This is probably going to be my first epic Pokemon story. It's somewhat a crossover of Pokemon and Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. I hope you'll all like it! Enjoy!

Pokemon will be introduced later in the story, other pairings will also be introduced later in the story.

Crest of Pokemon

The sun shown brightly in the sky as the new day was greeted upon the sleeping mercenary fort. Ash put a hand in front of his face as the rays of the sun shown into his room. He got up and dressed in his usual battle attire which consisted of a blue leather tunic, a dark red cape, a pair of black pants, a pair of leather boots, a pair of lightly plated gloves, and to top it all off a dark blue headband. After he got dressed he picked up the wooden training sword in the corner of his room and headed outside.

Ash was a mercenary in training. He wasn't ready to become a full-ready mercenary yet, but today he plans on completing his training and become a true member of the Oak Mercenaries. He ventured to the training ground, hidden in a forest behind the mercenary fort. He looked around himself for a brief moment and took a deep breath, breathing in the fresh morning air.

He then looked over in the direction of the practice dummy that was set up there. With a smirk, he gripped tightly on to his training sword and charged at the dummy, executing a powerful strike. He then continues doing several other strikes after his charge. Unknown to him though, someone was watching him behind the trees. Ash continued training until he heard a voice call out to him from behind the trees, "Well, training again now Ash?" Ash looked behind himself at the direction of the voice and noticed that it was Gary, his long time friend and rival. Gary stepped out into the open training grounds. Ash stood up and looked at Gary, "Gary? What are you doing out here?" Gary gave Ash a smirk, "Just thought I'd get some training done too." Gary put his training sword on his shoulder and walked up to Ash, "Hey, how about we spar with each other?" Ash thought for a moment and than gave a challenging grin at Gary, "Sounds good to me! Get ready to lose!"

Ash got into a ready stance and charged at Gary without warning. Gary anticipated Ash's attack and parried it with his training sword. Ash did another strike, but Gary dodged it and did a sweep on the ground, making Ash fall. "What's the matter Ash? Lose your footing?" Gary taunted Ash. Ash quickly got up, "I'll get you for that!" He shouted back at Gary and ran at him again, executing another strong attack. Gary quickly stepped to the side, evading the attack and prepared to do a counter attack when Ash quickly thrusted his sword at Gary. Gary quickly stepped back and blocked a few more onslaughts by Ash. Gary then jumped back to gather some momentum and then charged at Ash. Both of them attacked each other at once, going into a dead lock. They both pushed fiercely at each other for a bit, but Gary received the upper hand and pushed Ash back. Ash fell to the ground from Gary's push. Gary was about to make another taunt at Ash when all of a sudden he heard someone calling. "Ash!" Both of them heard and looked in the direction of the voice, seeing Misty run to them. "Well, look it's Misty. Came to see me win did ya?" Gary said while flicking his hair to the side at her. Ash took this opportunity to attack Gary and did a sneak attack at him. Gary heard Ash's lunge and stepped to the side, making Ash fall forward, and quickly hit Ash on the back with his sword, making Ash fall to the ground, blacking out. Misty ran up to Ash, "Ash? Are you alright?" She asked him. Seeing him not move at all she became worried and shook him, "Ash? Ash! Ash!" She tried calling out to him, but no answer.

"Leave now!" A dark figure stood at the doorway of a burning house and fought some invaders trying to get in. "I said get out of here! Now!" The figure continued to yell back at the woman holding a young child. "But what about you? I won't leave here without you!" The woman yelled back at the man, still holding her child. The man fought down more enemies and pushed her towards the doorway, leading her out, "Delia… please, escape so Ash could have a good future… I don't want him to live in this age of chaos…Take him far away from here, as far as you can." The man pleaded. Delia looked down at Ash, who was sleeping silently in her arms, as a tear fell from her eye, "Okay… I will go… just please promise me you'll make it out alive." She looked away as another tear escaped from her eyes. The man gave her a reassuring hug, "Don't worry, I'll be fine." With those words, he let go and rushed back to the battlefield.

Ash quickly awoke from his dream. He breathed in and out slowly, trying to regain his breath from that dream. "That dream again…" Ash put a hand on his forehead and sighed. He stood up from the bed he was lying on and was about to head on outside again, when Misty came in. "Oh hi Ash. Glad to see that you're awake." Ash looked at her and smiled, "Thanks for taking care of me Misty." Misty smiled at him. "You can count on me anytime. Oh, your mother said breakfast was ready." Ash's face lit up at that word, "Oh boy! I'm starving!" With that he sped out of the room and ran towards the kitchen.

Delia was humming as she was washing the dishes. It was about noon now, all the mercenaries have eaten already, she was wondering when Ash will wake up and come down to eat. Before she could continue her thoughts, she heard someone enter the kitchen. "Good morning mom!" Ash greeted her as he came into the kitchen. She looked at him and smiles, "Good morning Ash. Did you sleep well?" Ash nodded as he slumped down on the chair and started to eat his breakfast, "Yeah I did, I decided to wake up early today and start some training. Gary came along and then we practiced on each other… I lost though…" Ash sighed as he stuck a piece of venison in his mouth. Delia gave a slight chuckle, "You should be more careful next time young man." She told him. "Don't worry mom, I'll be sure to beat him next time!" Ash exclaimed with a mouthful of food in his mouth. He took a big gulp of water to drown down all the food in his mouth and gave a sigh of satisfaction, "So, where is everyone anyway?" he asked her, wondering where everyone was. "Everyone ate already, it's late noon you now." Delia replied, continuing to wash the dishes. Ash gasped wide-eyed, "I was knocked out for seven hours!?" Delia nodded at him, slightly giggling at his irresponsibility, "Oh no! I forgot all about Oak! Later mom thanks for the breakfast!" Ash quickly ran out the kitchen. Delia gave a small sigh, "He acts a lot like his father some times…"

Ash rushed out of the mercenary fort and headed for the hill where Oak told him to go to the day before. Oak is one of the great sages in all the land, unlike most sages though, he was also an accomplished swordsman. He was the one who taught Ash how to wield a sword when Ash came of age. He also taught Gary, though Gary rather trains by himself than being mentored by his own grandfather.

Ash finally came to the top of the hill and panted once he saw Oak, "Sorry I was late Oak. I was knocked out for a few hours!" Ash exclaimed flailing his arms around. Oak laughed at his behavior, "Late as always aren't ya Ash?" Oak let out another chuckle. Ash gave him a playful glare, "I'll show you what I got Oak!" Ash was about to pull the wooden sword out from his belt, but then realized he didn't take it with him. "Oh…oops…I think I left my sword back at the fort…" Oak sighed at his student's blunder. "It's a good thing I came prepared Ash." Oak threw him an extra training sword that he had with him. Ash caught the sword by the hilt and then got into a ready stance, "Now I'll show you all I got Oak!" Ash charged at Oak attempting to execute an attack on him. Oak took out his own training sword and swiftly blocked Ash's attack. Ash push forward, trying to over power Oak, but then Oak pushed Ash back which made Ash lose his balance a bit. "You need to charge more aggressively Ash." Oak told him. Ash once again charged at Oak and did a series of strikes at Oak. Oak quickly parried each of the attacks and pushed back Ash again. Ash lost his balance this time and fell down. "Well Ash, let's see you get out of this one!" Oak yelled as he quickly ran at Ash at an incredible speed. Ash quickly held up his sword, attempting to block the attack that Oak was going to throw at him. Oak was about to land a blow on Ash, when all of a sudden he heard someone yelling. "Oak! I got the saké you asked for!" Oak stopped before hitting Ash and looked in the direction of the voice.

"Ah Brock, glad you made it." Oak smiled as Brock ran up to him with a bottle of saké in hand. "Oh hey there Ash, what you doing on the ground all scared?" Brock greeted Ash seeing him on the ground shaking and gripping on to his sword tightly. Ash realized that Oak wasn't attacking him anymore and looked up, "Oh hey there Brock! Oak was teaching me some things," Ash stood back up, "So what are you doing here?" Brock smiled at Ash, "Oak told me to go get this bottle of sake earlier, I'm not sure why though." Oak noticed the two talking happily amongst each other and then received an idea, "I know! How about you two spar with each other." Oak announced, making the two boys look up at him. "Wait, we spar with each other?" Ash looked up at Oak questioningly, "Yes Ash, I want to see how you will fare against someone around your level." Oak replied looking over at Brock. "I'll accept the challenge though I'm not too sure about this 'around your level' thing." Brock said while taking out the wooden club he had with him.

Ash got into a ready stance, gripping on to his wooden sword, "We'll see about that Brock!" Ash yelled and then charged at Brock. Brock stood his ground and blocked the attack that Ash threw at him. Brock then jumped back and charged at Ash. Once Brock was in range he brought down his club at Ash. Ash quickly dodged the attack and ran around Brock, attempting to attack him from behind. Brock saw this and spun around and blocked the attack. Ash saw this opportunity and quickly dropped to the ground, making a sweep, knocking Brock off his feet. Ash then pointed his wooden sword at Brock's face showing him that he had won. "I got ya Brock!" Ash yelled happily as he raised his fist in the air. "I gotta say that was some impressive work out there Ash." Oak said as he approached the two. Brock got up and dusted off his pants, "Ash just got lucky that time that's all." Brock said in a defeated way. He then looked back at Ash, "But that was some good work though Ash." Brock said. Ash then looked over at Oak, "Do you think I'm ready now Oak?" Oak thought for a moment, "Well, you were able to defeat a full-time mercenary…" Oak thought for a bit more, "Welcome to the Oak Mercenaries Ash." Oak said smiling at Ash. Ash cheered throwing his fist in the air, "Awesome!" he yelled happily, now knowing that he can fight with the group. Oak then popped open the bottle of saké and poured some into three cups. "Let's drink to Ash's initiation into the group!" Oak cheered as he held his cup high, Ash and Brock also joined in and the three clapped their cups together. This was the start of a new adventure for all of the Oak Mercenaries, with their newly initiated member, Ash.

So how'd you all like the first chapter? Review please!