onto their hats while Serena held her other hand on her skirt.

"Sure is windy, is this a good idea Ash?!" Serena yelled over the howling wind.

Ash look out to the forest as he also saw dark grey clouds gather in the air as the train seem to slow down. Ash took this chance as he grabbed Serena's arm.

"Now!"

He pulled Serena along with him as the two jumped out of the cargo box and into some nearby foliages which cushion their fall. As the train continued on, Ash and Serena step out of the foliage as the two picked out any sticks stuck to them as they didn't need any more weight.

"I guess now the best thing is to find shelter," Ash said as Serena nodded in response. The two checked their bags for any rips but once they saw there wasn't any, the two walk into the deep forest as above them, the clouds and sky turned darker. The duo walked on for a while as they heard thunder in the distance, but soon the two thought twice as the first raindrop plopped onto Serena's face.

"Ash, it's about to rain, we need to find shelter now," Serena spoke as Ash stopped and looked back at Serena but then looked around their surroundings until he spotted a cave.

"Over there!" Ash pointed in the direction as Serena only nodded. The two ran for the cave as the rain started to become heavy. By the time they reached the cave, the storm is fully developed as rain pour.

Ash and Serena sigh as they both collapsed to the ground due to fatigue. Ash decided to go start a fire as the cave itself was kind of cold and with the weather outside, it'll only get colder. As he grabbed some sticks that were in the cave, a yelp made him turn around instantly as he noticed Serena was nowhere in sight.

"Serena?" He called out confused.

He stood up and walked over to where Serena was before and noticed that her hat was lying on the ground. At this his mind felt a presence nearby as he swiftly turned around only for a electrical pulse wash over his body as he collapse to the ground with his head looking towards the entrance of the cave. He tried to move his body but he couldn't as if his body was being held in place by some kind of power. As he struggled a flash of Lightning lit up the entrance revealing a guy in a long sleeve jacket and a fedora which hid his eyes as the guy flick his hand.

"Hypnosis," the guy said coldly.

Ash was about to yell but his eyes suddenly felt heavy as he started to lose consciousness. As his vision began to blur, he caught a glimpse of a gengar and a blue gardevoir standing near the guy but were returned to him. Just after that, the only thing he manage to hear before he fell asleep was a girl in the background saying something about 'getting out of the storm'.

Ash's mind

Ash never really liked to sleep, because the thing with his sleep is that his dreams always seem to go back to that day. The day when his old companions turned their backs on him.

Ash is on the plane to Kanto with Pikachu looking out the window next to them to see the Pidgeys and kanto pokemon fly in the air as the two look down to see the airport in Viridian City. It wasn't long until the plane touched down and the two are in the nearest pokemon center as Ash and Pikachu decided to eat before they head back to Pallet Town.

"Well Pikachu, this is the closest we have gotten in the league huh," Ash ask the electric mouse as the little guy nodded with a smile as he is squirting ketchup all over some waffles while Ash is chowing down on a sandwich from the cafeteria.

"Say, when we get back to Pallet Town, what you say we go ahead and travel around Kanto and challenge the league again to see how far we progress?" Ash suggest to Pikachu as he gulp down the last bit of his sandwich as the electric mouse look up at him curiously.

"Yeah, and this time, we'll have an official gym battle unlike last time where we were given the badges just for little errands or even out sympathy," at this, Pikachu nodded his head as he held a V sign with his paw.

"Pika Pi!" Pikachu cried out.

After finishing their food, Ash paid Nurse Joy for the meal before the two started on the path to Pallet Town. The two walk on the path as they look around them seeing pokemon running around in the grass nearby and also the forest. Pikachu and Ash noticed some Spearows flying overhead which sprouted a memory from Ash as he look down to Pikachu who was hopping along.

"Pikachu, remember the first day our friendship was official?" Pikachu stopped hopping as he look at Ash with a perplex look but it soon change to realization as he cried out happily as he hopped onto Ash's shoulder while nuzzling his cheek.

"Pika pika," Pikachu said as Ash chuckled.

"Yeah, I guess if that day never happen, we wouldn't be here now, would we," Ash and Pikachu looked at each other smiling as they turn back ahead of them and noticed they were at the top of the path as Pallet town revealed itself to them at the bottom.

"And, here we are, the source of our journey," Ash sigh as a breeze of wind gently pass by as he inhale the air with Pikachu doing the same.

"Okay, let's go!" he exclaimed.

"Pika-chu!"

Reality

Ash was still sleeping and dreaming of that event when out of nowhere he was hit by electricity and also water dousing him awake as he jolt upward sputtering water.

"Gah, guh, ppfffhhhhhh!"

"There, the zombie is awake," a voice spoke.

Ash stared at the source of the voice but his vision is a bit blurry from being awaken suddenly. He rubbed his eyes and blinked several times until finally his vision cleared. In front of him stood a girl with pale skin and jet-black hair that flow to her back while a rose clip is pin on the side of her hair near her left ear. Her dress and tights are both pink while she is wearing green flats. Her eyes are sparkling grey-blue as she is smiling gently at him.

Though there is another guy next to her as he is taller and seems familiar. The guy's black hair looks a bit peculiar as it looks combed but the back is a bit curled up and two strands stuck up which contradicted his electric blue eyes that stared coldly at him. Though Ash suddenly realized who the guy was as the red long-sleeve jacket, red fedora with a black stripe, blue jeans, and brown sneaker-like boots now came back to him.

"Y-you!" Ash hissed as the other guy shrugged his shoulder in response.

"What about me?" The guy said but the girl next to him jump up and necked him.

"Zack, that isn't how you treat others," The girl frowned as the guy groan from the pain on the back of his neck.

"Geez, didn't have to hit me," Zack said with annoyance as he walk out of the room leaving the girl with Ash as she turn to him with a smile.

"Anyway, sorry about that, wasn't really hoping for a sour meeting, What's your name?" The girl asked.

"Uh...Ash," Ash spoke. He didn't want to say his entire name for reasons but just to see how the girl will react, he decided to just go with his first name leaving out his last name.

"My name's Tessa, the guy that I think you probably already met was Zack, sorry again about his attitude, that's just how he is since childhood," Tessa said.

Ash's head was a bit still fuzzy but he remembered that there was another person with him before the entire ordeal, in fact, where is he at anyway? THe thought struck him ike an arrow.

"WHERE IS SERENA, WHERE AM I?!" Ash cried out suddenly as he shook the girl but Tessa calmly push him down to the bed as she dust her shoulder.

"The girl you were with is okay, in fact, she is in another room with another friend of mine that you will meet soon, as for where you are,' Tessa walked over to a part of the wall due to Ash's confusion but when she tap on the wall, a piece of it vanish revealing a place that awe him, "Welcome to Primun Village!"

Ash couldn't grasp what his mind is showing as he looked out of the window seeing crystals sticking out of the ground, ceiling, and even at some part of the walls, while at the center of the land in the cave, is a village with farmland nearby along with a battlefield that seems to be next to what Ash thinks is the Pokemon Center of this village. Though his eyes seems to be focused on a Crystal that stuck out in the center of the village, it radiate as it seems to be the source of all of the light in the cave.

"Ash!" Ash turn to see Tessa with his clothing and also his backpack in her arms as she place them onto the bed which he noticed he is in medical clothes as he looked down at himself.

"Uh thanks...I guess," Ash said as Tessa nodded. She chose that moment to walk out but at the door she turn her head to him as he is about to get out of the bed.

"Just saying, once you're done changing, go outside, your girlfriend will be out in a short moment so you will have to hurry," with that, she closed the door leaving Ash by himself. His mind is a bit fuzzy from everything that happened but decided that he should take Tessa's word and changed quickly into his clothing. As he place his cap and backpack on, he felt refresh as if this is a new journey but then wince as a flash of memory came to him. He shook his head from the thought as he headed out the door but was greeted by an explosion as he jumped from the sudden sound.

"What the!?"

He looked forward as he noticed Tessa and Serena with another girl he doesn't know looking at something. Ash walk up next to the girls as he noticed the guy Zack with his Gardevoir standing ready and on the opposite side of Zack was an unknown guy with a Charmeleon that made him looked at it weirdly. He turn to Serena and tapped her making her jump a little but calmed down afterward when she noticed that it was Ash.

"Say Serena, what is going on?" He asked.

Serena was about to explain when the girl that is next tot Tessa spoke up.

"Oh, an old friend of ours came back from a very long training journey and apparently Zack and him have this sort of friend and rival relationship, so basically, the second that the two reunited, they are starting a battle," The girl exclaimed loudly which Ash sweatdropped.

"Um, okay? Who are you?" The girl flipped her hair which is blue as she looked at him with a kind of hyped look with those green eyes of hers.

"The name's Alexa, Alexa Perez, I already know who you are thanks to Tessa!" Alexa said with a devil smile as Ash sweatdropped.

His mind wasn't sure what to make out of this girl but her personality fits her clothing style as she is wearing a green shirt and skirt which match her eyes while her shoes is like her hair. As for her hair, it is tied into a ponytail which hung down to her back which is held in place by, what Ash just barely noticed, a blue headband.

He looked at Serena with a 'help' kind of look but she just shrugged as she already seem to get used to the girl's attitude already. Thankfully the sound of trainers calling out their commands cause all of them to focus back to the two.

"Use Shadow Ball!" Zack yelled as he started to move to the right a bit.

"Cut them in half with metal claw," The other one said as Ash and Serena couldn't see his face due to a hood hiding the top of his face while the bottom is covered by a mouth cloth as he stood still.

Gardevoir quickly summon several dozen of shadow orbs in the air as she sent them towards Charmeleon. Though none of the dark orbs hit their target as the fire lizard's now steel sharpen claws cut through each one that headed towards it.

Ash stared at the battle like he seen this many times but the next thing that happened caught him off as he saw several shadow balls flew past the strange Charmeleon and to the trainer. In fact, the orbs are flying straight for him.

"Move out of there!" Ash yelled as his hand instinctively reached for a pokeball but then realized he didn't have any on him. Ash and Serena stood in horror as they attacks smash right into the trainer causing dust to fly.

Ash angrily turn to Zack as he saw the trainer in a defensive stance while his Gardevoir stood there next to him. He was about to yell but a hand came up in front of him as he looked down to see Tessa having her eyes closed but with a smile.

"Calm down Ash, everything is alright," Tessa said calmly which made his blood boiled.

"What you mean, Zack attacked a trainer!" Ash yelled but then noticed Alexa giggling nearby as his blood cooled with a perplex look.

"What?" Alexa look over to Ash as she gave a serious look with a smile which shocked him.

"This is a battle, the old way of battling which was supposedly stopped due to amount of trainers being hospitalized in the past but this is how the two battle," Alexa explained.

At this information, Ash turn back to the the dust and to his shock, the teen was uninjured. In fact, the teen was standing still as only one arm was held in front of him as Ash saw a glimpse of blue aura vanishing from under the teen's hood whilt the Charmeleon is in front of him with its claws smoking red. Zack hissed as he held out his hand towards the teen.

"You got stronger for sure, but how strong?" at this Zack rolled up his left sleeve up a little bit revealing a bracelet with a key stone embedded on it. Ash's eyes widen as he look over to Gardevoir just noticing that a necklace with a mega stone is hanging from her neck. Zack slam his hand down on the key stone as light glowed from him and Gardevoir.

"Beyond evolution and our potential, Gardevoir sync with my soul and aura, MEGA EVOLVE!" Zack yelled as Gardevoir glowed and her skirt grew to a gown and the crest on her chest splitted into two. The glow faded revealing Gardevoir as she cried out sending waves of psychic energy flowing around her.

"So Kuroda, remember how you lost because of this," Zack smirk as the teen, now known as Kuroda, stood there with his hood looking down and his Charmeleon growling at Mega Gardevoir.

Just as things seem to be a standoff, Zack decided to make the move.

"Okay, if you aren't making a move, we will, use Moonblast!" Zack held his hand out as his eyes flash a bit of dark blue which Ash noticed.

Gardevoir held out her hands as a ball of fairy energy quickly formed, she then launch it from her hands as the orb flew in a straight path towards Charmeleon and Kuroda. At that moment, Kuroda looked up just as the moonblast smash right into Charmeleon and him causing a miniture explosion and a huge amount of smoke flying.

"That's game over…" Tessa said with a sad tone as Ash looked down at her confused.

"What you mean?" Tessa look up at the raven-hair teen as she sigh.

"Kuroda lost to Zack before when Zack used mega evolution, in other words, this is a complete repeat of last time, all that training...down the-"

"Holy Arceus!" Tessa, Ash, and Serena look over to Alexa as the girl was pointing frantically at the battlefield. The three turn to where she is pointing and their eyes widen as they couldn't believe it.

A ball of fire burn chaotically as Kuroda stood next to it as he pulled down the mouth cloth revealing his mouth as it was in a frown and his eyes look straight at Zack as they were glowing bright blue.

" Well Zack, you asked how strong I gotten, let this strength tell you," At this the ball of fire exploded revealing Charmeleon, but different. The fire lizard looked like normal except the fact that it has parts of its final evolution mega form. On its shoulders are the blue spikes of Charizard x along with the blue flames coming from its mouth, the stub on its head is now three with the middle longer than the two on the side like Charizard y along with tiny wings on its arm near the wrist. Charmeleon roar at Gardevoir and Zack as they showed a little bit of nervousness.

"What the actual…" Zack muttered as his forehead start to sweat a bit from the amount of heat that suddenly shot up.

Kuroda look at Zack with his eyes still glowing as he held his right arm towards his opponents.

"Lets now see who is stronger now that this battle is a bit even up," Kuroda said.

Ash stared at this battle as the two trainers launch their attacks at one another. While he is watching, his mind seems to draw towards the amount of aura and energy that this battle has.

'What is with these people…' Ash thought as an explosion erupted between the two trainers.

Okay everyone, you might be wondering why this chapter is no connection to the others, I am editting them, a reviewer told me that this story seems to jump from one place to another so I am redditing the chapters, there might be more chapters than before but at least these will be a bit more clear I hope, thanks for your time.