"Pikachu, volt tackle!" the young trainer screamed. The trainer wore a hat with half a pokeball symbol on it. He had raven black hair, and moist chocolate eyes. He had black zig-zags on either cheek. He wore a black shirt with a zig-zag lightning bolt running across the middle. He wore blue jeans, and black knuckle bands. This trainer was none other than Ash Ketchum, from Pallet Town.
"Latios, luster purge!" an older, dark grey hair trainer commanded. This trainer's curly hair dropped to about his shoulders. His eyes were a tinted green. He wore a red sweater, and light brown khakis, and black shoes. This trainer was Tobias. Pikachu glowed a bright yellow and charged towards Latios. Latios had a light purple source of energy surround him, as he charged towards Pikachu. It seemed as if the world stooped when they met in a stalemate.
"I believe in you Pikachu, come on buddy, pull through!"
"Hm, Latios, amp it up, now." Pikachu and Latios pushed harder, creating a huge explosion that sent shock waves across the whole stadium.
"Pika, pik-" Pikachu moaned, as he fell to the ground, scratched up.
"Latios!" Latios cried, as he fell over, looking just as beat up as Pikachu. The crowd was silent, until the referee made an announcement.
"*Cough* Well it appears this match is a draw. And since Tobias still has four pokemon left, while Ash has none, this match goes to Tobias!" the referee shouted, as he raised the red flag. The crowd roared with thrill, chanting for the legendary pokemon user, Tobias. Tobias walked over to Ash to shake hands, or so Ash thought.
"You did better than the rest, but still pathetic, Tobias said as he spat, "you're lucky, after I win this tournament, I'm taking on the elite four, and when I win, you can say you battled the champion," Tobias smirked, as he walked away.
"Ugh, I'll beat you one day, and when I do, you'll be sorry!" Ash shouted. Tobias stopped walking for a brief second, but then proceeded to leave the stadium.
Ash fumed with anger as he watched Tobias walk up to receive the trophy for winning the league. He utterly destroyed his last opponent with only his Darkrai.
"Well Tobias, you may be the strongest league winner in Pokemon history, " Mr. Goodshow said, "congratulations, Tobias!" Tobias took the trophy and left the stadium without saying anything.
"Whew, he seems to be in a hurry, well put you're hands together for our newest league winner, Tobias!" Everyone roared with thrill, except for Ash, who just looked down at his feet, as a tear escaped his eye.
ONE WEEK LATER
Ash just arrived home, he was back to his cheerful self since the league. However, when he opened the door, he was greeted by all his past friends, and Dawn. He saw his mother, Delia, Prof. Oak, Gary, Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Max, and Dawn.
"Hey, what's all this about?" Ash asked, "did you guys make a returning party or something?" Ash asked, smiling. Although that smile was soon to be wiped off.
"Honey, we-we need to talk, " Delia said, looking at Ash with a sad look.
"Huh, what is it, Mom?"
"Ash, to put it simply, you need to give up your dream, we all know that you can't become a pokemon master, " Gary said, with a stern look on his face. He wasn't going to adress Ash as Ashy-boy this time, this was serious. Ash had a confused, scared, worried, anxious look on his face, he was feeling a lot of things.
"Ash, you suck, you haven't won a single league yet, you're making no progress, Max has been on his journey for five months, and he is already catching up to you, " May said, with an angry expression, "just face the facts, Ash.
"Yeah, I can beat you right now, " Max said, snorting. Ash's eyes began to change, they went from the lively chocolate brown, to a cold black color.
"Okay, I guess I better get out of here, " Ash said, with no emotion whatsoever.
"No, honey, that's not th-"
"Don't call me that, I'm not your son. Go die in a shit hole, all of you, " Ash said, again, void of emotion. He took one final look at everyone. Some faces were sad, some faces looked like they were happy that Ash was leaving, but no one said a word. Ash shook his head, and reached out for the door, and slammed it behind him.
"All right Pikachu, let's go get the others from the lab."
"Pika-pikcahu-pika-pik-pik-cha," the mouse said crying, with his ears drooped down.
"They don't give a crap about us anyway, quit crying." Ash took all of his pokemon from the lab, but the pokemon noticed something off about their trainer, somehow, they could tell that he was different now. Ash whistled, and Charizard flew over to the lab in about five minutes. Ash taught Charizard to come whenever he whistled like that, sometime after the battle with Brandon. Charizard did his usually flamethrower, and burnt Ash, but this time, Ash didn't fall over like a dope, he just returned him to his pokeball.
THREE WEEKS LATER
Ash went to Mt. Silver to train. He tried to forget about his old friends, and move on. He trained his pokemon harder than ever before. THey no longer had their care free life. The pokemon either had to accept the changes, or abandon Ash.
"Come on, speed it up, Bulbasaur!" Ash called to his panting Bulbasaur. His pokemon had all run ten miles now, except for some of Ash's slower pokemon that were trying to catch up, gasping for air. "You'll never get stronger if you slack off like that, quit being a slakoth, and hurry up!" Ash shouted.
FOUR MONTHS LATER
"So, Riolu, you want me to train you?" Ash asked the blue dog pokemon.
"Rio-lu!" the pokemon said, nodding his head.
"No turning back now, " Ash said, as he tapped a pokeball on Riolu's head, and Riolu was sucked in.
THE NEXT DAY
Riolu's POV:
I see how hard Ash trains his pokemon. Infact, most of his pokemon talk about escaping. Escaping? That seems way too strong a word. Only Charizard is standing completely strong. Pikachu has been talking about leaving for a while now.
It's been a week now, I train hard with Ash, and boy is it rough on me. BUt I can easily tell the results, I'm learning how to use cool moves, like force palm. I also notice I'm becoming much more physically fit. I decided I like Ash, he doesn't talk much, but he is dedicated to training. It seems like something is bothering him. I don't know what though.
Ash and his pokemon just finished their sprints.
"Nice job guys, take a breather." It was the nicest thing Ash said all week. Pikachu looked hesitant, but he walked up to Ash. Pikachu made hand gestures, and pointed out into the woods.
"Pika-chu...chu-pika," the mouse said, with sad eyes.
"Pikachu, you want to leave, don't you?" Ash asked, looking right in Pikachu's eyes. Pikachu slowly nodded his head. "Okay, then...get out of here," Ash said in a soft murmur, trying to hold back tears. Maybe he hasn't gone completely emotionless. You can't blame him, his first pokemon, and closest friend, was leaving him.
"Pikachu," Pikachu said slowly, before jumping out of Ash's arms, and taking one last look at his trainer before he ran off into the woods.
It has been one day since Ash's best friend left him, and Ash was starting to notice something. His pokemon were under a lot of stress. He saw Buizel panting hard and practically fainting after their last run. Ash changed, but he wasn't one to make his pokemon unhappy. He realized that something had to be done.
"Everyone gather!" Ash shouted over for all of his pokemon to here. In about five minutes, all of his pokemon were bunched up. "I notice that most of you are under a lot of stress, and I'm going to stop this." All of Ash's pokemon gave him confused looks. "Guys, most of you seem unhappy, and if you feel that way, then...then, just get out of here, this isn't right, and, well, you're free to go if you don't want to withstand this training, as you know, Pikachu already left, you do the same if you're uncomfortable, I won't forget you, guys..."
The first to Tauros, Ash watched as his pokemon started walking over to the woods, looking down at the ground, trying not to make eye contact with Ash. A single tear fell down Ash's eye.
"Anyone else?"
Infernape and Quilava both took one look at their trainer, who was trying to stay strong, before frowning and running to the woods. That wasn't it, Heracross, Noctowl, Swellow, and Gliscor all flew away together far into the horizon. Ash clenched his fists, and looked down, so his face wasn't visible, but you could still see tears dripping down to the ground. Next came Muk and Snorlax, who both trotted away slowly. Then came Gible and Donphan, who both dug their way out of Ash's sight, into the wilderness. Ash walked away, he couldn't bare it anymore.
When Ash came back, his eyes were red from crying, he looked at his remaining pokemon. Only four of them. Riolu, Charizard, Sceptile, and...Totodile. Ash felt grattitude for these four pokemon, but he was utterly shocked at Totodile.
"Thanks guys," Ash murmured quietly, "but...T-Totodile?" Ash asked.
"Toto!" Totodile yelled, before shining a bright light. If Ash wasn't mistaken, his Totodile was evolving. When the light faded, a new figure was in Totodile's, well, now Croconaw's place.
"Croc!" the gator shouted.
"Croconaw..." Ash said quietly, he couldn't help but smile a little bit at his new pokemon. But Croconaw wasn't done yet, he started to grow a bright light again. And now, he was Feraligatr. In less than a minute, Ash's Totodile evolved twice into a Feraligatr. Ash started smiling, and then...he laughed. He looked at Riolu, who nodded his head, and barked. He looked at Charizard, who glared black. He looked at Sceptile, who also glared back. And he looked at Feraligatr, who seemed to be full of determination.
"Rio!"
"Char!"
"Scep!"
"Fera!"
Ash looked at all of his faithfull pokemon.
"Guys, I love you all, bring it in!" Ash cheered. All of his pokemon tackled him, and they all rolled around laughing. Something that they haven't done in ages.
Authors Notes
Okay, so this is the first chapter of my new series, Return of a Hero. I hope you guys like the start. The chapters will get longer, and there will actually be battle scenes in farther chapters, so don't worry.
Question of the day: Not including mega evolutions, what is the highest base stat of any non-legendary electric type. And what is the pokemon's name?