Okay, this is my first Pokémon fanfic and fourth fanfic in total. This is my take in Ash's trip to become a master, I have read a lot of fanfics that had that concept of a smarter Ash and starting the right way and whatnot. But that made me realize something, by making Ash the embodiment of how a trainer should be, it takes away something that I think is very important to any fanfic, character development, if Ash starts the journey by being perfect already, that makes him unappealing, that's why I like the Ash from the anime, he's not super smart but he isn't perfect either. The journey on the fanfics should be the perfect excuse to make Ash evolve as a character, but if all of the writers do that before the journey even began, the story becomes insanely easy to predict, since Ash with bulldoze his way through the region. It's always like this, he start his journey, stop to make the Pokémon do training exercises, journey again, annihilates everyone on his path, repeat the previous process over and over again, sometime catches Pokémon in the process. I don't want a pre package character, I want a character that has to learn by himself the hardships of life through trial and error, taht has to suffer to get what he wants, instead of knowing it from the very beginning like most writers do, it starts losing any interesting thing it might've had because the character is already molded. My Ash isn't going to be an idiot, but he's not going to be a genius either, he's going to be Ash Kethum, trainer of Pallet Town and future Pokémon Master.
Also about Ash's name, I wanted to make the character a bit more profound, I won't say anymore because it would be spoilers, but it's part of Ash's character, and it also have to do with family matters, so that's that.
Anyway, enough chit-chat, let's get started.
Prologue
In the beginning of all, there was nothing except chaos, pure chaotic energy made from energies that even by today's standards of technology are not capable of being understood.
From this chaos, an egg was formed.
Centuries, maybe even millenniums have passed, before this mysterious egg was hatched. By who? No one knows, but many believe that it was by something even greater than the greatest of all, as an egg cannot hatch by itself, no matter how special it may be. But when the mysterious egg hatched, something curious happened.
Not one, but two souls were born from the same egg.
Two beings of unbelievable power were born that day. The first one was Arceus, the creator of the universe and all that exists in it, stars, planets, meteors, even the universe's limitless boundaries were created by him.
The second one was a living being with the ability to give live. To create out of nothing, other living, breathing beings, something that even Arceus could not do, no matter how unbelievably powerful he was. And that being came to be known simply as, Mew.
After the creation of the universe by her kin, Mew, feeling lonely with only its brother around, created three incredibly powerful creatures modeled after her only kin. But, knowing it would be selfish to create other living beings only to give them company, bestowed each one with a unique power and a task to perform.
Dialga, the Master of Time. Created to control time itself and refrain anyone from using it to their own selfish matters.
Palkia, the Master of Space. Created to control their dimension, and others as well, could break the fabric of space and travel huge distances with one leap as well as others dimensions.
Giratina, the Master of the Reverse World. Created to control the Reverse World, a dimension completely separated from others, which would be home to the deceased spirits of human beings.
The human beings, a mystery among mysteries. Neither Arceus, nor Mew, knew from where they came from. Many believe that they were created by the same thing that hatched their egg. They were a race completely different from anything they have ever seen, and lived on the only planet that could sustain life, a small blue planet, which would be known in the future as Earth.
Arceus then created the Hall of Origin, a place where only legends could set their foot into. A place that said legends could call home, and a place that they could use to observe then little blue planet that always managed to catch their attention. But Arceus felt that something was troubling him, and he knew exactly what it was.
Seeing Mew's extraordinary powers, Arceus felt a rush of jealousy wash over him. He believed that his sister was more powerful than him by having the ability to create other living beings while all he could do was create the universe and its components. While not something to scoff at, it still was not as impressive as creating life with your own hands.
Mew tried to convince that Arceus' powers were also exceptional, and only someone as powerful as him could create something as vastly infinite as the universe, but he did not listen. Instead, he challenged her to a battle to prove which one of the two siblings were stronger.
The battle between these two titans shook the entire planet, Arceus against Mew, brother VS sister. The battle took years to end, even with Mew not wanting to battle against her brother, she wouldn't just let him win, if it was a battle that he wanted, it was a battle he would get, and she would make him remember who he was messing with. But in the end, the strongest between the two won. And the victorious one was Arceus, whose power was miles beyond that of Mew.
After their titanic bout, Arceus proclaimed himself God and Creator of All, leading everyone that was not directly created by Mew, to believe he was the one who created everything. But his jealousy of her still lingered around, he still envied Mew's ability to create life while he couldn't, and as a result, Arceus banished Mew from the Hall of Origin.
The decision resulted in different reactions from the trio created by Mew, Dialga and Palkia were both sad and shocked that their creator had being banished from their home, but could do nothing, as their power combined was not near enough to defeat their self proclaimed God.
Giratina's reaction was a whole lot different from her brothers. Enraged by Arceus actions, Giratina attacked her kin without a second thought, seeking immediate vengeance for her creator's banishment from her righteous home. But was easily defeated by the might of Arceus, who banished Giratina to the Reverse World.
Mew, ashamed of her brother's actions, didn't think twice before leaving the Hall of Origin, not wanting to live in the same place as someone as selfish as him. But before she left, she said something that would haunt Arceus for years to come.
'One day, someone stronger than me will be born, and will he not only challenge you, he will defeat you'
After these parting words, Mew went to live and wander on the only place that she had real interest, the little blue planet.
Mew, seeing the planet's potential to hold life, decided to do something that took her former brethren completely by surprise. With her immense powers, Mew created hundreds upon hundreds of lesser beings. Body shapes, colors, abilities, languages, powers, gender, even something as far as typing. Every one of them was different yet equal, and even if they weren't nowhere near as powerful as Mew and her kin, Mew gave her hundreds of creations something that not even herself and he brothers had, unlimited potential.
But, in order to maintain order on the planet, Mew created other brothers and sisters to herself, each one possessing different powers and abilities that would help them in performing their designated tasks.
Groundon, Lord of the Lands. Created to form lands and take care of the great land masses that covered the planet.
Kyogre, Lord of the Oceans. Created keep the oceans at bay and ensure that the waters never flooded the planet.
Groundon and Kyogre had a heated relationship against each other, both hated one another for the single fact they existed to make sure the other did not dominate. Because of that, both fought over the years for territory, Groundon wanting to create more land to reign, and Kyogre more oceans to do the same.
Seeing that her new brothers would never stop fighting each other, Mew created another brother. One more powerful than Groudon and Kyogre combined, but not as powerful as herself and the rest of her former brothers.
Rayquaza, Lord of the Skies. Created to not only command the skies as his territory, but to stop Groudon and Kyogre from destroying the planet with their titanic bouts.
However, even with Rayquaza around, their fights still messed with the planet's landscape. Their battle brought upon the world an earthquake that broke the main piece of land that existed into other lands, creating nations and regions as well.
Mew didn't stop there though, she continued creating other brothers and sisters that would keep the planet at bay.
Latias and Latios, the Eon Brothers. Created to assist Palkia in maintaining order on the dimension and also to use their unbelievable speed to traverse the cosmos, searching for any problems to report and ultimately solve.
Celebi and Shaymin, the Protectors of Nature. Created for the purpose of taking care of the nature, more specifically, the forest the covered the lands all over the planet.
Regigigas, the Legendary Golem. Mew created this beast as a wandering soul, devoted to justice, it would often clash in epic battles against Groundon with the purpose of preventing the same from trying to create more land and waging war against Kyogre.
Curiously, Regigigas was given the gift of life, no one knows why, but just like Mew, Regigigas was able to create living beings, just not as perfect as Mew's. From his own flesh and blood, Regigigas created those who would be known as the three Guardian Golems.
Regirock, Golem of the Mountains. Created by none other than Regigigas, Regirock was made with the intent of guarding the mountains of the lands.
Regice, Golem of the Snow Mountains. Created with the sole purpose of guarding the snowy mountains that covered the lands.
Registeel, Golem of the Cave Mountains. Created with the purpose of guarding the mountains that contained caves with potential for mining, especially the ones with minerals like steel and metal.
All three Golems were created before Groudon and Kyogre's fight tore apart the main land. Separating the three guardians from their creator. Their location would be known in the future as Hoenn.
Mew also noted some Humans and some of her creations were becoming hostile to each other. One believing that the other should abide to their superiority. Because of that, Mew created the five more brothers to help putting in check their emotions.
Azelf, the Elf of Willpower. Azelf had the power of taking or giving willpower to anyone that she touched. She made sure that all of those that really wanted something had the willpower to accomplish it, except those with bad intentions.
Mesperit, the Elf of Emotions. Mesperit had the power of taking away someone's emotions at will just by touching them, but she also could do the opposite, giving emotions to someone.
Uxie, the Elf of Knowledge. Uxie was bestowed with the power of knowledge, and also with the ability to give knowledge, however it is up to her to decide who is worthy of her knowledge.
Cresselia and Darkrai, the Lunar Duo. Cresselia was made to give hope and dreams to the beings that lived on the planet, Darkrai was made to assist her, but something happened during his creation and he gained the complete opposite of Cresselia's ability, giving despair and nightmares to everyone.
To assist Rayquaza in his task to protect the skies of the planet, Mew decided to create two bird Pokémon with incredible powers.
Yes, Pokémon. Mew came to know that the Humans had invented a term to call and distinguish her creations. Pokémon, they were called that because they capture them inside contraptions called at first, Monster Balls. The Monster Balls could shrink in size to fit inside of their pockets, with gave them the idea of calling the contraption Pokeballs instead of Monster Balls. After that, they used the Pokeballs to capture the monsters Mew had created, fitting them inside their pockets, giving them the term Pocket Monsters, or just Pokémon for short.
At first Mew was horrified that her beloved creations were being enslaved one by one by these Humans, but after months of observing them after these events, she noticed that the Pokémon didn't really care, and some actually liked to live with their masters. Some were used to battle, which was instinctively what a Pokémon knew how to do best. Mew created all of them with battle ready mindset, sure some didn't like to fight, but it was in their blood, they were born to fight, and by being captured, they could get the chance to become stronger than normal and test their abilities against other tamed Pokémon.
After seeing how vast the Sky was for only one Pokémon to take care, Mew created the ones that would help Sky High Pokémon on his reign of the skies.
Lugia and Ho-Oh, the Guardians of Johto. Lugia and Ho-Oh were created with the sole purpose of protecting the skies that surrounded that area that was known as Johto. These two powerful beasts were not afraid of appearing to the humans however, and because of their incredible power, just like Arceus, they were revered as gods.
Ho-Oh however didn't like the fact that its counterpart had more followers than her, and grew jealous of her brother. That jealousy grew stronger until Ho-Oh couldn't take it anymore, and summoned a storm to destroy the Brass Tower, a monument made by the residents of Johto to honor Lugia. Lugia and everyone inside of the tower escaped safely, except for three unnamed Pokémon, whom Lugia could not save in time.
After casting out Lugia from her home and to the littoral area of Johto, Ho-Oh needed someone to keep watch of the Region for her, and make sure to tell her if Lugia was within reach. And with Ho-Oh's unique ability, one that Mew does not forgive herself from giving her, revive the three unnamed Pokémon from the ashes of the Burned Tower, thus creating the three Legendary Beasts.
Raikou, the Beast of Thunder. Created after the thunder that descended from the heavens and destroyed the Brass Tower, home of Lugia.
Entei, the Beast of Fire. Created from the fire that engulfed the Brass Tower and turned everything to ashes.
Suicune, the Beast of Water. Created after the rain that extinguished the fire that consumed the Brass Tower.
The three Beast's main purpose was to watch over the Johto main land for any sight or action of Lugia, making sure the same would have to think twice before trying to come back. But not satisfied with the Beast's work, thinking that they won't be able to hold someone as powerful as Lugia back, Ho-Oh created the three Legendary Birds, also known as the Titans of Fire, Thunder and Ice.
Moltres, Titan of Fire. Zapidos, Titan of Thunder, Articuno, Titan of Ice, all three were created to watch over Lugia in his watery imprisonment from the archipelago that surrounded the area it was cast out to.
During his stay on the oceans, Lugia watched as Kyogre constantly tried to expand her oceans as much as possible, and not liking where that was going, took it upon himself to prevent Kyogre from trying to complete its secondary objective.
Many more legends, as the humans called, were created by Mew. However, their importance to the balance of the planet is almost none, created only to make sure their designated areas where they were distributed didn't suffer any kind of harm.
And thus, many, many years have passed. The human became more advanced and the Pokémon more abundant on the planet, surprisingly, their coexistence was what allowed them to live for these many, many years. And Mew, being a wanderer, had being spotted from time to time, but just enough to just get a glimpse of her. And after all the years, she received a new title by the humans, a title she liked quite a lot.
Mew, the Mystery Pokémon.
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Millenniums Later
"Dr. Fuji, are you sure we can find its temple here in the middle of nothing?" an aspiring scientist asked his mentor while other that followed behind nodded in agreement.
"Absolutely!" Dr. Fuji answered "After all of the years of studies and investigations I made, all of it lead me to here, the heart of South America" he kept walking through the heavy vegetation that was trademark of the area.
Dr. Fuji was a veteran Doctor and Scientist with a degree on genetic engineering. At his forties, Dr. Fuji possessed grey hair that ended in a long bang that did not obscure one of his eyes, a long pointy nose and a mildly long grey goatee. His assistants would often jokingly call him Dr. Tenma, which was the name of an Asian cartoon character that coincidently looked a lot like Fuji.
"But we've been here for days already" the assistant complained "And still not even a clue of the temple we're looking for was found" he tried to argue.
"I know, but I'm not going to give up on my expedition just like that" Dr. Fuji said, pushing the foliage for him to pass "I have dedicated my life to study and discover more about this very Pokémon. And I'm not stopping until I..." he interrupted his speech and suddenly stopped on his track, prompting his assistants to come running after him as they were lagging behind.
"Doctor what is it?" one of them asked hurriedly, worried something might've happened to the good doctor, but Dr. Fuji didn't respond, he just kept looking forward "What are looking at?" the same man said, looking forward too.
They all froze just like Dr. Fuji did, right there, in front of them was the temple they have been looking for so long. It didn't look like a full blown temple though, as it was very old and decayed, the place looked like it could go down any second, it was so old that vegetation had grown through the concrete and snaked around the old temple, however it was still more than enough for our Doctor to be ecstatic.
"This is it!" he muttered to himself, rushing inside the temple with his assistants.
The inside of the temple was very different from the outside. Outside there were only the stone walls with the vines and vegetations growing through it. On the inside however, the vegetation was almost none, the walls had designs of humans and Pokémon carved here, statues of Pokémon littered the place, all with an art style that was very rare these days, resembling the Mayan figures on the other parts of South America, there were pillars made to hold the place, and just like the walls, they were carved with more designs.
"Shoot some photos, take notes, we need to record as much data as possible, this area is infested with wild Pokémon" Dr. Fuji ordered his assistants, who nodded and went to do their work.
Dr. Fuji on the other hand, instead of analyzing the designs for possible evidence on what he was studying, he went to the end of the chapel. There, stood the one thing that he had been looking for years, a decayed altar. There, above the altar, figure etched on the wall behind it, the figure was none other than Mew.
"We've found it" Dr. Fuji muttered, the others stopped what they were doing to see what he was talking about, and saw the carving of Mew on the wall "This is an altar made for Mew" he said, awestruck.
"But, Doctor, this still isn't enough evidence to claim that Mew actually exists" one of the assistants said.
"Unfortunately, that is indeed the truth" Dr. Fuji said "But this is a great discovery, and it could lead us to the true evidence of Mew's existence" he said, not feeling down "Now, grab the camera, we don't want to lose this, but also don't want to damage this place more than it already is" Fuji told them, placing down on the floor the heavy bag he had on his back and pulling out tools like tripod for more stable photos and light to illuminate the dark place. .
After pulling out the tools, Dr. Fuji and his assistants went to shoot as many photos as they could from the Mew carving, careful not to do anything that could become a hindrance to them. Through the carving, they could have an idea of how Mew looked like, and even if said image had a cartoonish look, it was still enough to prove them that someone had saw it, making it possible that Mew actually exists. After shooting the photos of the image from the wall, they placed the tools, cameras and notepads back on their bags.
"Look at this situation in this way Doctor" one the assistants said, causing the Doctor to look at him "It wasn't a complete success, but it wasn't a complete failure either" he said, trying to light things up a bit.
"You're right" Dr. Fuji smiled "I just wished we had more evidence to wo-"
CRASH
His words were cut short when an explosion to the side of the temple interrupted him, the ground trembled as they tried to stay up. When the trembling subsided, they looked at where the explosion originated to see a cloud of brown dust around a hole so huge, that a truck could go in and out through the wall. And suddenly, their hearts froze in fear when they heard it.
"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHH"
A roar so powerful that it felt like the world trembled around them, through the smoke, a bulky figure walked forward. A bulky purple colored behemoth appeared before them, his eyes screamed death. A Nidoking, a Ground and Poison Type Pokémon, their species are known for being very violent and very protective of their territory, especially if one has a mate.
Nidoking roared once more and charged uncontrollably at the scientists with a Take Down attack, ready to tear them apart once he got to them. Dr. Fuji and his assistants could only watch in frozen terror as an infuriated beast got closer and closer with the very intent of killing them.
However, something that no one could have predicted happened. Another roar was heard as another wall exploded and out of it came a charging Rhydon, also bulldozing his way in the direction of the scientists, who by now thought that there was no way they could survive an encounter against these two powerhouses. As the two got closer to the scientists, the Rhydon surprised the scientist by charging even faster and intercepting Nidoking from attacking them moments before he reached them.
The mysterious Rhydon used his superior physical strength to bulldoze Nidoking through the opposite wall from the one he came from, destroying it just like he did to the one before and taking the battle to the outside of the temple. Both shocked and curious about that just happened, Dr. Fuji and his assistants rushed to the wall Rhydon had just destroyed and watched as an amazing, yet terrifying battle unfolded ahead of them.
Rhydon and Nidoking wrestled in place, claws locked on claws, trying to have the upper hand against the other, but Rhydon was clearly a stronger foe and easily overpowered Nidoking, setting him off balance. Rhydon took seized the opportunity and started to violently pummel the Drill Pokémon.
Rhydon punched Nidoking in the face, and kept punching it in the face until Nidoking crouched and used his tail to sweep Rhydon across his legs. Now with the upper hand, Nidoking grabbed Rhydon's tails and spun in place, using the momentum to launch the heavier Pokémon onto one of the stone structures of the old temple, breaking it into hundred of pieces. Nidoking roared in victory, thinking that Rhydon was already down.
But Rhydon was just beginning, getting up and brushing off the dirt, Rhydon roared and did a 'come and get me', prompting the enraged Nidoking to roar back at him and charge in his direction. Rhydon on the other hand, instead of charging at his enemy, stood still in place. Dr. Fuji started to wonder why their supposed savior was just standing there, until he noticed the narrowed eyes and smirk that gave off an aura of malice. Rhydon shifted his stance a little, making it possible to see its glowing fists.
"Focus... Punch?" Dr. Fuji muttered to himself, why would a Rhydon use a Focus Punch? No matter how powerful the move was, against an opponent like Nidoking, it would only do half of the damage. Also, how did it knew a technique as powerful as Focus Punch "Unless...!" the Doctor realized.
Rhydon's smirk started to grow wider and wider as Nidoking approached him, to the point you could see its saw like teeth, making him look even more vicious. Nearing his target, Nidoking went for a Megahorn attack, but moments before the move could connect, Rhydon crouched and used it to send Nidoking's head upward by hitting his jaw line, thus canceling his attack.
Rhydon then used his left Focus Punch and buried his fist on Nidokings armored abdomen, shattering his rock like armor and delivering an insane amount of pain through the Pokémon's body. Nidoking started roaring to the heavens in pain, but was quickly silenced by a downward Focus Punch hook to the head, sending him to the rocky floor of the temple as Nidoking's head tore it apart from the force of the punch, and knocking him out immediately.
Right after his opponents defeat, Rhydon leans his head upward and gives victory roar over his the downed Nidoking. The scientist all looked awestruck at the scene in front of them, moments before they were about to be killed by the rampaging Nidoking when this Rhydon came out of nowhere and saved them. Dr. Fuji was about to walk forward to try to thank the Rhydon before them when a voice called out.
"Rhydon, finish him" a strong masculine voice, filled with malice ordered the Rhydon.
Rhydon smirked savagely and lifted its heavy foot just above Nidoking's head. The scientist watched in horror as their savior brought its leg down and smashed the Drill Pokémon's head to smithereens, spilling blood and chunks of meat and grey matter all over the floor.
"Dr. Fuji I presume?" they heard the voice again, and turned around to see a man wearing a black business suit, with a Persian at his feet.
"Y... yes?" Dr. Fuji let out a weak answer, feeling a little sick after witnessing such brutal display of violence.
"Humph" the mysterious man smirked "We have a lot to talk about"
Well, there it is. Didn't sound like an Ash story did it? That's because this isn't Ash's prologue, and you probably know from whom this prologue belongs to.
Anyway, this is my take on the Universe of Pokémon, how it begun, how it was shaped and how things turned out to be. Some of you may not like what I did to some Pokémon like making Arceus a big Asshole, but I don't like Arceus, so I decided to give him the 'I am God and you'll do as I say, or else I shall bring misery to you and everyone you love' kind of characterization instead of the cliché 'Hi chosen one, here have those abilities to be awesome and kick ass while I give you more stuff to make your life easier along the way'. Yeah, kind of exaggerated, but having Arceus helping Ash all the time is annoying, being God doesn't automatically makes you a good guy, evil gods are cooler and more satisfying to write, at least for me.
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