Author's Notes: Hey peeps, brand new story fresh off the press for you all. This one is an alternate version of my original Ash Infinity/Infinity and Beyond Story. This one is a different version of the character I've created altogether, in a futuristic version of the Omega Omnisphere itself; so, don't be expecting too many crossovers between this story and my other ones since they take place in two completely different Ultra-Verses. My self-insert character might make an appearance at certain points but those cameos will be fleeting at the most I reckon.
This story will feature a story line and a version of Ash that starts out almost completely identical to the canon XY and XYZ series Ash; who eventually ends up gaining Zenith Omnidony Metapotence and becoming Ash Ketchum Infinity and Beyond with Serena being his ESIT Soul Mate. This is hugely and solely Amourshipping and only Amourshipping and unlike the other version of Ash Infinity in my other story this one will take place during this Ash IB's origins/origin story. Be aware of the fact that there can only be one Ash Infinity/IB in each version of Totality; he and his legacy are singularities in their respective Double-O's and their only counterparts are literally separated by a beyond endless divide so… Yeah, each Totality can only have one; that doesn't mean there is always going to be one, only in Omega Omnispheres where the concept of championship on the ultimate level is an actual thing and not just an idea.
I've tried my absolute best to break down my own thoughts and concepts of my stories, characters, and mechanics in a way that people can understand; but I'm always learning new and better ways to go about doing so. So, if any of you guys have any questions about something you don't fully understand feel free to PM me with inquiries; I'm always open for discussions about my stories… just let me know if I end up talking your ears off because I don't always know when to keep a lid on it lol.
So, while this Ash will start off with some of his godlike capabilities unlocked he won't start off being a total expert at using them. This story was inspired by the final episode of Pokemon XYZ that aired today and has rekindled my absolute love for all things Amourshipping; for those wishing to remain unspoiled, I won't say anything more but I doubt anyone who isn't an Amourshipper hasn't seen the many images and memes that have undoubtedly been posted online.
The Pokefan community is going batshit guys and for good reason… Amourshipping just became fucking canon today and while I'm not entirely satisfied with the end results of the Kalos League I do admit my faith in the writers was not misplaced in the end; and honestly the Team Flare arc was more important than some stupid championship title in my opinion. My point is that I wouldn't have even gotten the inspiration to start this story without the most recent episode so any of you who end up loving this fic can thank the writers of the canon Pokemon universe.
Bear in mind that everything in XY and XYZ in my story is as true to canon as I'm personally comfortable with, and despite the various continuities in the Anime in recent years I'm going to sort of blend them all together including Unova, Sinnoh, Hoenn, Johto, and Kanto. So basically, this Ash will be about 16 years old when the XYZ Kalos arc comes to an end. This is pure Amourshipping guys and despite it featuring an eventual godlike Ash his roster won't consist of an infinite number of Pokemon like some of the other Double-O Champs I've made, and will instead be all his canon captures as well as some extras I've got planned including some of the most godlike legends.
Mew, Mewtwo, and even Arceus himself will eventually join Ash on his journey when the ZOF chooses him to introduce the concept of Double-O Championship to HIS version of Totality; just a reminder, this story is not even part of the same Omniverse as my other ones… so this is all its own thing. I might also have him catch a Silvally and the three Alola starters when I get to the Sun and Moon arc of his story. And of course, you can't have Ash without Ash-Greninja, not anymore at least, not in my opinion. Greninja will eventually be rejoining Ash when the same force that gave his trainer his new powers also destroys the evil roots created by Team Flare in their entirety.
One more thing before I get this story started; Ash won't just arbitrarily know everything there is to know about his powers and his Pokemon's when this first starts and his ascension to a ZOF prodigy will be a gradual change taking place over the course of several years, making him increasingly more powerful and versatile as his story progresses. Even when the powers and the Zenith Omnidony mentality that goes with it are fully broken in, Ash is still going to be much the same guy Serena fell in love with; albeit with a more mature vocabulary and a beyond endless capacity for romantic love and other human emotions that stem from his new gifts… but the more things change the more they stay the same.
He'll still be Ash Ketchum, but now he'll also be Ash Ketchum Infinity and Beyond; in a version of the Double-O where Pokemon Masters of infinite and beyond infinite power are still a completely foreign concept until he comes along. If you guys read all of this and are still on board with this story, then I thank you all my friends and hopefully you enjoy what I have to offer. Without any further delays, here is the story I've been thinking about writing all day long and finally decided to, lol.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, and I don't make any profits off this story whatsoever. I write this purely for fun and the entertainment of my writers.
Dedication: To the writers of the Pokemon Anime themselves; thank you for rewarding the faiths of thousands of Amourshippers worldwide. I know none of you will probably ever read any of this but I just wanted to thank you all somehow and writing this story seemed the best way for me to do so, as well as supporting the Pokemon gaming and Anime industries for years more to come by buying all the games and watching all the shows. I'd also like to dedicate this story to my readers, despite my one-of-a-kind godlike fics there are still people out there who appreciate my writing and character style and for that I am forever grateful.
Prologue: Till the Day We Meet Again, I'll Love You Forever My Friend
From the Kanto Region, all the way to Kalos; Ash Ketchum's most constant companions have always been his Pokemon. His ever-present Pikachu had been with him through so much these past six years since his first journey just began and they'd just concluded yet another huge milestone in their ongoing adventure to be the best like no one ever was. He'd come closer to winning the Pokemon League than ever before in Kalos and did his very, very best; placing in the finals was a huge leap forward, onward, and upward for any trainer looking to partake in the Championship League matches with the Elite Four and Regional Champions.
Ash and his Kalos Team had taken Kalos completely by storm, and he and his team members had never been better. Falling short in the League finals was nothing compared to saving the whole world once again from the Megalith and Team Flare's leader. Ash had almost tasted the ultimate victory that day. Alain may have won in the end but Ash had never felt so satisfied with losing to a more powerful opponent before. Not even Tobias had left him with such a positive feeling in his chest after their match which he spectacularly lost, and at least Alain was starting over from zero like Ash himself; in all honesty Ash was seriously looking forward to their rematch.
Greninja and his special power had been absolutely devastating to his opponents, whatever power it was he managed to bring out in the Kalos Water-type had been strong enough to defeat some of the most powerful mega evolved Pokemon and powerful Pokemon period that Ash had ever seen in his entire career.
Greninja's abilities had almost seemed limitless at certain times, and while Ash wasn't one to boast the power of any of his Pokemon he couldn't deny the sheer power the frog-like Pokemon had been hiding within him. Ash had briefly wondered how Greninja would stack up against the likes of Tobias's Darkrai or other such insanely powerful Pokemon. He knew for an absolute fact that against something like Zygarde's strongest form there wasn't really a chance, but then again Ash had encountered only a few legendary Pokemon in his time that could match the sheer power that Squishy had unveiled during the Team Flare crisis; the Mewtwo he met on Mount Quana was definitely a contender as well as a lot of the Legendary Pokemon Hoopa had summoned. Kyogre and Groudon in those more terrifying forms and Black and White Kyurem, not to mention the black Mega Rayquaza were all absurd powerhouses and Ash knew he had only gotten a taste of their full power that day and he and Greninja still had a long way to go before being even half as strong as them.
He also knew it wouldn't be the last time he and Greninja saw each other, and once those stupid roots were dealt with back in Kalos Greninja would likely be joining Ash through the rest of his travels from then on. At this point Greninja had become as integral a member of Ash's team as Pikachu and that was no mean feat; it wasn't just the power he possessed either, it was what it meant whenever they achieved it together. He and Greninja had very special, and very powerful bond; and for the first time in living memory Ash was content to have more than just Pikachu along for the ride wherever he may end up going. The time was also at hand where he'd start taking a more active role in the continued training of all his old Pokemon at Oak's laboratory; because frankly he'd neglected them the chance to fight in both the Unova and Kalos Leagues and enough was enough in his opinion.
A big part of the reason he lost in Unova was because he didn't rotate his Pokemon between old and new like he did back in Sinnoh. Yhat had been the absolute worst Pokemon League loss of his career. It was a serious step down from Sinnoh in all honesty but at least Ash landed on his feet again bigtime when Kalos rolled around. He had wondered a few times how the battle with Alain might have turned out if he had rotated his team a bit more between the ones in Kalos and from regions past.
He had justified it by saying he didn't want to neglect the training of his new Kalos Team and that had been a viable excuse while he'd been fighting gym battles and stuff, but once he hit the League he realized he'd probably no longer be able to hide behind that excuse; yet some prideful part of him wanted to prove he could go all the way in a League with a team caught and trained exclusively in the region he was competing in.
Now though, he was contemplating going back for all the Pokemon he'd ever caught and released or lent to someone else for whatever reason; his old pals Pidgeot, Butterfree, Haunter, Primeape, and a whole sleuth of others were all waiting for him somewhere out there in the wide world, and he wasn't planning on resuming his journey without any of them. He also figured that Charizard was happy in Charicific Valley with the female Charla, but Ash was still adamant about calling on him as often as he could and maybe even obtaining the power of mega evolution for himself and his Pokemon that could do it.
It may not have been the perfect victory he hoped for, but it was one helluva improvement from Unova and his roster was much more balanced and full of natural Kalosian powerhouses. That's not to say his Unovian team wasn't impressive, just a lot of them were young and inexperienced; they had the same potential as any of his other Pokemon but there was no substitute for first-hand experience, he understood that now. Any Pokemon could become unbelievably strong under the right trainer, Ash's Pokemon have proven that time and time again as his own skills continued to marginally increase.
That said, the time had come to take his game to a whole new level; he and Greninja's bond phenomena may have been enough to skate by various mega evolved Pokemon they faced but Ash knew that kind of power could still be put to an awful lot of use. Even though he prided himself on his ability to bring out his Pokemon's power through his own means, he couldn't deny that Mega Evolution increased a Pokemon's natural abilities drastically. It was the literal bond between trainer and Pokemon manifesting within that Pokemon and allowing them to release all their hidden power at once. Pokemon may not have needed mega evolution to unlock that potential, (Lysandre made that pretty clear) but Ash also knew he couldn't knock a new style of battling until he at least gave it a try; and Mega Evolution was brimming with possibilities in his opinion. What was the point of his Kalos Journey if he and his Pokemon didn't bring the best that Kalos had to offer them back with them and along with them in the future?
His Charizard had often lost at first simply because he had refused to listen to Ash, but even Charizard whom had remained one of Ash's strongest Pokemon for a long time… couldn't one-shot Pokemon-League caliber teams like Greninja had done with his and Ash's first opponent in the Kalos League. Reiterating his thoughts from before, Ash realized he may have just found his ace Pokemon in terms of sheer power; though he would never boast of it in that cocky manner that Gary had done for so many years… he refused to stoop that low. But still, it was hard to keep his pride in his own Pokemon in check; and despite Gary's initial rudeness and overconfidence, he did have the skills to back it up at the time.
Ash's pride in Greninja knew no bounds during the final fight with Alain, it may not have been the ultimate victory he had promised his friends but it was enough; he and his Pokemon did everything they could but in the end their best wasn't enough to go all the way. Nevertheless, he was satisfied with the results; and being a Pokemon Master was about more than simply winning some title and a trophy. It took Ash years to realize that losing a Pokemon League wasn't the end of his career, each time he failed gave him room to grow even more; of course, it would be nice to win at least one of those times. And he came closer now than ever before.
He could try to place the credit for his Pokemon's spectacular performance solely on his own improved competency as a trainer; but he also knew his winning streak was more largely because of the company he had during said journey through the latest region. Despite these rationalizations, Ash still had to wonder if all his Pokemon could achieve that same supposedly limitless power Greninja had unveiled; or perhaps it was just Greninja. He honestly wouldn't mind using Mega Evolution since it did require a powerful bond between a trainer and Pokemon, and Pokemon/human relations were Ash's strong suit.
Sitting up alone in his bedroom after arriving home in Pallet Town that night, Ash allowed himself to reflect on all the things he and his friends had been through during his journey through Kalos; Clemont the ingenious inventor and scientist, Bonnie the adorable little sister whom he would've given almost anything to have as a little sister to him back when he was little, and Serena. Ash fought back a blush as Pikachu shifted his position in his bed by Ash's pillow; evidently having none of the troubles his trainer was having falling asleep, but Ash just couldn't help but lie awake in contemplative silent musing. There were no words to describe his feelings towards the honey blonde performer; but ever since she'd kissed him he'd been hesitant and couldn't seem to stop thinking about her.
'You're my goal Ash. Just you wait, when next we meet; I will have become a much more attractive woman,' Serena had said prior to her departure from them at the airport. Her trip to Hoenn was scheduled before Ash was due to return home himself so they were forced to say their goodbyes to her early. And during the interval that Ash contemplated what her statement could mean he got his answer almost immediately after the fact. As she descended the downward escalator and he managed not to chase after her and stopped at the top; she did a complete 180, asked for one last thing from him, ascended the downward escalator, and landed the most passionate and sweetest kiss on his lips he'd ever thought he could have. It wasn't like Latias or Melody where the kiss had been a short and sweet peck on his cheek; Serena had gone all out, pressing her lips on his and tentatively entering his mouth with her tongue in a sort of open-mouthed kiss that took him completely by surprise and did things to his anatomy that no other girl had been-able-to entice in him before.
Contrary to popular belief, Ash wasn't as oblivious to romance as many of his female companions believed he was; it's just that none of the girls he happened across in his travels could sway his heart. It also didn't help that he never had a father to walk him through the process of romantically entangling himself; he wasn't exactly on expert on the female psyche nor did he profess to be all that good at matters of the human heart. He wasn't dense, he simply just couldn't muster up any feelings for the female companions he'd had over the years. For whatever reason, while he could acknowledge from an objective viewpoint that most of his female companions were extraordinarily attractive for one reason or another; it just didn't do anything for him. Brock had said something one time about him being demisexual or some other term that people nowadays sensationalized.
Since Ash had been unable to feel anything romantically for any of the girls he traveled with, it had never been an impeding factor and his personal happiness was always based on traveling and winning Pokemon battles left, right, and center; even though some part of him felt bad for possibly hurting some of these girls who felt for him when all he felt was friendship or familial ties. He even at times believed 'getting the girl' might interfere with the process of fulfilling his dream, being a Pokemon Master, winning battles, and even saving the whole world time and time again. Loathe though he was to admit it, a part of him thrived on the end-of-the-world situations he tended to face and the countless legendary encounters he'd had over the years. He'd seen more legendary Pokemon in the last 6 years than most people see in their entire lives, something that had always nagged at the back of his mind but he certainly wasn't about to complain.
Unfortunately, girls and romance had never been overly important in his life before and if Serena never gave him that kiss he would've remained unmoved by any-and-all girls' attempts to entice and seduce him. He wasn't very good at interpreting his own feelings on the matter, but something deeper than gut instincts told him he'd been holding out for Serena all this time. He felt that the reason he could never love anyone else was because Serena was the only girl he knew of that he could truly love; ever since that day he'd rescued her in that forest his fate had been forever sealed and his love locked for all eternity. He didn't have a word to describe the kind of bond they shared, but something about it seemed precious beyond all measure and like he could live off the feelings she distilled within him.
He had been too stunned by the fact that Serena's kiss had managed to invoke such strong feelings in him to give her the response she was probably looking for; he'd never felt a connection like this with anyone before but tonight while he tried to sleep and had too much time to think… he realized with absolutely certainty that he was truly, deeply, madly in love with Serena. And he had probably loved her on a subconscious level for a very, very long time. She had made it damn clear the feeling was mutual to, and yet he watched her walk away with a smile on his face despite every molecule in his body screaming at him to chase after her and accompany her on her journey to Hoenn.
He could've shown her the ropes since he'd been there before, even if it had changed in recent years from the Hoenn Region he remembered; he remembered promising her they'd always be and travel together yet in the end he couldn't live up to that promise. In the end, he ended up going home. And for what, so he could journey to yet another new region and compete in a League with some new companions and new girls?! He felt like he was stuck in a rut and destined to play the same old tune forever; but with Serena everything felt different, new, scary, and thrilling all at once. She was the one he wanted to travel together forever with, he understood that now; that kiss had made everything so unbelievably clear. For the first time since he started his entire journey; he had found the one human companion he absolutely refused to let go of… the one person he wanted to take with him for the rest of his life. Some things were worth sacrificing one's dreams for, some people… Ash finally got that now and wished he could've told Serena this at the airport.
All the subtle hints and teases she'd thrown his way, from that adorable Fennekin cosplay to things like the Nurse Joy outfit and that unbelievably attractive Florges costume she sported, and those were just the tip of the iceberg; suddenly became something more than just innocent fun in Ash's mind. Every seemingly interaction between them realigned inside his mindscape to fit this new reality of their situation he'd only just realized. Ash had always enjoyed it when Serena dressed up for some reason, that memory of her in his own clothes were burned in his retinas and would remain seared onto his mind and heart for the rest of his life. She looked better in them than he did for crying out loud, and he was willing to bet she could've dressed up in a paper bag in still look like the most beautiful person on the planet. How she managed to pull off so many different looks with such ridiculous ease was beyond his feeble mortal comprehension; her beauty seemed otherworldly and perfectly symmetrical at times.
To top it all off, she'd obviously been aware of her feelings for Ash for a very long time; and now he finally knew he felt the same way. The level of certainty and clarity he felt on the subject were staggering, he just hoped he wouldn't be too late to give a relationship with her a chance next time they met. He also understood he'd need to talk to his mom about this tomorrow when they were both up, since she had been asleep when he and Pikachu got back home late that same night and wasn't even aware they were home yet.
Ash and Pikachu had simply gone through their usual nightly routines and went straight to his room to sleep. And while he dreaded his mom making embarrassing comments, he knew she'd understand what he was feeling for his best female friend a lot better than he did; just as he knew that Serena was worth any embarrassing comments his mother might have made… she was worth everything to him. Unfortunately, even though he finally knew he loved Serena that didn't mean he knew what to do with those feelings, especially with how painfully intense they had become in such a short of amount of time.
"I'm so sorry Serena… I never saw it until the last moment and now all I can do is pray to Arceus that I'm not too late to fix this," Ash whispered, his heart aching painfully as he fought back the tears that threatened to spill. He couldn't even imagine how frustrated, angry, and disheartened she must have felt; trying absolutely everything she could to let him know not so subtly how she felt only to have him not see her flirtations for what they were. Finally, she was forced to pour her heart out to him completely unbidden at the airport; finally realizing that she wasn't going to get through to him except by being completely, nakedly open about her feelings.
Even Ash couldn't have misinterpreted her feelings when she told him he was her goal, and that she would become more beautiful than ever when next they met; but the real clincher had been that intoxicating kiss. He could still feel the aftereffects of her lips on his; the warmth and softness of them… he couldn't get her out of his head and it was tormenting him beyond reason. He wished he could have been more intuitive with regards to a woman's feelings; and he promised himself that the next time he saw her he'd make damn sure Serena got absolutely everything and anything she deserved from him because she was one-of-a-kind.
"Pika Pi," his starter suddenly squeaked sleepily, evidently wondering what was on Ash's mind as the Pallet Town trainer smiled sadly. "I'm okay buddy, just thinking about some stuff," Ash whispered back; his expression wistful and his tone subtly laced with guilt. The lightning mouse Pokemon quirked an eyebrow, years of friendship allowing him to follow Ash's thoughts with an unnerving degree of accuracy. Ash nodded almost as though he understood what Pikachu was suspecting.
"Yes, it's about Serena; ever since she kissed me back at the Kalos airport I just haven't been able to stop thinking about her and about my feelings toward her. I don't know why I didn't realize I loved her sooner and now that she's gone to Hoenn I'm worried I'll be too late to do anything about it next time I see her. I just can't help feeling she deserves so much better than a guy who can't even recognize her feelings. I feel horrible Pikachu. I feel like the worst friend in the world and I don't know how I'm going to make it up to her. And the irony is Serena would probably accept my apology right away because that's who she is," Ash said in a surprisingly lengthy description of the feelings that were eating him up inside. Pikachu smiled and patted his shoulder comfortingly.
"Pikachu Pika Pi, Pikachu Pi," the powerful Electric-type offered his sympathies to Ash's woes, or Ash assumed he was at least. Despite years of friendship between them, there was still a very noticeable language barrier they had to work around to get their point across and Ash was still no closer to translating the actual language of Pokemon now than he was at the start of his very first journey. He may not have completely understood what Pikachu was trying to say, but he got the gist of it, and it made him feel marginally better about his predicament. "Thanks buddy," Ash said gratefully, knowing his best Pokemon friend was probably right and he'd get the chance to make it up to Serena again someday soon; he just hoped when the time came he could finally be the boyfriend and lover he should've been to her when they first reunited. With that thought easing his mind and heart, he finally began to feel his eyelids grow heavy and within moments was out like a light.
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Ash had often dreamt of fighting in the Pokemon Leagues, fights he managed to win all the way through; straight onto the Elite Four and Champions themselves. Reality vs expectations from back when he was a kid, yet these dreams still resurfaced from time to time. He'd almost completely outgrown that simple desire for fame and fortune beyond measure; to have all the strongest Pokemon in the entire world… yet there was still some part of him that retained that childlike dream… to be the absolute best at all things Pokemon across the entire world and maybe even beyond.
His dream self was standing in a stadium as he always was, and he observed himself fighting in what appeared to be some colossal tree of some kind in an unknown region; like a Battle Tree or something. He could somehow tell who his dream self was and like dreams often did he was having an out-of-body experience while his body did the fighting, allowing him to observe the battle from a third-person perspective. His opponent was shrouded by robes of jet black, with a hooded cloak obscuring his face from view and a pair of horrifying, glowing red eyes gleaming from behind the hood like two laser beams.
Ash shuddered involuntarily, and would've done more than that if his dream self's state didn't discombobulate him. Dream Ash was dressed in a one-piece suit with a plated chest and a pullover mask covering everything above his mouth. Two holes in the pullover mask above his mouth allowed his multicolored eyes to light up the world like flashes of lightning. His suit was an incandescent white with a metallic gold mini cape… giving him the look of a superhero. Most strangely of all however, was the Alpha symbol on the plated chest of his suit in the same endless colors as his eyes. Ash wondered to himself what it meant as his dream self and the cloaked figure on the other side stared each other down.
"You hold the legacy of one of the greatest Pokemon Champions in this or any other Omega Omnisphere child. Do you truly believe you can live up to everything that is expected of you now? IBZOF Master or not, you're infinite megaparsecs away from being worthy of the title; especially considering the other Ash Infinities far surpass you in every respect. I will make your entire meta-omnipotent existence a living hell, and I will devote my entire being to ensuring you never establish a Double-O Championship pantheon here! Our enmity will be the stuff of legends, and your insult to the memory of Ash Infinity and his Inverse Counterpart will not go unpunished. Even if you're unworthy to claim your IB title; I will destroy everything you are, will be, and stand for. There will be a reckoning, I promise you Ash Ketchum IB… that you will die," the figure in black spoke with such chilling hatred, malevolence, and sadism that Ash felt his entire dream world grow cold, still, and silent in response.
Ash wondered frantically what the hell was going on, having never had a dream like this before and not understanding much of any of it; this was beginning to feel like a horrible nightmare now. He was brought out of his confused state a little when his dream-self replied in a voice like and very unlike Ash's own at the same time. Something in that voice carried a note, a symphony of every kind of power imaginable and unimaginable alike; a godlike voice that sounded completely foreign coming from Ash's mouth yet he couldn't deny it was still him. That essential Ash-ness was still there in abundance, yet something was clearly very different about this dream version of himself; only a fool would deny it.
"I hold the legacy of Ash IB now; whether I'm a sprout compared to the other Ash Infinities or not is no longer relavant. I will fulfill my destiny as this Totality's greatest and first Double-O Champion, and you my antithesis… shall be vanquished in due time. Now, we end this pointless war between us; go on Raichu," Ash's dream self said, his last words making Ash's jaw drop and convincing him once and for all that this Ash was not him. Because there was no way in hell Pikachu would consent to evolving into a Raichu. 'Unless the Raichu he evolved into was completely different, holy man,' Ash exclaimed emphatically in his own mind as a very different sort of Raichu floated onto the battlefield in a legendary display of psychic power. He appeared to be surfing on some sort of board comprised entirely of electrical and psychic energy mixed together; and the lightning bolts streaking around and all over his entire body were the same colors as dream Ash's Alpha symbol.
"RAICHUUUUUUUUU!" the lightning mouse shrieked, his very presence causing an ionic discharge throughout every molecule across the entire massive tree both combating trainers were fighting in. The ungodly powers that Raichu literally radiated felt so incredibly real to Ash that he wondered if this was a normal dream/nightmare anymore; but all he could do was watch as the hooded figure waved his white-as-death hand and a creature appeared on the stadium that wasn't there a split-second before. Ash was terrified for his dream self's chances when none other than a Mewtwo was somehow brought to life by this hooded figure and made to fight against dream Ash for him. Even worse was that this Mewtwo looked different, bigger, and like the ultimate physical powerhouse compared to the two he knew; with a different special form than the one he encountered on the Decolore Islands. It gave off a shadowy, malevolent aura and Ash had a feeling it couldn't be reasoned with and wouldn't hesitate to attack or kill humans and Pokemon alike.
Ash's astonishment started to outweigh his palpable terror when dream Ash scoffed nonchalantly, and gave an order that left him totally confused. "Use Nasty Plot Raichu IB, enhance the ZOF in your system and use it to clinch this match; become the ZOF prodigy I know you can be and ride that electrifying surf of yours to absolute victory." And Raichu did exactly that, whizzing through the air at truly astonishing speeds towards the shadowy Mewtwo, moving so fast he created afterimages of himself without even having to use Double Team. The afterimages provided the cover needed for Raichu to spam Nasty Plots… the red down covering his bodies to indicate a ceaseless special power boost.
As he finished carrying out the command, he shot off like a rocket… tucking his body into a ball comprised of some sort of chaos energy like that video game character Sonic the Shaymin and shooting towards the Shadow Mewtwo so fast that it broke every speed barrier in existence and achieved the logically impossible. Ash was only able to follow his movements because this was his dream. The living orb of pure, devastating power and energy catapulted straight into the enemy Pokemon like an asteroid hitting a planet, and Ash's entire dreamscape was whited out by the resulting supernova worthy explosion…
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Ash's eyes shot open as he sat up abruptly in his bed, startling Pikachu who fell off the bed with a surprised yelp. He was just about to squeak in protest and maybe shock his trainer when something else happened. Ash jumped out of bed with wide frantic eyes searching to and fro, his danger senses on the highest alert they'd ever been as the biggest boom of thunder he'd ever heard clapped in the sky above Pallet Town. The entire house was shaken at its very foundations as Ash went to check up on his mom out of worry, finding her already standing in the hallway as the house continued to quake perpetually.
"Honey, you came home; why didn't you wake me up to let me know, and are you okay," Delia asked him worryingly as Ash nodded. "Yeah I'm okay, and I didn't want to wake you since you were probably fast asleep," he shouted over the constant rattling of the house, the claps of earth rattling thunder resounding in a constant mantra. The lights flickered on and off through the entire house of their own accord, and the TV suddenly turned on as some sort of new channel was recording the very series of events that was happening across Pallet Town right now. Ash and his mother made their way down to the living room to see what was going on. Pikachu followed them with all due haste, his ears perked upwards and his entire body tense as the suddenness of the storm or whatever it was caused havoc to his beyond human attunement with nature.
The news lady was documenting from Virdion City, meaning it was indeed a very large storm. "Ladies and gentlemen, we could be looking at the biggest storm the world has ever known this night; it came from out of nowhere and is already over ten thousand miles in diameter and spreading across the entire globe. Oddly enough though, there is no wind or rain; just earth shaking thunder and lightning… neither of which are causing any collateral damage though science says that they should. The lightning bolts are also not just blue; but white, red, green, and a blend of every other color in the entire visible spectrum. I'm sure many people are looking for answers and explanations but right now there simply aren't any to go by. No casualties of any kind have been reported thus far, but for the time being however people across the entire Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn regions are advised to stay indoors for now. I will keep you all posted as best I can… even if I have to risk my own life I'll make sure to always deliver the current news here in Viridion city," the news lady explained the situation as Ash, Delia, and Pikachu all stared at the TV screen with wide, horrified eyes.
"I don't understand… what's happening?" Delia demanded frantically while Ash shrugged, the dream he had before this insanity started coming back to him as he wondered if the two seemingly separate things were related somehow. The multicolored lightning illuminating their entire house every five seconds was just a little too close to the lightning that strange Raichu gave off in his dreams; something was horribly amiss about this entire situation and as worried as he was for them all he could do was pray none of his friends were out in this storm. Especially Serena, because if the storm stretched as far out as Hoenn in such a small amount of time then maybe no one was safe. But what was the deal with it not causing any damage, how could something as loud and as earth shaking as this storm not shake the entire world apart; it just didn't make any kind of sense, logical or otherwise.
"This just in… apparently, the storm is spreading faster than even the likes of legendary Pokemon like Lugia are supposedly capable of bringing about. The recommended curfew has also just been extended to include Sinnoh and much of Unova; at the rate this storm is going… the entire world will be blanketed in just a few short minutes," the news lady announced as Ash and Pikachu exchanged a worried glance. This was very eerily like that time on Shamouti Island… but Lugia was among the best storm bringers in the entire world of legendary Pokemon… so if one of his kind wasn't responsible then who or what was?
The news was about to say more when the power suddenly shut off in the Ketchum residence entirely, the eerie multicolored lightning their only solace from the blacker than black, planet-wide storm cloud looming ominously above them. There wasn't even any rain, just lightning and unbelievably loud thunder. Pikachu's cheeks were sparking continuously in response to the immense static electricity in the air; and Ash and his mother's hair was frizzly and all over the place as well.
"How could something like this just happen, and so quickly to? You don't think this could be it do you mom? A lot of people predict the end of the world and Arceus knows I've managed to save our planet time and time again… but with how quickly this storm is brewing and no known cause I'm just not sure if I can do anything this time," Ash admitted, scared out of his wits even while he did his best not to show it. His mom sighed and shook her head.
"Ash, if there is one thing I've learned about you it's that you can do anything… but I think if a storm this size was going to end the world it would have done it by now. For the most part it's just a lot of flashes and noise… there haven't even been any reports of casualties and the news people would be all over that," his mom explained, sounding like she was reassuring herself as much as Ash. Ash kept thinking about Serena, and if she had found shelter already or not. He hated to think she could have been camping in the woods or something while this was going down; knowing how much camping out had grown on her recently and worried she was out there with no way of defending herself.
Ash didn't often pray to a higher power for miracles, and even though Arceus was supposedly the creator of the entire universe; the fact he was a Pokemon to meant even deities in Pokemon form were still Pokemon. For the first time, Ash made a silent prayer to any higher power or gods that might have been listening; not for himself or even his own mother… somehow the thought that Serena might be out in the storm was pushing out thoughts of all the other people in his life. She and her safety were all that mattered to him in these moments, and while that was kind of selfish on her behalf he couldn't help feeling that way.
He was interrupted as the brightest flash of multicolored lightning yet burst through the entire town and the entire storm-ridden sky was lit up with a boundless brilliance; the type that might have given many people seizures. Ash had precisely one second to note the massive wave of the electricity heading their way before the windows shattered, the doors blew off their hinges, and an eternally foreign song no sentient mind had a frame of reference for… became the only thing he was aware of as his whole world faded away and he was enveloped in a beyond-eternal vortex of unfathomable power and energy. He and Pikachu looked all around them in a frantic search for Delia or anyone who had been in Pallet Town a second before; but the town itself was gone as well.
Everything was literally just gone in the blink of an eye. Only the vortex remained, and so would it always be even beyond the final collapse of the final reality itself; beyond eternity, omnipotence, and omniscience themselves… beyond omnipresence and greater than all life and death. As the power worked its way into Ash and Pikachu's system they were suddenly and inexplicably ripped from their mortal existences forever more; becoming one with a collective consciousness that had awareness and knowledge beyond their otherwise maximum limits… which were infinite. He saw eternity itself and he comprehended it perfectly, could bend, remold, reshape, and redefine it on a scale that was unknown to even members of the Omnipotence Nexus.
He saw the endless rebirth of the ultimate reality known as the Omega Omnisphere, the fundamental laws of all of them, how to divide by zero, how to break logic and infinity without breaking reality in the process, he saw the Realm of Absurdities and all its maddening impossibilities, the irrationality that trampled reason completely underfoot. He saw the ZOF, the ON, and even the Emotional Spectrum of Infinite Totalities in their Omni-Omniversal entireties, and it was all too much; it hurt more than the sum total of all the pain in all the Double-O's, and gave him more pleasure than that sum total at the same time.
The most wonderful and terrifying thing of all that he saw however, was the bond he and Serena would now share from this point on; the unbreakable symbiotic relations that only Zenith Omnidonae could experience in full… a soul bond to end all soul bonds that would endure any hardship, survive every test of time, and transcend the rebirth of the Omega Omnisphere itself time and time again. He could see how bonded they would be now and forever in the light of both the ZOF and the ESIT alike, and he could see one other who he would somehow bond closer to than he did with Serena. Too insane now and driven mad by the sights to scream in terror anymore, Ash and Pikachu did the only thing they could do; they both passed out as the shock of their situation became too much to handle and the vortex of the Zenith Omnidonae Force welcomed them into its loving embrace forever more… well, even longer technically but that was splitting hairs…
Author's Notes: And that's it for now folks, this is the prologue of a story I've only just recently come up with the premise for and while I want to write more this is a good start to this series and I want to try and start making these chapters shorter and more concise. The next chapter will be the aftermath of the explosion that put Ash in a coma in the physical world, as well as what else the storm did; it'll also feature some much anticipated cameos I'm sure all of you will enjoy. Be sure to leave a review you guys and let me know how I did; and remember, this is only the beginning.
Omniarch/Omniarch-1024 is signing off now. Hopefully some of you enjoyed this, and I know it is fast paced compared to some of my other stories but maybe that's a good thing. Shit will start picking up much more steadily in this story than in some of my others, and with the ZOF being a key element here you can expect some pretty absurd changes to befall the world of Pokemon. I've gotta say it's nice working with a godlike version of Ash who is still pretty close to the canonical version; just know that all he saw in the ZOF won't stay with him when he wakes up… at least not right away. His powers will also not fully set in right away, instead they will slowly self-manifest over a period of a couple of years; going all the way into the Sun and Moon arc of this story. Just remember, I'll have to actually play Pokemon Sun and Moon properly before that particular story arc can be done properly, but not to worry lads and lasses I've already got them pre-ordered. I honestly can't even tell you how hyped I am for those games, and how amazed and overjoyed I was with the final episode of XYZ. Let's just say it rekindled my love for all things Amourshipping big time.