Broken Bonds, Strengthened Bonds
Chapter 1
Note: Hello Scribe0magic here and this is going to be a short little story about Ash's friends turning against him. I'm not a big fan of these kind of stories as most of them have just about all of Ash's friends turn on him when there are some that I know wouldn't do so if something like that happened. Either way enjoy...
Ash had just lost the Unova League and was on his way home to Pallet Town by going through the Decalor Islands. Along the way Ash, Cilan and Iris met Alexa a reporter from the Kalos Region. This perked Ash's interest as it gave him another shot at winning a league without having to redo an old one and to find new pokemon to add to his large family of pokemon
Eventually Ash had to part ways with Iris and Cilan as they were headed to Johto to follow their own paths, however Alexa was going to interview Prof. Oak so she tagged along with Ash
Once Ash got home he told Alexa that he'll met her at Prof. Oak's lab latter. As Ash entered his house he called out "Mom I'm home!"
"Oh Ash! I'm so proud of you" cried Delia as she gave Ash a hug "I know you didn't do as well as the last league, but you still did your very best anyway"
"I know mom, I just wish I did better" replied Ash with a sigh
"Well from what I saw you only used the pokemon you got from the Unovia region and non of your older and more experienced ones like you did in Sinnoh" said Delia
"Well it wouldn't have been fair to my pokemon if I did that" replied Ash "but I guess if I had done that I might have won"
"Well I'm sure you're wanting to go see your pokemon again, so I'll come and bring lunch in a little bit" said Delia
"Thanks mom!" thanked Ash "Come on pikachu lets go!"
'Yeah!' cried pikachu (Ash can't really understand pokemon, but he can get the jest of what pikachu says thanks to their strong bond)
It didn't take long for Ash to come running up to Prof. Oak's lab where he saw Alexa and Prof. Oak talking next to his bulbasaur
"My this bulbasaur looks impressive" noted Alexa as she took some pictures
"Yes he's a real peace keeper around here, not to mention very strong" said Prof. Oak
"Is he yours?" asked Alexa
"No, no this belongs to the Pride of Pallet, Ash Ketchum" answered Prof. Oak with pride
"You don't say? I just so happened to have bumped into Ash on the way here" said Alexa
"Well then he should be showing up any minute, he usually doesn't stay away from his pokemon for very long before he heads off on another adventure" said Prof. Oak
"Hey Professor I'm here!" called Ash as he came running up
"Hey Ash how many pokemon do you have?" asked Alexa
"Last I checked around...I'm not sure honestly" answered Ash "I have a bunch of pokemon from five different regions when I traveled threw them, it's kinda hard to keep count"
"Oh my, can I see them?" asked Alexa in shock
"Sure, bulbasaur would you mind?" replied Ash
'Alright' complied bulbasaur as he powered up a Solar Beam and fired it into the air
Alexa noticed that the move exploded in a array of fire works and asked what that meant
"It's how Ash's pokemon know when they're being called, but I suggest that we move" answered Prof. Oak
"Why?" asked Alexa
"You'll see" said Prof. Oak as he stepped aside just as the ground started shaking violently
Alexa quickly joined him as Ash was trounced by all of his pokemon who were happy to see him again
"My word that is a lot of pokemon" noted Alxea
"Yes and they've helped Ash accomplish many things" said Prof. Oak
"Like what?" asked Alexa
"Well Ash has won the Orange League and beaten the Kanto Battle Frontier and also came in the top four of the Sinnoh league after losing to Tobias who used two legendaries with Ash beating both of them" answered Prof. Oak
"You're kidding!?" exclaimed Alexa in shock "What pokemon did he beat?"
"Tobas' darkrai and then his latios" answered Ash "Sceptile won over darkrai and pikachu tied with latios"
"Odd, if your pikachu managed to do that, then how did he lose in the Unovia League the way he did?" asked Alexa
"I'm not sure, everything seemed so off while I was there for some reason" answered Ash "It could have had something to do with Zekrom zapping pikachu when we first arrived in Unovia"
"Well Ash did you check pikachu's power output after he regained the use of his electric attacks at all?" asked Prof. Oak "You know I check every time you come back home, so if there was drop in his power that'd explain it"
"Oops it never crossed my mind, I was too relived that pikachu was okay to double check" said Ash sheepishly "Could you please go take care of that for me real quick?"
"Of course, follow me pikachu" replied Prof. Oak
Ash left Alexa to go play with all his pokemon and see how they've been doing. About an hour latter Prof. Oak found him
"Well professor?" asked Ash
"I was right, pikachu's full power was far weaker than the last time I checked" answered Prof. Oak "So I advise that before you head off to another region train your pokemon for a bit so that they're stronger and most importantly pikachu regains his lost power"
"But where can I go do that?" asked Ash "There isn't enough room here to train everyone"
"Well you could go to Alola" suggested Prof. Oak "My cousin helps run a school with the regional professor there, they have plenty of space"
"Alola? Where's that?" asked Ash
"Just south of the Orange Islands" answered Prof. Oak "So I advise you go down there, train for a year and then take on a new league"
"I'll have to think about that" said Ash "I've never heard of two new regions so soon before"
"I think that it's for the best Ash" advised Prof. Oak "Alola doesn't have a league of its own, but it still has it's challenges and many pokemon you've never seen before"
"Jeez professor sounds like you really want me go train" joked Ash
"Personally I think taking some time off to train is a good idea, I'm not saying how you do things is wrong" said Prof. Oak "No you've done things no one else has even dreamed of so I know you train your pokemon well"
"Hello everyone!" called Delia as she came over "I brought enough for everyone!"
"Yeah!" cried Ash and his pokemon
While Ash was enjoying himself and spending some time thinking about what Prof. Oak has said some of his former traveling companions had gathered in Cerulean City and were arguing about how they felt about him and what kind of trainer he truly was, as they all heard that Ash hadn't left to go anywhere yet for some reason
Brock, Gary, Dawn and most of Ash's rivals all thought Ash was an amazing trainer and should continue his dream. While on the other side Max, Misty, Trip and Iris thought otherwise. Cilan and Paul didn't say anything as they had their own opinions and didn't want to get involved
May had similar thoughts to Max, Misty and Trip, but she didn't want to tell Ash in the way they did as she still wanted to be his friend and was afraid of losing manaphy if she did. She still wanted to be Ash's friend after all
Surprisingly when the traitors arrived in Pallet they found that Ash had already left for an undisclosed reason to a region that they never heard of, Alola. So they decided to come back when he comes back and tell him what they thought
A year latter Ash had trained his pokemon and many of them evolved to their final form. Ash also learned about Mega Evolution and Z-Powers and managed to learn how to use both powers with both his old pokemon and his new ones he gained while in Alola
Ash also completed all the Island Trials, but left before the region's first Elite Four and Champion were organized by the regional professor
Ash made a call to his mother and was shocked to learn that Brock happened to be visiting when he called. Brock was glad that Ash was doing great, but warned him that some of his old friends had some nasty things to say about him, his skills as a trainer and his pokemon and they were waiting for him to come home to tell him
Ash was angered by this revelation and asked Brock how he knew. Brock told him that he's been arguing with them along side Dawn and most of his rivals about how great of a trainer Ash was. Ash asked exactly who betrayed him
Brock said that Misty, Max, Iris and Trip were against him, while Cilan and Paul have stayed out of it and that May has been looking rather guilty and seems to think the same, but isn't wanting to take part in the confrontation with the others
Ash asked Brock if he knew why May was acting the way she was, but Brock had no idea why
Ash decided that May most likely wanted to tell him what she thought in a way where she could still be his friend, and was going to give her a second chance
Ash soon came home and started making his plans for the Kalos region and how he was going to win it this time round. He wasn't too pleased with his former friends and even told all the gym leaders, frontier brains, elite four and champions he knew what he learned and asked for their support in defending him and his pokemon. They all agreed, but most of them weren't able to come as they're to busy but gave Ash words of encouragement
Ash waited a week before his supporters came and told them what he planed on doing to the traitors who showed up the next day. They had no idea that Ash had called in some back up or the fact that the legendary pokemon were also getting ready to defend the Chosen One