Pain. That was all our 16 year old friend felt. He felt the pain of those who he loved betraying him. From Brock who was a brother to him, from Dawn who was like a sister, from Max who was like an annoying brother, from his oldest friend Gary, from Misty and May who he liked for a while, and the worst, from his own damn mom. He was not alone to feel the pain however. He had his Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Charizard, Pidgeot, his new Riolu that he caught at mikupolis, and his best pal Pikachu. He was currently riding on top of Pidgeot thinking of where to go. And then he thought of it.
'Please don't think the same thing as they do.' He nervously thought.
"Pidgeot, can you take us to mikupolis?"
"Yes, Ash." Pidgeot nodded as the large bird shot off towards their destination.
In about an hour or two, a city was seen on the horizon.
"Pikapi pika." Pikachu pointed towards the city.
"Okay take me to the center of town and that'll be all." Ash said.
The large bird landed gracefully in the center of town and was returned to its ball after a pet on the head for flying all this way. Ash ran and ran to the house. As he ran, it began to drizzle, which changed to raining in a matter of minutes.
Ash found the house he was looking for. He walked up to the door and knocked once… then twice… thrice until…
"*yawn* Ash… is that you? I thought you went back home…" A short haired blonde girl asked tiredly.
"I-I have no home left to go back to…" Ash said as he teared up.
"I'm sorry I must be mistaken, but it sounded like you said you had no home to go back to." She said.
"I need to tell Hatsune something." Ash said.
"…Okay, first get your ass out of the rain and sit down, I'll go get her." The blonde girl said.
"Thanks, Rin." Ash said as he walked into the living room and sat down. Pikachu got off of his shoulder and sat next to him.
Rin walked into her older sister's room and went up to the bed.
"Hatsune, wake up, your boyfriend's here." Rin whispered.
"*groan* What?" Hatsune asked.
"Ash is here and he looks very depressed. He wants to see you." Rin said.
The second she said "Ash", she was happy. But that changed when she heard the rest.
"Okay, I'll go see him." Hatsune said.
Ash was petting Pikachu when he turned and saw the girl that he had a crush on walk into the room, wearing a night gown, covered by a sweatshirt. She looked at Ash and was heartbroken to see that he looked depressed and in pain.
"Ash, what are you doing here? I thought you went back to Kanto to go start a new journey." Hatsune asked.
"I-I…" suddenly Ash leapt at Hatsune, giving her a giant hug while crying. "Please don't think that I'm a loser. You don't think that right?" Ash cried.
"N-No of course not, what happened?"
Ash told his story. Every detail.
Ash and Pikachu were on their way home with Bulbasaur and his newest addition to his Pokemon family, Riolu.
"Hey Bulbasaur, thanks for helping us back at mikupolis. If you weren't there, team rocket might have actually gotten away with Pikachu." Ash said.
"Bulba Bulbasaur." Bulbasaur nodded.
Ash then spaced off thinking about his latest traveling group. There were the twins Len and Rin, Meiko and Kaito, Megurine Luka, and… Hatsune. Ash sighed.
'She probably wouldn't date me if I was the last man on this earth.' To get her out of his head, he changed it to the thought of what his mom's going to cook when he gets back.
They looked ahead and saw a sign that said 'Welcome to pallet town'
"Hey Pikachu, last one there is not getting fourths!" Ash shouted as he sprinted towards his home.
"Pika pika!" Pikachu jumped off of his master's shoulder and raced him to the house.
He opened the door and saw Gary, Misty, Brock, May, Max, Drew, Dawn, and his mom staring at him.
"Um… is there something on my face?" Ash asked.
"Ash sweety, there is something we need to say…" Delia said.
"Okay what is it?"
"Ash, how many leagues have you won?"
"Why does it matter?"
"Ash, you win most of your battles out of luck, you have had Pikachu for 6 years and it still hasn't evolved and gets it's ass whooped by another starter pokemon. Most of all, you have not won a single league. Doesn't this tell you something?" Misty asked.
"I don't understand."
"We think that you should just stop trying to accomplish the dream of you being a Pokemon master. It's just like a cloud in the sky, you can't reach it." Brock said.
"Ash think about it. I wanted the same dream, but I gave up on it. And now look at me, I'm a researcher just like gramps." Gary said.
"There just some things that people are good at and things that people aren't good at. You're just not one of the people who are good at leagues." May tried to convince Ash.
Saying that Ash was hurt by this was an understatement. He was derailed.
"You don't agree with them mom, do you?" Ash asked as tears began to form.
"Ash, don't you think that you should stop?" Delia asked.
"I can't believe this…" Ash whispered as he turned around and ran with Pikachu and Bulbasaur right behind him. They just ran, not stopping when hearing them call his name, he ran until he got to Viridian city to pick up Squirtle.
"Officer Jenny, quick I need to have Squirtle back." Ash said.
"Sure, Ash." Jenny walked over to the Pokeballs and gave Ash's back to him.
He then ran into the forest.
"Pidgeot! Pidgeot, I need your assistance!" Ash shouted.
A loud screech was heard and the giant bird appeared before his old mentor.
"Pidgeot, I need to leave Kanto. This is yours…" Ash showed Pidgeot it's old Pokeball. "You can come with or stay, either way I am okay with."
Pidgeot immediately pushed the button to suck itself into it's Pokeball.
"Thank you old friend." Ash felt a pain in his stomach when he said friend. "Now come out!"
"Wait!" A different voice from the betrayers' said.
Ash turned around to see Team Rocket.
"Where are you going?" James asked.
"I'm disappearing."
"Why?"
"The people I called friends have betrayed me. I need to get out of here."
"Well we can't let you do that… without our help." Jessie smiled.
"What do you have in mind?" Ash asked.
"Give us your hat." James said.
"Why?"
"What were gonna do is a make a forest fire here. Burn your hat but still visible enough to see that it's yours, and say that you burned in the fire. Greatly gets rid of suspicion and search parties." James said.
"Wow James, dats pretty smart of you, considerin' you're you." Meowth said.
"But we have one last request, don't forget us, twerp okay?" Jessie asked.
"Of course." Ash said as he handed his hat to them. "Now let's go get Charizard!"
As the bird pokemon took off, they looked to see Jessie let loose an arcanine and it started to launch a flamethrower.
'We'll meet again, I promise.' Ash shed a tear.
Ash told how he got Charizard, explained everything to them and came here.
"I-I can't believe that they would do something like this. I'm so sorry Ash." Hatsune said as she hugged her secret crush as he cried into her sweatshirt.
"I c-can't go back, b-b-but I have no other place to go."
"Yes you do Ash." Rin said.
"With us." Hatsune said as she stroked Ash's hair.
"I-I don't want to be a burden to you."
"Ash, you won't be a burden." Hatsune was heartbroken that Ash would even think that.
"Yes I would like that." Ash shed a tear.
"Now just go to sleep." Hatsune whispered as she made Ash lie down. "We'll talk more in the morning."
'I love you.' The two thought to themselves.
Ash then drifted off to the land of dreams.
Ash was floating in space when suddenly giant versions of the betrayers appeared.
"So pathetic." Gary said.
"You disappoint me." Delia frowned.
"How many leagues have you won?" misty asked.
"It's just like a cloud in the sky, it can't be reached." Brock said
After many insults and questions, they disappeared. Then Pikachu appeared, speaking perfect English.
"Ash, I thought that you would help me get stronger, but in reality, you have just made me look weak." Pikachu then launched a massive thunderbolt at Ash.
Ash woke up sweating heavily, seeing that it was morning. He looked to his right to see Pikachu looking at him nervously.
"Pikachu, don't worry I'm fine." Ash said as he scratched behind Pikachu's ear.
Ash then stood up and walked out of his room. He walked into the kitchen to see Rin was cooking.
"Well well well, someone is finally up. Want some toast?" Rin asked.
"Sure."
'He was hit bad. He looks even more depressed than he did when he lost the leagues.' Rin thought to herself.
"Well anyways, here's your toast, want anything else? Coffee, tea, milk?"
"No thanks."
Ash sat down and ate. About fifteen minutes later, Hatsune came out. She had the same clothing she had on when Ash arrived. She walked over and grabbed some toast, sat next to Ash and turned on the TV station. A few moments later, a boy who looked like an identical twin of Rin walked out.
"Morning." the boy said. He walked over, picked up some toast and sat down.
"Morning Len." Ash said.
"Hey Ash … …wait what?! Ash what are you doing here?" Len said as he almost choked on his toast.
"…" the room became silent.
"Ash was betrayed by his friends and family."
"Do you think they regret it?"
"I don't know but look." Hatsune said
'Welcome to Kanto news. Today's story is very tragic. Yesterday thee was a forest fire in Viridian forest. When authorities searched the remains of the fire, they found a hat that is believed to belong to a teenage boy by the name of Ash Ketchum. Friends and family are in denial believing that Ash is alive and must come home.'
"Well then." Len's eyes widened.
"Ash is going to live with us." Rin said.
"I'm fine with that, it'll be like a new journey, only modified." Len smiled.
"If he's going to stay with us, we need to change his name."
"Ashura Knight." Ash said.
"I like it." Hatsune smiled.
One thing was true, Len was right. This is a new start. The reset button has been pushed. No longer is there an Ash Ketchum. Ashura Knight is born