Wewlcome, to my first Pokémon fanfiction, right off the bat you probably already know the whole plotline. I'm sure you've seen a plot like this before, Ash gets betrayed. I have read a lot of those kinds of stories, and I have always found them fun to read, but I always find the betrayal explanation lacking a little. so I've tried it myself!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon, Nintendo does
He didn't see it sooner, he chastised himself for that every day, and he hollered in anger at the sky and cried in pain when he left, but that didn't fix anything. Who am I talking about? Well I'll tell you. He stood at the very peak of Mt Silver, the wind hissing around him, carrying snow and other things with it, Mt Silver was the so called unclimbable mountain, but this guy did it.
His auburn eyes were cold and hardened, a smirk rested on his face, never a smile. He emitted a cold chuckle as his tanned hand fixed his blue and black hat, pointing it forwards once more. He wore the standard aura guardian robes with the hat. His raven black hair was scattered messily, and some of it poked out of his hat, covering his face.
Although his face didn't show it, nor his eyes, he radiated a powerful anger, he seemed to be the personification of rage and fury, and it didn't show, it was kept hidden, the occasional grunt, but never a scream of anger, his body was strong, his arms and legs were muscular, but not too much, his chest was slightly muscular too, his body was in no way over muscular.
"What do they have to achieve from what they did?" He wondered for the umpteenth time.
He pondered this question endlessly, every day it was a constant reminder of what happened to him, this boy, no, you couldn't call him that anymore. This man, was the second of three go scale Mt Silver, the first was the mysterious, but famous Red, the second was this man himself, and the third was his friend.
"Why did they do it, I did everything for them, they tossed it right back at me, but I guess I can't forget those three, they weren't there." His voice said fondly at the end
"What do you gain in reminiscing about what happened? It only serves to hurt you even more." A gruff voice questioned.
The man turned so you could see his face, besides his eyes, there wasn't much to see but sculpted features, and lightning bolt marks on his cheeks. The man scowled before facing the unknown voice, opening his mouth he countered angrily.
"What do you know Lucario!? I want to remember so I can return the favor, I want them to suffer!" The traumatized man yelled
"I apologize master, would you care to tell me what happened?" Lucario asked as he appeared out of the storm next to the man.
"It would be my pleasure." The man said sarcastically.
"We're going to see mom and everyone else! Aren't you psyched buddy!?" A slightly familiar looking figure asked, full of bliss.
His answer came from a large mouse with red cheeks, who could be seen holding on to a blue fabric with white stripes, although his efforts seemed to be fruitless as his mount did not stop moving for his partner to get some rest.
"Pikkkkaaaaa chu pika!" The distorted mouse replied, exhausted.
This duo was respected quite a bit in the Kanto region, and even more so, in the peaceful and quiet Pallet Town. This dynamic duo were known as Ash and Pikachu. The mighty duo who have competed in many different conferences and achieved many things, but it was never enough for them, they always wanted to get stronger! But of course you have to drop in and say hi to your mom once in a while! That ruined the mood now didn't it?
"I was unaware of what was going to happen, in hindsight, I was foolish and oblivious, and 'they' shattered that quite easily." He said
"Yeah! We'll see mom, Professor Oak, Tracey, maybe even Gary and all of my Pokemon!" Was all the enthusiastic trainer could say before he came to an abrupt stop at the top of a hill.
There was quite a view from where the duo was now standing, it is midday, yet there wasn't much activity, not many people walked down the dirt roads that winded through Pallet Town, small two story houses dotted the streets, each having its own small garden. Lush vegetation surround the town, trees, bushes, some flowers, it was just beautiful to look at. Grass meadows were stopped by the roads, but there were a few sizable ones when there were no houses in the way, but the thing that caught the eyes was one specific thing in this rural town.
The thing that put this place on the map, besides Ash, Red, Blue, Gary...ok maybe there were a few other things. Professor Oak's lab was situated near the back of the town, maybe the length of three small sized houses and a width of two, was by far the largest and most eye catching feature of the town. A relatively large paddock was built behind the lab, a large meadow even further behind it that was our dynamic duo's first destination. To the lab! Then these two dashed off at a speed that shouldn't be possible for these two.
"I had finally gotten home, I was happy to take a break from my never ending journey to better myself, although, I didn't know what would happen then, but I do now, and I question myself, why didn't I see it sooner?" The man, who could be identified as Ash said.
"What happened?" Lucario questioned.
"My heart was torn apart, piece by piece, there was nothing left to save, I was left alone, and it hurt me greatly." The man replied savagely.
The door may as well have not even been there in the first place, because our hero and his buddy Pikachu threw it open, surprisingly almost knocking it off its hinges, they expected either a banner with a 'Welcome Home!' Written on it, or professor Oak sitting in a chair with a pad of paper, grumbling about schedules, poems, or research. Our dynamic duo didn't find these three things happening in the normally inactive lab, they found it almost filled to the brim, in fact, it looked like there may have been some people outside.
"Hi everyone!" Ash cheered.
"Pikaaaaa pikachu!" Was pikachu's greeting to the many people there.
"Oh! I didn't expect to see you here Gary! Trip and Paul too!?" Ash said joyfully.
It was quite a pleasing surprise at the time to see them, but it isn't anymore, I thought they were there to congratulate me, praise me for coming in the finals of the Kalos League, but it was the opposite, they were done waiting, they thought I should've won by then. Ash growled.
"You're back honey!" Mrs Ketchum, or Delia said happily, wrapping her arms around her son, which to an outside viewer looked like she was trying to suffocate or strangle the poor boy.
"Mom...too tig-ht." was what the victim inside of her grasp could manage before he was released from the bear hug.
Delia realized her mistake and stepped back, but at the same time, a few others took the initiative and stepped forward.
"Hi Ash, welcome back from Kalos." Brock said as he patted Ash's shoulder with his lips strewn in a thin line, an emotionless expression on his face, but you could see nervousness in his eyes.
"Listen Ash, we think that you may be pushing your Pokemon too hard, see a trainer's life can be difficult and hard." It seemed like good logic from what Brock was saying.
"Ok, what do you mean by this Brock?" Ash asked happily.
"We think that you're pushing yourself too hard for your dream, we think it's only hurting others the way you're going." Dawn said sweetly, maybe too sweetly.
"What do you mean?" Was the next question Ash posed.
"I thought that they were trying to help me, I was blissfully unaware of their motives, it sounded like they were offering training and tips for being a trainer, I should've noticed it sooner Lucario, but I didn't." The famed Ash Ketchum continued to explain.
"We mean, that your dream is just too hard, it's putting too much stress on you honey, you're overthinking and it's just setting you back honey." Delia explained.
At this point Ash was sitting down in a chair behind a table, uneasiness was growing in his mind, but he pushed it away, surely they meant well in this conversation? Ash was still having trouble comprehending the situation, although it seemed fairly simple to find out what was happening by the way they were talking in hindsight.
"We think your dream isn't going to be easy for you to get, there are so many other trainers out there that are so much better than you Ash." Drew said as he put his arm around May.
"You came here to help me train then!?" Ash asked excitedly, oblivious to the growing tension in the room as each of his friends stated their opinion, the conversation had continued going downhill as it continued.
"Not really Ash, we came here to set you on a different path, we don't think you can reach your dream, you continuously make the same mistakes, not using your better Pokemon and only brining Pikachu to a new region." Misty explained.
Ash was starting to get a lump in his throat, this was starting to sound bad, wherever this conversation went, he was pretty sure it wouldn't be anywhere good, it was just stab in the back one after another, he had crushes on May, and even more so Misty at some point. He decided it was time to figure out what was going on.
"They don't think you're good enough." An evil voice hissed.
"What do you plan to achieve from this then?" Ash asked.
"Every clue they put down, I shoved away, I had all the cards in front of me, they were playing theirs. I could've left and at least saved myself the pain until later, but I didn't, I decided to stay, I still had faith in them. I still was unaware to their goal, even at this point." Ash said with a growl as he clenched his fists.
"We...think you should give up on your dream Ash, you could go down the research path like Gary did." Delia offered.
"I told you, but you didn't listen." The voice laughed sarcastically
Ash was starting to narrow his eyes, this was only going to get worse, he thought. It was painful, does no one believe in him!? At least Pikachu still does, but will his new friends or even his rivals believe him!? Why would they do this to him, just a boy who wants to be the best?
"Why should I give up on my dream? No one else does and they have the same dream as me?" He questioned, still relatively calm, but there was an edge to his voice.
"Because you suck Ash! You took six years to get to the finals, while others do it on their third year, it is unacceptable! Realize it, you're on of the worse trainers I have ever met!" Misty yelled.
"I'll just train then and get better!" Ash chimed, the mood was starting to get sour for our happy go lucky hero.
"How do you expect to get better if every trainer you battle can beat that pathetic mouse of yours!?" Max sneered.
"They were right about the leagues, six years and only then did I get to the finals, I could've done better if I focused on training than goofing off. It was one insult after another, it was a stab in the heart. I loved Misty dearly, I was actually planning on asking her out. May was on a lesser extent, and Dawn was just a small crush, but I didn't, instead, I learned to hate them." Ash growled.
"I for one agree with Ash, I came here to congratulate him, not listen to his friends stab him in the back." Paul sneered.
"He's weak, I could beat him easily." Cilan said confidently.
"Bad luck just seems to follow him around doesn't it?" Iris asked smugly.
"Look at the facts, he's better gone than here! We almost died those times!" Brock roared in protest to Ash.
"I warned you, but you didn't listen to me." The voice was tantalizing now.
"He needs to get out of this world!" Brock yelled.
"We can't let my son be the reason others die!" Delia yelled, which surprised everyone in the room, even Delia will go to this length to save others?
"We put up a good argument, but they were even better, they had planned for resistance and they were prepared for a long argument." Ash growled.
"How could you do this to me?" Ash cried.
"Sceptile, Leaf Blade!" Max yelled as Sceptile charged towards Ash
"You know who I am, don't pretend you don't, I was there when you were possessed by the Prison Bottle, and all of the times you were possessed, I am your dark side, I am Hoopa Unbound, but call me Unbound for now." It laughed
The voice crawled inside of Ash's head, its request for control much obliged as it gave Ash its power.
"You think that badly of me huh? I never once thought badly of you, and this is how you repay me!?" Ash hissed as his eyes glowed scarlet red and a dark purple and black aura appeared around him.
Brock was brave enough, or stupid enough to try and quell Ash's rage and settle this in a civilized manner, although that seemed far from possible at this point in the conversation. Brock's hand went for Ash's shoulder, Ash sent glares at Brock and the others. even Paul, Trip, and Gary gritted their teeth at the so called action of comfort, it was more like a desperate attempt to not let Ash's temper blow.
"Don't touch me." Ash whispered in his regular voice as a warning.
But that didn't stop Brock, his fingertips grazed Ash's left shoulder, but immediately regretted they had, Ash's right hand held Brick's right in an iron grip. The grip only seemed to get tighter than looser. Ash's face was full of fury, how could they do this to him!?
"I said, DON'T TOUCH ME!" Ash yelled as Brock was sent flying across the room, thanks to a punch in the chest, delivered by Ash.
Ash was livid, how could they think so lowly of him? Like he just started his journey, he's not some amateur, he's not an incompetent fool!
"I used to love you, Misty, May, and even Dawn, but after what you've done to me, you deserve nothing more than my hate." Ash said as he stood up, he walked forward a few paces.
"They hurt me so much, thanks to them I learned I can't love, I thought we were winning the argument at that point, but they were still in control Lucario, they resorted to crueler methods of persuasion." Ash explained as his scarlet red eyes glowed brighter.
Ash was led to the back of the lab, with the only words that he was told were 'let the Pokemon show their opinion'. It seemed like a reasonable idea at the time, Ash had faith that his Pokemon would believe in him, and he would help further their growth. What he didn't know was that this was a viable step in the traitor's plan to betray Ash.
"See, even your Pokemon think you're weak and useless!" Drew sneered.
He was right, there was a large amount of Pokemon that opposed Ash. Nearly all of them in fact, and Pikachu was the one that stood by Ash, along with his Kalos team.
"I trained you guys, I showed you how to be strong, I hoped to go far with you guys, I showered you with care and this is how you REPAY ME!?" Ash roared, with Pikachu and his Kalos Team growling in frustration at these Pokemon.
"I bet I could beat you with one Pokemon, that yellow rodent won't even land a hit on my Pokemon, you really are worthless." Max snickered.
"Talonflame, let's get out of here." Ash said as he returned his remaining loyal Pokemon.
"It was over, I fled Lucario, I fled like the coward I was, I promised myself that I would go back. I promised myself that I would make them suffer, and I'd never forgive them. I told myself, and convinced myself that my rivals and Kalos companions were all I had left, they had won." Ash explained.
"Is it really all that bad now?" The jackal questioned.
"No, I guess not, I met you and the others, we grew stronger, and now Pikachu is the strongest of his species, I just can't forgive them for what they did, they don't deserve my pity." Ash growled.
Ash then looked up at the sky before turning and walking towards a snow covered cave, where a Charizaard stood with a letter in his paws.
"You're his huh? This is for me?" Ash questioned, taking the envelope as the final evolution of charmander took off to the sky. Ash didn't care for saving the envelope for another use, so he just tore it open and took out a simple card with a pokeball symbol on the top left corner of the card. he flipped the card open and found himself staring at a few lines of not so neat writing with a scribbled note attached to the bottom.
Hey there Ashura Silver as you're now known. The league asked me to pass this onto you, I think they want you to compete, quite badly since they asked me, I sent Charizard to deliver this, you should read that letter now, you can go under an alias until semifinals or until you say so.
From Alpha, or Dante, whichever you choose!
Ashura grunted slightly in amusement as Dante showed the presence of his unused alias Alpha, he took out the last note, it was simple, and not directed to any certain person, just 'trainer'.
Hey there trainer, there is an upcoming tournament in Kiloude City in Kalos to represent the Pokemon league's fiftieth anniversary, only the best will compete, do you have what it takes!?
Yes, I've added an OC in this, Dante is a rare name, so I thought why not use that name? you can tell me your opinions and constructive criticism in the reviews, I'll read them, don't worry. NO FLAMES PLEASE!
till next time.