The Blessings of The Chosen One
Welcome to my new story! If there is one thing most people do in their respective Pokemon universe when they catch Legendaries, it's to be sure to not overuse them and most of the times to keep them a secret from the world. However, what if in one universe, Ash, The Chosen One meant to receive the Blessings of all Legendaries, could not do that, simply because he only had Legendaries? What will be the consequences on his journey? Will he become the number one target of evil organizations? Will Arceus' blessing become a curse? Read this story to find out.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon
Code:
"Speech"
"Pokemon Speech"
'Thought'
PokeAttack/Narrative important information
"Telepathy/Aura"
Prologue: The first Blessing
Viridian City hospital
"Come on Mrs Ketchum, you can do it, just push a little more" the Doctor said.
"I… I can't, I'm going to pass out" Delia replied.
"No, you only need a few more tries!" the Doctor replied.
After a few seconds, Delia screamed. At that exact instant, all the Pokemon in the world stopped what they were doing. They all instinctively turned to the direction of Viridian City and bowed for a minute. One of the most important moments of all time had just come, The Chosen One was born.
Back at the hospital, it was time for Delia to name her child: "I name him Ash, Ash Ketchum"
Unknown to anyone on earth, in the Hall of Origin, all the Legendary Pokemon were looking at this event through Arceus' pool, their eyes filled with joy, hope and determination.
After a few minutes, Arceus broke the silence: "We will wait until tonight. I will then bring him here and I will give him my blessing".
"But, Father, I thought only Legendary Pokemon could enter the Hall of Origin" Palkia asked.
"The Chosen One will be the only human to ever enter this sacred place. I will register his Aura to the portal so he will be able to come here when his Aura powers will be sufficient" Arceus replied.
"Father, is this wise? I mean, once he masters his Aura powers, we won't be able to stop him from coming here, that could have serious consequences as this is our resting sanctuary and the place of the Legendary Council meetings. What if he wants to catch us, like most humans would like to? He could come here to do so and we would have nowhere to hide" Dialga replied.
"This will hopefully not be a problem. The Chosen One has the purest heart of all living beings. Do you remember when I exceptionally allowed each of you to breed and lay an egg? In fact, when the time will come, I want your offsprings to join The Chosen One on his journey" Arceus replied.
"WHAT? You want a human to control Legendaries?! You can't be serious right? Even if they are our offsprings, once raised, they will wield the same powers as us. You can not imagine these powers in the hands of a mere human" Giratina replied. Then, most of the Legendaries nodded in agreement.
"He is not a 'mere human', he is The Chosen One, whose mission is to bring balance on the world and to unite the hearts of Humans and Pokemon alike. His mission is without any doubt the most important one of all time and failure is not an option here. The Chosen One is one of a kind. If something goes wrong on his quest, the entire universe could be doomed irremediably. I do not want to take any risk on this one. I almost lost him once and I do not want it to happen again. So yes, I will give the opportunity to The Chosen One to raise your offsprings. Yes, it will give him the opportunity to wield powers that mankind should not even dream of but see it that way: as The Chosen One, he will encounter situations which will lead to him needing to save us, it's better for everyone if he can do this more easily, no? Also, do not forget that he will literally bear the fate of the universe. It's a great responsibility. We know that with great power comes great responsibility, but I assume that in this case it's true the other way round as well. He is The Chosen One, his mission will be difficult and he will need help to achieve it correctly, and once again, we can not afford to take any risk, lest the universe would end. I know most of you despise Humans and can not imagine a human catching Legendaries, but see it that way: with the opportunity to raise your offsprings, we will be able to see how he will cope and how he will take care of them. Then we will act accordingly" Arceus lectured.
The Legendaries began to think deeply about this. Lugia, who was one of the few Legendaries who did not despise humans, decided to help his Father a bit: "We should see it that way: if The Chosen One is truly kindhearted, he will take good care of them and they will help him in his mission. If he is not, then he would most likely refuse his mission as The Chosen One and so in this case, the universe would already be doomed anyway, so giving him our offsprings would not change a thing. Moreover, as The Chosen One, we all expect him to save the universe and save us when it will be needed, but shouldn't these actions be rewarded? I mean, the one who saves the entire universe deserves more than a title as a reward, don't you think so? The same for the one who saves our lives. Personally, I see the relation between The Chosen One and the Legendaries as a partnership. The former saving us and the world when required, the latter helping him on his journey by giving him the care of their offsprings and being here should he need them. I can not see this as a one way relation where The Chosen One help us repeatedly without us acknowledging him"
After a few minutes of thinking, Yveltal broke the silence: "I understand what you mean, and I agree with you, but isn't giving him our offsprings a little too much?"
"And what exactly do you intend to do instead to help him both on his journey and on his mission? When he will battle other trainers, you want to show up and tell his opponent to let him win because he is The Chosen One? When he will be saving the world, you will show up to tell the source of the problem to stop because he is The Chosen One? Come on, be serious, Father came up with a good solution which covers every cases we spoke, from helping him on his journey up to testing how he will take care of Legendary Pokemon. Also, do not forget one important part, we can not afford to take any risk regarding The Chosen One's mission. He has to succeed, no matter what" Lugia replied with irritation.
All the Legendaries thought for another few minutes without speaking. Then Arceus concluded: "Then it's settled. Your offsprings will join The Chosen One. One of them will even join him right after the beginning of his journey but we will discuss all of this later. For now, let's prepare the ceremony for tonight when I will teleport him here and give him my blessing. When his journey will start, each of you will be allowed to give him your own blessings at your own discretion"
Later on the night, Hall of Origin
The Hall of Origin had been transformed for the upcoming ceremony. There was now a stage in the middle, on where was a cradle. Ash was sleeping peacefully inside this cradle. All the Legendaries were encircling the stage. Arceus then walked onto the stage and stopped next to Ash.
"My children, we are united today for one of the most important ceremony of all time. The Chosen One was born a bit earlier and I need to give him my blessing. We all know the legend of The Chosen One so I will skip this part and go straight to the point" Arceus began to speak
He then turned to face Ash who had just awoken and resumed: "Ash Ketchum, I, Arceus, creator of the Pokemon universe and its ultimate leader, officially name you 'The Chosen One'. You will have the most important missions of all time. As described in the prophecy, you will have to save the entire universe and the lives of my children. You will bring balance on the world and unite the hearts of Humans and Pokemon alike. For these actions you will have to do, Chosen One, I thank you deeply in advance, and I hope you will never turn away from them"
Arceus knew very well that Ash could not understand him, being a newborn, as Humans newborn took some times to learn about languages, contrarily to Pokemon hatchlings who had some instinctive knowledge from the beginning, but that would not stop Arceus to correctly welcome The Chosen One to his world.
Then, Arceus decided to give Ash his blessing: "Ash Ketchum, I, Arceus, creator of the Pokemon universe and its ultimate leader, officially give you my blessing. My children will be the ones joining you on your journey and you will prove yourself to be the only one to ever be worthy of wielding the powers of my Legendary children. You will become the best of your kind, surpassing everyone and will never ever be surpassed. As The Chosen One, you will be my knight and will only answer to me. You are destined for greatness and your journey will enter the legends of the universe. Your actions will benefit the entire world and you will always be rewarded for that"
Little did Arceus know that his little fail in his wordings, adding a 'the ones' on his sentence speaking of his children joining Ash, would have major consequences on Ash's journey…
5 years later, Pallet Town
Ash was playing with the Pokemon at the Oak's Corral. He had this habit to come here on a daily basis, for him, all the Pokemon were like his second family. The Pokemon did not mind his presence at all, he had something in him which was soothing for all the Pokemon around him. He was also so kind and so eager to play that every Pokemon at the corral took a liking to him. At the same time, Mew was flying over Pallet Town. She had finished checking a few things on the Kanto region and was heading to the Tree of Beginning. She then decided to take her time and went to greet The Chosen One. She flew down while invisible and landed next to Ash. After a few pranks on the Pokemon at the corral, she revealed herself.
The shocked expression of all the Pokemon made her giggle. She levitated in front of Ash and used telepathy:
"Greetings little one, it seems that you are enjoying yourself playing with these Pokemon. My name is Mew and I am a very playful Pokemon by nature, do you mind if I join your games?"
Ash gaped. Even if he was young, he was very knowledgeable and knew that Mew was a Legendary Pokemon.
"I… I don't mind at all, but… You are a Legendary Pokemon who is known to be so elusive that only legends confirm your existence, why did you reveal yourself to me so casually?" Ash replied.
"So you know that I'm a Legendary. I did not expect you to know that. You are very knowledgeable for someone of your age. Can I ask you to not tell anyone that you met me please? I do not want people hunting me down and I think you do not want people to overload you with stupid questions to try to find me" Mew replied. She said the last part of her speech with big puppy eyes to be sure to 'convince' Ash.
"Of course, of course, but let's move to a more secluded part of Oak's Corral so we can be sure that no one sees you. My name is Ash by the way" Ash concluded.
Mew played with Ash for the entire afternoon. When Ash came back to his home, she joined him in her invisible form. After the dinner, she became visible again on his bedroom, and they spent the evening together. When Ash was about to go to sleep, Mew spoke:
"I am sorry Ash, but I have to go now, but be sure we will meet again one day"
Ash was sad and it was his turn to use puppy eyes: "I understand, but can't you at least stay for the night?"
Mew sighed: "Fine, but I will go tomorrow in the morning", she knew her father, Arceus, would kill her for leaving her duties for so long.
"Yippee, thank you Mew!" Ash replied with a big smile.
Ash then went to sleep on his bed, and Mew curled herself on his chest. What happened next was something Mew would have never thought possible, Ash began to pet her with his hand, but he unknowingly used an Aura technique called 'Aura Touch', which has strong soothing and calming abilities. Furthermore, Mew, being a Psychic, was even more affected by the Aura Touch and purred in pure delight. The next morning, Mew woke up from what was beyond a doubt her best night ever. She said goodbye to Ash and teleported herself to the Hall of Origin.
Hall of Origin
"Hello Father, I know you must be angry with me for leaving my duties for so long, I went to greet The Chosen One and we ended up playing all the afternoon and the evening in his bedroom. I wanted to go back to the Tree of Beginning on the night but he asked for me to stay with him during the night and I accepted. Sorry Father" Mew began to explain herself.
"Why would I be angry with you spending time with The Chosen One? Nothing was left out in your duties so I don't see the problem" Arceus replied.
"Thank you Father. I have two other things I want to discuss with you, but I am not sure you will like them"Mew resumed.
"You know you can tell me everything Mew, so let's hear what you have to say" Arceus replied.
"OK. The first is during the night with The Chosen One, he used, unknowingly, the Aura Touch technique. This means" Mew began to explain, only to be interrupted by Arceus:
"That his Aura power have already awakened. How can it be? He is still so young"
"I know, I know. The second thing I want to discuss with you is… I would like to join him myself on his journey. I know you said that he will take care of our offsprings, but how fair is this that my daughter will be lucky enough to join him and be regularly cuddled as I was last night, while I will have to take care of my duties?" Mew pouted.
Arceus could not help but chuckle, Mew could be very childish, and it was something he liked on her personality, hence why he almost always gave in to her whims. This time was not different: "Very well, I will allow you to join The Chosen One on his journey instead of your daughter. After all, your daughter, while a lot younger than you, has a more serious nature and would do very well with your duties. In fact, if I want the offsprings of the Legendaries to join him, it's for two simple reasons. The first is to not give him too much powerful Pokemon like that, he may not think himself worthy of them if he does not raise them and it would create a huge gap in power on his team. With the offsprings, this problem is solved. The second is very simple, you surely remember how difficult it was to make your brothers and sisters accept this, imagine if I had asked them to join The Chosen One themselves. Most of them would have refused no matter what we could say or try to make them change their mind. And even if they would reluctantly agree, I do not need them to make a mess on The Chosen One's journey. So I will allow you to join The Chosen One instead of your daughter, but you will have to agree to some conditions"
"Thank you so much Daddy, I think I can handle any conditions but, what are they?" Mew asked.
"First, you will have to teach your daughter about your duties, so she can take your place. Second, as The Chosen One's Aura power have awakened, you will have to teach him Aura and tell him about his true nature and his role on the world. Yes, he is still very young and I would have liked to wait before telling him this, but as The Chosen One, he has the strongest Aura in the world, and we can not risk having his untamed Aura going wild and harming the universe beyond repair. Third, you will have to be cautious with your playful nature and your childish acts once his journey will start. You can still be yourself and be playful depending on the situation, but you will have to be serious when needed, like in battle or when training. You can not afford to fly around and go prank the spectators when you are called to battle for example. Fourth, along with teaching him Aura, you will have to help him during the coming years so he can be fully prepared for his coming journey. Are these conditions OK with you?" Arceus replied.
"They are, I will do my best and will not disappoint you, thank you Daddy!" Mew concluded.
End of prologue.
Thanks for reading this story so far. I hope this story will please you and will live up to your expectations. As I said for my other story, I may take beta-readers if I think it becomes required. Next chapter will be the beginning of Ash's journey. About the pairings, it will be a AshxHarem, but it won't be until far later in the story. The rating may rise depending on what will happen.
Thanks again for reading, stay tuned!