Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town was devastated at his humilitating defeat against Tobias at the Sinnoh league. Questioning his skills as a trainer who has already had so much past battling experience, he decided to go off on a journey to train alone.

Hey everyone, I'm new to writing fanfics, but I hope to learn something valuable from this experience.

I would appreciate reviews, good or bad, to hear your individual opinions.

So here goes nothing!

3 Years After The Sinnoh League

The icy cold wind blew against my cheeks as I hiked up the steep path of Mt. Silver. I was well informed by the nurse joy at the valley that it would be an arduous task to make my way up the mountain, but knowing my skills and potential, I turned a deaf ear to her words.

Beside me stood my loyal partner in aura, Lucario, and sitting on my shoulder is my oldest friend, the slim, yellow electric mouse, Pikachu.

Over the past 3 years of isolation from my family and friends, I have hadmany memoable events.

[flashback (about 4 month after I left them)]

I was lying in the vast green fields near New Bark Town, thinking about my plans on becoming stronger to finally conquer a league, when all of a sudden, a sharp squeal resounded in the air "RI!!!!"

Where did that come from?

Being the typical Ash Ketchum, curiosity got the best of me and decided to look for the source of noise. I grabbed my backpack and nodded at Pika, singaling for him to hop onto my shoulder.

I felt a tingling sensation coming from the shore nearby, so I instinctively ran towards that direction.

What stood before me was a small blue and black coloured jackal, waving at me enthusiastically.

What's going on? I stared at Pika with a shrug. He shrugged back.

All of a sudden, what I saw made my jaws drop. That blue and black pokemon stretched out its palm and produced a glowing blue sphere- Aura Sphere.

Was it possible??

It was that same Riolu I met from Sinnoh back then who was targeted by Hunter J! He's the only one of his kind who can execute an Aura Sphere without the aid of evolution.

"It's you Riolu! I missed you so much since then, what are you doing here now?!" I screamed like a little girl on her fifth birthday and ran as fast as i could towards Riolu. "Pika!!!" even Pika was excited- after all, like trainer like Pokémon :)

We embraced in a long hug as soon as we came into contact. After a long moment, we eventually broke off.

"Hey Ash, it's been so long!"

I was shocked beyond belief, hearing a pokemon communicate with me (of course, except for team rocket's Meowth).

We had a long chat and caught up with each other. I explained to him (yes, Riolu is a him. I like to refer to Pokémon as him/her) about my situation and he told me about his. I told him about how I was demoralised from my loss at the Sinnoh league and my plans to advance further and get better.

I learned that Riolu has been training his aura to the limits, and even mastered aura telepathy, only possible for people and pokemon with strong aura. Apparently, he had been looking for me for quite a few months to be my partner in aura since his master had passed on.

I knew of my aura but did not know how to train it and unleash its full potential, so I gladly accepted his request to join the team.

"Go Pokeball!"

Riolu willingly got caught and I gained a new companion.

"I caught a Riolu!!!" I exclaimed in joy.

[flashback end]

I snapped out of my deep thoughts and continued by trip to the top of the mountain.

Not long after, I finally reached the summit of Mt. Silver.

I pulled off my hood and took a deep breath.

"I am Red Satoshi of Kanto, and I am going to be... no, I will be the best pokemon trainer who ever lived..."