Hey everyone I know that I have been out of it for awhile so I am going to start back up now that I have cleared up a few personal issues. This story is going to be my new main but don't worry I will of course still be working on my other two. As always fav/follow and I accept all opinions on my work. With that all said please enjoy the latest installment of our young hero's adventures.

It was about noon and Ash was lounging on the ground underneath a large tree between pewter city and the small town of pallet trying to take a small break to calm himself down before returning home after a five year absence.

"It's been five long years since I've been home." Ash thought to himself "almost 5 years to the day since that night."

FLASHBACK

"Come on Pikachu we need to get going." Ash said to his closest friend

It was midnight and a 15 year old Ash was standing outside his home in pallet town. He knew how his mother would react to this but he knew that he had to do this. He knew that if he were ever going to reach his goal of being a Pokémon master he would have to leave. Ash grabbed one of his pokeballs off his belt and enlarged it.

"It's time to go Charizard." Ash said as he threw out Charizard's pokeball.

A large white light formed for inside the pokeball and reveled a large orange dragon like Pokémon. The orange dragon sent out a puff of smoke as Ash quickly made sure that Charizard didn't roar as he was released from his pokeball. Ash looked at his old friend and nodded as he reached into his pocket to retrieve a note he had received two days earlier.

Ash,

I saw your last battle against lance at the indigo plateau. You have become a very powerful trainer but you do lack some strategy and ability to deal with type disadvantage. I am willing to train you in the ways that I have learned through my travels over the last 10 years. If you choose so I have included a map that will lead you to my location and a plane ticket to the Unova region. If you should choose to come I would request that you not tell our mother knowing she would try and follow

Your brother,

Alex Ketchum

Ash remembered once that his mother had told him that Alex was one of the most powerful trainers the world had ever seen and was no one to be taken lightly. Ash could only remember pictures of Alex that his mother had shown him over the years and the only contact he ever had with his brother was the occasional letter he received from him after he would compete in league tournaments. After examining the letter one last time he returned to his pocket and proceeded to climb onto Charizard's back and gave a slight nod to the Pokémon as they flew off towards the airport.

END FLASHBACK

"Well bro, are you ready to face the wrath of our mother?" Ash asked his elder brother who was resting against another nearby tree.

"It's been 15 years since I've been here. I don't think I will ever be ready for what's to come." Alex responded fear evident in his voice.

Alex stood about 6'5" and was a spitting image of his younger brother. He had dark brown eyes and the signature messy hair. Unlike Ash though Alex had a more muscular frame and had scars covering his face and body. Alex wore a set of black pants and shirt with a black cloak that had a hood on it. Ash was now standing about 6' tall and, though not to the extent of his brother, had grown quite muscular as well though he was still quite slim. He still had his signature messy hair but it was quite a bit longer now and he two had his fair share of scars plastering his face. Ash was wearing his pair of black cargo pants he had worn the first time he went to Unova and the red shoes but he was now wearing a black and blue hoodie with a dark blue cap with the same symbol his Unova cap bore. Ash and Alex slowly made their way to Pallet town both staying silent in fear for what they knew was about to come. After about an hour of very slow walking ash came up to the door of a place he knew as home. Five minutes passed before Ash worked up the courage to give two hard knocks on the door before waiting for a response from the other side.

"Just a minuet please!" Delia Ketchum spoke from inside in her usual cheery tone

Ash and Alex stood there and prepared themselves for the thrashing they were about to receive. After about 2 minutes Mrs. Ketchum opened the door.

"What can I do for you two gentlemen?" she asked not recognizing her two sons that she hadn't seen in years.

"Hi mom" Ash and Alex said in unison.

Delia froze for a moment not sure whether or not this was actually happening.

"Ash? Alex?" She said as they both nodded.

"WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU TWO BEEN!?" Delia screamed "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU TWO YOU THAT YOU WOULD GO AND ABAONDON YOUR OWN MOTHER WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A FUCKING GOODBYE?! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELVES!?"

"Mom listen don't blame Ash for any of this it was me who told not to tell you before he left. As for me I was completely destroyed after losing to Cynthia all those years ago so I decided to escape the humiliation and go into hiding to train. Originally I was searching for dad so he could teach me his legendary ways but my search was empty handed." Alex explained, "And after just running out like I did I couldn't bring myself to write or call out of fear of what you might say, but that is not the main reason I left."

"I'm listening." Delia stated

"Can we please come in and sit? This might take a while." Alex asked

"I suppose" Delia responded.

Ash and Alex stepped into the house and made their way to the couch in the living room. Alex took a deep breath and then went on to explain his 15 year absence from the world.

"15 years ago just after I had finished the shinno league I was getting ready to return home to train before giving it another shot, but before I got the chance to leave I began to receive very threating letters from a group of people attempting to rid the world of the aura bloodline as to eradicate the aura guardians. Apparently our family comes from the bloodline of Sir Aaron one of the greatest aura guardians in history. After I received this I made it a point to get as far away from anyone I cared about to protect them and only hoped that they wouldn't find Ash as he began to travel. After about 5 years I stopped receiving the letters and made it a point to find out what it was all about so I traveled to Rota and sought the help of an aura guardian named riley to help figure out what was going on. He decided that I needed to be trained and that I was so I would be able to protect myself and anyone close to me. The next 5 years I spent training my Pokémon and perfect my aura." Alex took a breath before continuing. "As for Ash I wrote him in hopes he would come so I could teach him all that I had learned so he could help me bring this organization down and so we could both reach our dreams of being Pokémon masters."

After hearing this it was evident that though she wasn't happy with her sons she had come to understand why they had done what they had done.

"Well I am certainly glad that you two are home. I will ask that next time you two leave at least let me know." Delia said as she stood up from her chair.

"It's good to be home." Ash said

After a few minutes of random chit chat on catching up with their mother Delia stood up and went to the kitchen to start making dinner for all of them.

"Anything particular that you two want?" Mrs. Ketchum asked

"Anything is good I haven't had good home cooking in a very long time." Ash responded.

"What?! I cooked all the time!" Alex snapped

"We both know that no one compares to mom's cooking, not even Brock." Ash responded.

"Well beef stew it is then!" Delia said as she began to prepare everything, "oh and Ash, your little friends have been coming here almost every weekend for any news, mostly misty and brock because their close but I get the occasional visit from Dawn and May as well. I do think you should call them and let them know your back."

Just as delia had finished talking they all heard a knock and then the front door opened and a familiar voice that belonged to a certain fiery redhead rang through the house.

"Hi Mrs. Ketchum, just came by to visit and to see if you had heard anyth…." Misty froze when she saw who was now standing in front of her.

"Hey Misty." Ash said

"A-ash is t-that you?" Misty stuttered

"Miss me?" Ash said

Misty threw herself at Ash wrapping him in a tight hug. She couldn't explain how happy she was to see him again but then the rage in her came out

"What the fuck is wrong with you!?" Misty shouted

"Misty I am so sorry I didn't tell you, I was only trying to protect you if I had told you and they would have found you I would have never forgiven myself." Ash said

"Who's they?" Misty asked

"The people hunting me and my brother." Ash said "they call the selves dark lightning and their only goal is to eliminate all the aura users on the planet."

Misty froze, she had no idea what to say. All the years she thought that Ash was simply ignoring everyone. She hugged Ash again tears coming down her face, she had missed him so much when he left and was hurt that he never contacted her in any way. She was so lost in the moment that she hadn't noticed the older male in the room now snickering at the situation.

"Ash you never mentioned you had a girlfriend." Alex said.

"I'm not his girlfriend, just a close friend he has known for a long time." Misty said hiding her now face that now matched the color of her hair.

Alex just continued to laugh at Ash as his face grew extremely red and had pulled his hat down in an attempt to hide it from his brother and Misty.

"I'm Alex, Ash's older brother." Alex told Misty realizing he had yet to introduce himself.

"So you're the infamous Alex Ketchum!" Misty said.

"Yep that's me." Alex said laughing at how Misty had referred to him.

"My sister has told me some stories about you!" Misty said

"Who's your sister?" Alex asked

"Daisy Waterflower." Misty said

Alex stopped laughing and instantly went beat red. Hearing that name reminded him of his journeys through Kanto all those years ago and his encounter with the young trainer at the time.

"Misty why have you never told me anything about this?" Ash asked

"She never said anything about it until after you left." Misty said.

"oh." Ash said

"Well bro I do think that is a story for another time!" Alex said trying to get off the subject.

"alright but I want to be filled in." Ash said dropping the subject.

"Ash dose anyone else know your back?" Misty Asked

"ummm no I just got back the only people that know are you and mom." Ash said.

"Well don't you think you should get busy everyone has been worried sick!"

"Well I guess we could head over to pewter so I can see Brock!" Ash said

"alright I'm coming with you!" Misty said making her way to the door

"you coming Alex?" Ash asked

"Couldn't hurt" Alex responded

"Are you two really going to leave again you just got back!" delila shouted

"I swear we'll be back before dinner" Ash said

Ash, Mist and Alex then stepped outside as Ash and Alex both reached for their pokeballs.

"GO! DRAGONITE!" they said simultaneously.

They threw their pokeballs into the air as two large dragon pokemon came forth but these were no ordinary dragonite. Ash's was dark blue while Alex's was Black.

"hop on misty!" Ash said

The three took off and made their way to pewter city.

"So Misty, whats new?" Ash asked

"I'll fill you in when we get to pewter, flying makes me sick." Misty said

After about 2 hours they arrived in pewter city just outside the gym. Ash quickly ran into the doors of the gym and began looking for Brock.

"Anyone here?" Ash said

Well that's it for this chapter I do hope you all enjoyed it! Until next time fellow fic'ers!