Author's Notes: Hey, guys… it's that time again! Time for me to post another story – this time, however… this fanfiction is very different.
Recently, one of my favorite writers on called Aoi Hyoudou decided to give up on his Kingdom Hearts x Pokémon Crossover and put it for adoption – so, what did I do? I asked him if I could adopt the story and he said yes. So, now I am the new owner of PokeHearts (a crossover between Pokémon and Kingdom Hearts). Hooray for me!
Now, I'm gonna level with all of you – I've seen, heard and watch Pokémon a constant number of times, but I ask you all that you give me a chance to do this crossover story right. It's been a while since I've caught up with the series… so bear with me as I write this.
Right… so, I'll be adding a few changes into this story. The setting is the beginning of Kingdom Hearts II. Ash is still the main character and will be fighting alongside Sora and another wielder that I've already made up my mind. All three of them will possess Pokémon, which will aid them in battle – decided on those as well.
My only wish is that I do a good enough job with this one… I just need a chance. Please…
Let's get started with writing this – I don't own Kingdom Hearts nor Pokémon. They are owned by Tetsuya Nomura and Nintendo.
Chapter 1 – The Start of a Journey.
Inside a bedroom in a house located in the peaceful hamlet known as Pallet Town was a young boy of age 16. He had black hair, brown eyes and two lightning bolt-like markings underneath each eye.
His choice of clothing was nothing special or unusual – a blue and white hooded jacket with a golden zipper, black baggy jeans, two sets of black fingerless gloves with red borders, a pair of red high top sneakers and a red-whitish hat with a blue symbol that was sitting on his head. This young fellow was known as Ash Ketchum and he was currently laying in his bed thinking about what he should do next – more importantly, his future.
It had been a year since his defeat in the final round of the Vertress Conference. He was so close to winning it… unfortunately, he lost the round to his opponent Cameron in the Quarter-Finals. He came in the top 8th while the winner ended up being a young lad by the name of Virgil. After Ash and his friends congratulated him on winning the Unova League, the black-haired boy bid farewell to his companions and he headed back home to Pallet Town.
Now, here was Ash – laying in his bed and thinking about his future. He wondered if he should go to another region like Sinnoh or Johto. Maybe he should check up on his friends? He wondered what they were up to…
"Ash, honey! Come down for lunch!" The familiar voice of his mother snapped Ash out of his thoughts as he got up. How long had been laying in his bed and day-dreaming?
Looking at the clock on the wall, he saw that it was exactly 12:30 – lunch time. It must have been a long wait…
"Coming, mom!" Ash yelled, as he jumped from bed and walked out the door leading to downstairs.
Unbeknownst to the black-haired boy, today was going to be his last day living in the peaceful hamlet of Pallet Town…
(Downstairs on the table – a little later…)
"What should I do now? Maybe I should go and visit some of my old friends in the regions that I've been…" Ash pondered as he slowly ate his piece of meat in his closed mouth whilst staring into space.
His actions didn't go unnoticed as his mother Delia was watching him with a worried look on her face. "Ash?"
"I wonder how Brock, May, Dawn or Misty are doing… maybe I should go and visit them." Ash thought to himself, not noticing his mother calling out to him.
"Ash!" His mother called out to him, but he ignored it once again.
"Or maybe I should go and visit Sinnoh or Johto… there's bound to be something interesting over there. Maybe…" Ash continued thinking about what he should do next since his journey to Unova was over.
Meanwhile, his mother had enough of him staring into the blank space and decided to intervene before her baby boy could continue to act like a "zombie".
"ASH!" Delia yelled, which was enough for her son to snap out of his "blank state" and look at his mother. He nearly choke on his piece of meat…
"Umm… yes, Mom?" He asked as Delia gave him a glare that made him shiver in fear. She often did this whenever she was worried for Ash's safety or if he had done something wrong.
"Honey, I've been calling you for about a minute or two now… you didn't respond to me at all. Are you okay?" Delia asked – her glare was gone and it was replaced with a concerned look on her face.
"Y-yea… sorry about, Mom. Just thinking about some things…" He reassured her with a small smile.
Delia couldn't help but sigh – she knew what was troubling her son. It was no doubt his loss at Vertress Conference at Unova a year ago. She knew that he was depressed from the loss of the championship and saying goodbye to his companions Cilan and Iris. Delia couldn't help but mentally smile inside her mind.
Her little boy had grown up and matured a lot. He was no longer that reckless, stubborn or cocky son she had raised nearly six years ago. Now, he was a mature young man… only acting goofy and reckless on impulse. Still, in Delia's eyes Ash was still her little 10-year old not matter how big or mature he had grown. She couldn't believe that he would be seventeen in a couple months. Delia wanted no more than her Ash to remain a young kid forever without growing up. Unfortunately, you couldn't always get what you want…
"Thinking about the Vertress Conference, hun?" Delia asked as she grabbed her son's hand gently.
Ash looked at her with a surprised look on her face. How did she know about that? Was his mother psychic?
"How did you guess, Mom?" He asked.
In response, she just gave a small giggle. "Well, I am your mother… and my duty is to look out for my little baby boy."
"M-mom!" He blushed in embarrassment while Delia just smiled. No matter what, Ash would always be her little baby boy.
Later, the 16-year old future Pokémon Master was done with his meal and Delia took the dishes to go and wash them in the kitchen. What could Ash do now?
He wasn't ready to leave Pallet Town… yet. Granted, a year had passed since he left Unova, but Ash felt like he wasn't ready yet. Hmmm… maybe he should go and check on Pikachu and the rest of the Pokémon he collected on his travels. Yeah, that was a good idea!
"Mom, I'm off." Ash said, as he got off his chair and headed towards the door.
"Oh? Where are you off to?" Delia asked from inside the kitchen.
"Just going to visit Professor Oak's lab and check up on Pikachu and the rest of the Pokemon I've collected. Shouldn't be very long, Mom." He replied.
"Ah, okay. Have fun, honey – try not to take too long, kay?" She said with a smile as she peeked out of the kitchen to see Ash off.
"I won't, Mom. Be back before you know it." He replied as his mom went to give him an affectionate hug which made Ash quite embarrassed by it much to the playful Delia's amusement.
The young mother watched her son leave the house and then went back to do the dishes. Before she could start on them however… she sighed with a sad look on her face and looked out the kitchen window. Something in the back on her mind told her that something bad would happen today.
She hoped that it didn't involve her past… and something that she had been hiding from her Ash for quite. She only hoped that it wouldn't catch up with her and put her baby boy's life in danger.
"I hope nothing bad happens… I don't want my baby to go through the same ordeals I went when I was his age."
As she was lost in her thoughts, multiple shadows with glowing yellow eyes and antennas had emerged from the kitchen floor.
It was the beginning of something big for Pallet Town…
(Meanwhile…)
Ash Ketchum was walking down the road to Professor Oak's laboratory. Walking – it was one of the few things that Ash really enjoyed. He was in the house for quite a while now and some fresh air would serve him good. Luckily, Professor Oak's lab was not very far so he didn't have to walk a long road ahead.
Ash couldn't help but think that today was going to be an interesting one. Something in mind told him that on this very day, things would change – for the better or worse. He only hoped that it wouldn't be the bad kind…
Whilst he was walking, Ash was admiring the beauty of the sky and the grounds. It was such a nice day today… the black-haired boy couldn't imagine anything bad happening right now or later.
Ash was so busy watching admiring the sky and lands that he didn't pay attention to where he was going and bumped into someone. Both the black-haired boy and the unknown person fell backwards
Ash fell to the ground, but quickly jumped up and wiped the sand off his jeans and jacket. He looked around for the person he bumped into and then his eyes widened at the sight of the unknown person.
It turned out to be a young girl who was no doubt his age with long blonde hair that was draped across her left shoulder, pale skin and blue eyes as Ash had noticed. Her clothes were quite unusual – a laced sleeveless white dress that ended at her thighs and blue sandals decorated with yellow flowers.
Needless to say, Ash found her cute and interesting. Though, what was she doing on the road that lead to Professor Oak's lab and why was she wearing that outfit?
Ash then realized that she was still on the ground and he was the one who bumped her. He had to help her stand up – it was the right thing to do for a gentleman to do after all…
"Hey, are you okay?" Ash extended a helping hand to the girl that was on the ground.
She looked up and gave him a small smile. "Y-yes… I'm okay." She grabbed his hand and stood back up.
"I'm glad… really sorry for bumping into you." Ash looked away with an uneasy look on his face. He hoped that the young girl wasn't mad at him.
To his surprise, she wasn't and instead was smiling gently. "It's no trouble at all… I was the one who wasn't paying attention. So, really – it's my fault. No worries… It's nice to finally meet you, Ash." She told him.
He smiled back. "I'm glad you aren't mad at me for bumping into you and-" Just then, Ash looked at her with a shocked look on his face – did she just say his name!? "W-wait, did you just call me Ash…?" He asked slowly.
The girl nodded slowly – her smile never leaving her face. "Yes. I wanted to finally meet you… the Chosen One." She replied and grabbed his hand gently much to his bashfulness.
"M-me…?" He asked slowly and pointed his other available hand at his face.
The blonde nodded. "Yes." She respond. Then she let go off his hand, turned around and walked away behind Professor Oak's lab.
Ash stood there stunned and frozen like a statue for a few seconds… then he remember about the blonde-haired girl and quickly followed after her.
"H-hey… wait a minute! How do you know my name?" He yelled in hopes of asking her some questions.
When he got to the back of the lab, however… the young girl was nowhere to be found! She disappeared like a ghost! What a strange coincidence…
Ash stood behind the lab with his arms crossed and thinking about what just happened. He was on his way to Professor Oak's laboratory when he suddenly bumps into a mysterious blonde-haired girl in a white dress and sandals. She tells him his real name along with some cryptic words and then disappears… doesn't make a lot of sense.
Who is she and how does she know his real name? For that matter, why did she want to meet him? Has she heard of him from somewhere? Was she from one of the regions that Ash visited? Who knows…?
"Well, best not dwell on it. Maybe I'll see her again soon – this time, I hope she's able to give me some answers. In the meantime, I better go inside the lab and check up on my Pokemon before-" A loud scream interrupted Ash's thoughts.
He recognized that scream almost immediately – it was Delia's scream.
"Mom!" He yelled and immediately started running towards him home. His Pokémon could wait a little longer… right now, he had to check up on his mother. If she was in danger, her safety was Ash's number one priority.
As he ran towards his home, he didn't notice a dark purple portal opening behind him. Watching from the inside, was the same blonde-haired girl that was talking to Ash a couple of minutes ago. Her face was now one of seriousness.
"I need to hurry before the Heartless can devoir his heart." The girl stated as the portal closed.
Meanwhile, Ash was running as fast as he could – he needed to get to his house on the double before it was too late. He couldn't risk losing his mother to whatever it was that made her scared enough to scream. Ash didn't know what he was going to encounter and he didn't care that it might be a trap. He needed to save his mother and quickly!
Upon reaching his house, he bolted through the front door and inside the living room. Looking around the area, there was no sign of his overprotecting and loveable mother Delia. She had to be somewhere around her!
Ash wasted no time and started searching every room in the house in the hopes of finding her. No such luck… she wasn't upstairs or downstairs at all. That meant only the kitchen and the backyard. It was worth a shot.
He entered the kitchen and checked for any signs of Delia's whereabouts… no such luck. That meant only the backyard…
He exited the house and was stunned when he saw the sky – instead of it being bright and blue, it was now dark and cloudy… what's going? The weather was supposed to be peaceful and calm today… instead, it looked like it was going to rain.
Ash had no time to think about that right now – his mother was still missing. He needed to check the backyard and quickly…
Before he could take a step however, he saw something that made him tremble in fear. Small black shadow-like creatures arose from the ground in different forms, yellow eyes and antennas.
Ash had never seen anything like this on any of his journeys before – he had faced evil Pokemon and groups like Team Rocket, Plasma or Galactic. But nothing like this before. This was something new to the future Pokémon Master.
Looking around quickly for a weapon, he spotted a stick and picked it up. He got into a swordsman-like position and prepared for battle. Even though, he was only wielding a stick, it would have to do for now until he could find a better weapon…
One of the creatures charged forward, but Ash was ready. He swung his stick at the small shadow and knocked it back a few feet away from him. Ash didn't manage to kill it unfortunately. The black-haired boy wondered if they shadows were a new type of dark Pokémon he had never heard from before until today.
Two more shadows charged at him but Ash knocked them back as well.
"These are definitely no Dark Pokémon… what are they exactly?" Ash asked himself as he noticed more shadows charging at him. He knocked back several with his stick and prepared himself for more…
Unknown to Ash, one of the shadows managed to sneak behind him and charged forward. He managed to rip up a bit of Ash's jacket and pierces his skin which made the boy scream in pain.
He shook the shadow off and kicked it away. He looked behind and saw that he was bleeding from the wound that the small creature gave him… Unfortunately, there were no first aid kits around to help him take care of that bleeding wound. He needed to make sure that they shadows could not get pass him and assault Pallet Town.
More shadows arose from the ground and charged at Ash who knocked them back with his stick. He needed to fight no matter what! If he gave up, then Pallet Town was doomed at the hands of these creatures. Ash knew that he could not keep them at bay forever… but at least he would buy some time until the people could escape to somewhere safe!
Ash continuing knocking them back with his stick as best he could, but he was getting tired… No! He couldn't give up! He couldn't lose to a bunch of shadows! He couldn't!
Unfortunately, the more he fought the shadows, the more tired he was getting by every passing second. He had to keep on fighting! He couldn't give up! Not now! Not when Pallet Town and its inhabitants were going to be assaulted by these creatures…
And at that faithful moment, Ash dropped his sticks and got dizzy – he couldn't fight anymore. The creatures saw this as an opportunity and tackled him to the ground.
Some of them gave him scratches on his hands while others ripped small parts of his clothes. Ash screamed in pain as the shadows started to drag him to somewhere.
"G-get off me, you little monsters!" Ash demanded as he struggled to break free but no such luck. He was held tight by them and couldn't escape… at all.
Soon, the shadows sunk into the ground and a puddle of purple-like liquid opened under Ash. He started to sink very slowly, but tried his best to attempt to escape from it. Unfortunately, it was no use. Soon, he was sucked in and everything turned black.
Ash was falling… into the darkness… with no way out. Was this the end for him? Will he never see his friends or his mother again? Will his Pokémon be alright? He would never know.
His life was over…
His goal of being a Pokemon Master was over…
His kind and caring mother was gone…
The friends he befriended in the other regions – he would never see them again…
He felt his eyes closing slowly – he was about to fall into an unconscious state. He didn't know how long he had but he could do one last thing... saying that he was sorry.
He was sorry for not protecting his town and his world…
He was sorry for not being able to see or protect his mother and friends for the last time…
He was no… Chosen One.
He was no hero…
He was a failure for not doing what was right…
Ash had fallen into a deep unconscious state and what he failed to notice was a soft pale hand grabbing his own and pulling him towards a bright light…
Author's Notes: And that's my ending cue! I welcome you to the newest posting edition of PokeHearts: Tale of the Wielders. Since the first chapter is already done… I can focus on writing the rest of my fanfics and then return to update my adopted story. Yay for me!
Now I need to ask you all a very important question – since Aoi had chosen the main pairing to be Ash x Aqua… I want to know you – the readers – if I should change it or keep the same. Tell me in the review box please… I await to hear your answers.
Lastly, I ask you all to give me and my writing a chance. I know that it's been a while since I watched or seen Pokémon, but all I ask is for a single chance to prove to you that I can write this adopted fanfic. Please…
Anyways, that I have to say for now. I would once more like to welcome you to the newest rendition of PokeHearts that was originally owned by Aoi Hyoudou and now adopted by me! Good luck to myself in writing this.
That's all for now! Until next time, bye!