A-N: Sorry readers! I have kept trying to write, than encounter something that may be a problem. Than I fix it and encounter another.

So here you go. The next chapter. I'm not feeling good so I need a break. I should be getting something better to type with soon. I will probablt wait til then to type anymore.

Vocal Key

"Hey"-Normal language

"Hey"-Pokespeech

Hey-personal thoughts

'hey'-Telephathy

Chapter 2

The Start

Ash could feel the cool water as he feel in to the ocean. Thankfully he had thought of what to do, mostly. He knew no one saw him jump off so he would be persumed dead. He quickly started to swim to an island he knew was there based off of nearby geographic features like the fact he could see Mt. Silver out in the distance, ability to see kanto, ect. However, a storm was quickly coming in. He forgot to facyor that into the equations as he continued to swim. The constant rain caused the waves in the dark to slowly grow. As he continued to swim, the wave uickly got worse and worse. The waves quickly submerged him, pounding him under. Ash started to lose his breath. His vision darkened around the edges and slowly progressed into tunnel vision. He continued on though, trying to catch his breath before everything stopped, and turned to black.

Ash quickly opened his eyes with a jolt as sunlight was above him. He instantly coughed, getting the dormant water expelled from his lungs. He looked around at the piece of land he happened to land on during the storm. He looked around the beach of pure white sand. He looked at the water only to get met with a Lapras. It was a clearly an older one as that. Maybe a young adult in the terms of humans until Ash met its eyes. Ash reached out its hand to stroke the head of his former Lapras, the one he saved in the Orange Islands whom has just saved Ash. "We meet again boy. How long has it been? Where is your family as well for that matter?"

Lapras relaxed into the strokes of his trainer he didnt want to leave behind in the Orange Islands. (Lapras was never confirmed in the anime to have a gender and its gender ratio is 50/50 split, I am making Lapras a boy because most leaders in animal societies are male except for what, hyenas?) "They were all hunted by evil people. Im the last one. I saw you floating in the ocean I didnt want to lose you too." Lapras quietly spoke while Ash looked down sorrowful. That was the last thing he wanted the Lapras to say to him. The Lapras pressed it head into Ashs shoulder and started to weep bit by bit. "Thats just terrible Lapras. If I had know, I would have come to help by now. I swear, that if I ever find those who hunted your pod, you will get your revenge. However, it would seem our first priority is to get to land. We need to get supplies if we want to do anything else. Think your ready for a trip to Kanto?"

Lapras quickly stopled weeping at his words of kindness. He looked at Ash as if saying "Thats it?" Ash chuckled as he pulled out a spare pokeball which somehow managed to stay with him through the ocean and presented to Lapras saying,"Let's start anew Lapras. Do you wish to rejoin me?" Lapras quickly came and tapped its head on the pokeball, wanting desperately to find company whom he trusted. Just as quickly as Lapas was caught, it was released out of the pokeball. Ash carefully stepped onto Lapras back. Once settle, they took off towards Kanto.

(Based on the time it would take to get from the uninhabited island of Udone-Shima to Minamiboso. Both of which are close to the game locations.)

5 hours later

It was dusk, with it getting darker by the second. Thankfully though, they could see land ahead. By the time they landed, it was dark to its largest degree. There was no light to be seen. Lapras and Ash then quickly landed. Ash, not wanting Lapras to get anymore tired then it already was, returned him to his pokeball. Looking around, Ash was suprised by the lack of people all around. There wasn't even any tents or campfires to be seen. The beach seemed dead. Even pokemon weren't present. Looking around once more, Ash could quickly identify where he was. With the dark, red rock hills at either side, it was clearly the beach just outside Fuchsia City.

Not wanting to be spotted by the townspeople, he stuck to the outside of the city. However, he felt a feeling of sorrowness in the air around him. He quietly approached a house on the edge of the city to look in the window at the TV to look to see if the problem was with something on the news. He looked through to see the usual broadcaster with a stable demenor to his face. His black coat and red tie were easily seen as he talked with a regal voice the clearly spoke what was to be said on air that night,"... -sh Ketchum, resident of Pallet Town in Kanto, has just gone missing during a boat ride from the Unova region back to Kanto. While he's officially to remain as 'missing' until a body is found or after seven years, he will be declared as dead. However, hope is low to ever find a body to the rages of the sea. May he rest in peace, if he is dead, and be found, if still alive. Now to less depressing news, Jimmy will now ta-..."

Ash left after that announcement with a slight smirk to his face. He looked to the east of the town, deciding to head through cycling road on his way to the destination. Heading east, he ended on route 18, with the gate of cycling road open with no guards present at all, which was odd to see. Continueing on his planned route, he went through the barren gate, and stuck to the edges of the road as he walked north to route 16. However, at about half way through cycling road, he heard a *Whoosh*. Thinking it was cyclist, he dove toward the bushes on the outside edge. However looking back, he saw no cyclist.

Releasing the breath he didn't know he was holding, he stepped out of the bush. That is, as much as he could, as he got tackled from behind. Not knowing what it was that tackled him, he tried to shake it off, only for it to caw in response saying,"Hey! Stop that! I don't plan to harm you." Ash calmed down, knowing he wasnt being kidnapped and stood up. The bird that was on his back jumped off him. When Ash turned back, he saw a Pidgeot. When he was about to turn and walk away, he got pecked by the Pidgeot. Then the Pidgeot jumped on him again. That was when Ash finally put two and two together. Like Lapras, this was his Pidgeot, one that he released to protect the wild Pidgey and Pidgeotto near Pallet Town.

Pidgeot jumped off Ash once more, only for her (Once again. No confirmed gender. 50/50 gender split. Making it a girl becuase of her motherly-like instincts with its fellow species when being attacked by the Spearow and Fearow.) to caw at Ash once again,"Now you remeber me? You haven't for many years before. I'm not letting you leave that easily you know." Nodding, Ash got up and asked the same question he asked Lapras earlier that day "Do you wish to keep the promise I set all those years ago and rejoin me once again? I want to start fresh. Do you want to as well?"

Grabbing one more of his empty pokeballs, he presented it to Pidgeot. Not even a moments notice, Pidgeot jumped on this chance to rejoin Ash by tapping the pokeball. Not even shaking, it just clicked as Pidgeot was recaught. Ash nodded silently once more before looking around. Seeing no one, he headed north towards route 15 and as such Celadon City. There was nothing of note on the rest of cycling road and route 15. However Celadon City was a different story.

By the time he entered Celadon City, light finally started to grow on the horizon. Ash finally grew worried. he was in the most populated area of Kanto and he wanted to avoid being spotted by anybody. Now he started to run. He couldn't waste any time. If he wasted time anymore, he would be spotted and searched for by everybody that knew him at least vagely. For what he wanted to do, that was the last thing he wanted to happen. He sprinted at full speed.

He reached Cerulean City by about 8:00 with the sun finally appreaing over the horizon. Ash ran even faster than before now. He knew that Misty was here but to get to where he wanted to go, he would have to pass through Cerulean City. There was no avoiding it. He must avoid Misty at all costs. However, Arceus be damned, luck was not on his side at this time.

Misty had just walked out of the gym after her sisters gave it up to her and had heard the news of Ash being missing and, while they argued a ton when they were younger, was hopeful to find her friend again. She looked up at the sky. The sky was now a light blue, one that inspired hope in Misty, reminding her off the pool in the gym. The calmness of it all made her miss Ash when she started walking down the street. When she started to pay attention to her surrondings, she was all alone on the street.

Ash breathed a sigh of relief as he continued to walk towards route 24 to the north. He thankfully never had an encounter like that one again while walking. Thankfully, luck was for once on his side. There were no souls, that is none that could tell humanity about him.

Ash was walking through route 25 when he heard footsteps in the trees. Not wanting to be found out, he started to run as fast as he could, which was hard do to his tiredness and his hunger. He ran to the mountains to the north and started to scale the mountains. He needed to get to cover in the mountains as fast as possible before he considered anyhting else as a possible idea. He scaled the smaller of the options to get out of sight faster. Hwen he was finally out of sight he breathed a sigh of relief. He nodded and trucked along.

3 hours later

Ash panted as he climbed down the final mountain and finally entered the town of Rota which was his destination from the start. He walked through more calmly as he knew they didnt know him very well and it was unlikely they have heard of his missing status yet. He reached the top and was about to knock on the wooden doors of the castle when the doors opened for him before he knocked. He walked in to see a very familar person, one that is too similar too ash it was scary at times.

Standing there, in his blue coat and hat, and his trusty Lucario next to him was Riley (More Anime Riley than Game Riley). "Its seems you finally turned towards your calling in the veins in your body to come here. The real question is, are you ready for your training", Riley looked at Ash with an eyebrow raised. Ash nodded before being jumped at by a blue and black blob. Riley smiled," Rilou finally has found his partner. That is the desendent of Sir Aaron's Lucario. I guess that confirms it, you are Sir Aaron's desendent. That Rilou has always been a shy one around strangers."

Ash stood up, with the Rilou on his shoulder, and nodded, saying "Are we just going to stand here all day or are we actually going to train now?"

Now I was planning on ending it here, but since I'm about a week late, I'll give you what would have been chapter 3. Enjoy!

Chapter 3 (2)

Reunion

The two boys, both nearly men, walked down the hall to meet the princess to ask for her blessing to train within the castle. She liked the two boys and allowed the training. They both walked back down the hall. On the way, they caught with eachother. They similarities kept spawning up. They both knew that they were related to Sir Aaron, making them cousins, distantly that is.

However there was one similarity, which many would consider as disgraceful to society. They were both in love, but not with a fellow human. They were both in love with pokemon.

Ash discovered Riley and Lucario kissing when they weren't paying attention while they were in Sinnoh. Ash promised not to tell anyone and in return, Riley offered to teach Ash about how to be an Aura Guardian and offered to teach him.

Ash at that time was committed to Pokemon Training and becoming a Pokemon Master so he declined saying," Just save it for later. When I want to do it, we should meet at Cameron Palace in Kanto. It is the site of Sir Aaron's workplace afterall."

Riley readily accepted after learning that Ash is similar to Riley in terms of love. Riley promised to meet him there during certain times of each year. And the rest was history.

So here there are, in the castle where their ancestor wokred and lived, to do the same for the forseeable future. They both settled down in Riley's room. His room, was not terribly large when compared to other rooms in the castle. It wasn't terribly decorated or filled with items either. With only one KIng's size bed, a connecting full size bathroom, with a small, red desk in the corner.

They both sat on the bed to discuss what was to come. Ash needed to train, they both knew that very well. On thing Riley had to know though was featured in his next question,"You know that I love my Lucario. What you have never told me was which pokemon was for you? I doubt your Pikachu since he's not here, ignoring the fact of you two being very close. By the process its either one you have in Oak's Ranch or a wild one that you refused to catch for one reason or another."

Ash nodded his head,"As much as I would like to tell you who its is, I dont want it's location spread. I will say that its very rare, emphasis on rare." Riley looked down in understanding, knowing what it takes to remain in the shadows. Ash continued,"So how do we do this? I don't believe Aura training is just talking."

Riley smiled at Ash's eagerness to get started. "It's goes a little something like this."

Since we dont know what training Aura is like on a daily basis, I will have to skip this. I'm sure I can get close with a good guess, but since I don't want to anger anybody with so much time spent on that let's fast foward a bit.

2 years later

Who would have thought such a drastic change would happen in 2 years. Gone with the days of the reckless Ash who blindly ran foward into danger. Now, sanding calmy in formal black and blue, was the new Ash. More calm and thoughtful, with his Aura training complete. (Think of the way he looked in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew) Ash was leaning againist a pillar in the throne room.

"I thank you both for helping train me into who I am now." Ash thanked to the two in front of him in Riley and his Lucario. Their difficult training has changed Ash, whom is now ready for the world. He will still remain hidden, but will finally leave Cameron Palace and Rota. He walked out the doors, with Lapras and Pidgeot in their balls, and Rilou on his shoulder. He breathed the fresh air in as he walked to the mountain range where it all began. He looked at Rilou as he began to climb the mountains. It was sumer so it wasn't as cold as it would have been if he waited a couple more monthes.

He had trained up in these mountain quite often so it was in no time at all when he made it to the other side. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. However, even with the training, luck was not on his side still. "Help!" among other cries for help was heard in the nearby forest. Ash quickly rushed towards the forest, listening for the cries as his directions to go in his search.

Hidden deep in the forest, was three men and three cages. The men, were all brothers despite looking nothing alike. Their names? Chico, Braggo, and Blurt. In their cages were newly captured pokemon from the reserve by Mount Silver. In the three cages were a Tyranitar, Larvitar, and a Froakie. They were all smirking at their latest haul without a person to stop them. No one has for a few years.

They were giddy with joy and were slightly drunk celebrating. That was their downfall though. In the shadows, came a teal fire in the form of a sphere, which crashed into the fat Blurt, whom was instantly knocked out by the sheer force. This instantly caught Chico and Braggo's attention. They called out their pokemon and approached Blurt slowly, only to be smashed by two more spheres to fly at them from behind. Ash and Rilou slowly stepped out from the shadows slowly. Chico and Baggo both knocked down, but not out, tried to fight back, but their efforts were futile.

Chico, Baggo, and Blurt were piled up in a corner. Ash grabbed the keys off of Baggo and unlocked the cage, never caring to look at the pokemon inside. However, that means he missed the look of recognition on the Larvitar's face. He released them, only to hear a faint,"Dad?"

Ash stopped dead in his tracks. His breathed stopped as he turned to see a Larvitar slowly walking towards him, tears in his eyes.(Another no gender. Making it male for unknown reasons.) He reached down to pet it's head, knowing just who it was. That is, only to hear a gunshot. Ash turned to see Tyranitar, Larvitar's mother, slowly collapse to see Baggo holding a gun right at Ash. Ash then saw red. Snapping his fingers, caused the gun to break in two. His iris' color turned blood red and glowed.

All the men were paralyzed in terror. They couldn't tell their legs to move at all. Ash snapped his fingers once more which caused a pure black portal to appear behind them. Chains started to roll out from within, coiling around the brothers in a inhumane manner. They all tried to scream, but couldn't find their voices. They then quickly fainted at the sight of their bodies float toward the portal, or rather their souls.

"The deed is done. Justice has been given." Ash spoke in a almost mechanical voice. He was brought back to earth when Tyranitar groaned from the wound sustained. Ash turned to quickly to try to dress the wound. Thankfully, due to the thick skin, the bullet didn't go deep. The bad part though? It was made of steel, which she was fragile to, poisoning her with the metal materials.

Larvitar was still weeping over his mother while Ash got the bullet out of the wound. Ash sprayed potion on it but nothing was working. When he finally got the bullet out,d was bout to start spraying again, Tryranitar stoped him in his tracks. She grabbed his arm, speaking very quietly,"Stop trying. Theres nothing more you can do that hasn't been already tried. It time for me to go. Just promise to take care of my baby boy? To love him like a son?" Ash saddenly nodded before patying her on the stomach saying," I'm sorry. I can't save you but I will accept your promise to the highest degree." She smiled one last time, knowing her job was complete before she closed her eyes to sleep peacefully as she passed away to the next world.

Larvitar weeped before he was picked up by Ash before crying into his shoulder. Froakie, whom was adopted by Tyranitar after it ran away from its trainer years ago, wept too. Together, Froakie and Larvitar, wept and said goodbye to the woman they recognized as family. Ash carried them out of the forest with Rilou right behind them. They settle at the beach on route 25 when they saw Ash pull out a pokeball to release Lapras into the water. He recognized they sorrowness and tried to console them while Ash though of what to do.

They looked overhead though to see the butterfree group above. The colony was moving south for warmer weather since winter is approaching faster than one would hope. The colony completely passed after 5 minutes. Ash stood up and walked to Larvitar and Froakie whom stopped weeping with Lapras' help. He thanked Lapras and returned him to his balls. He sat next to the two and wrapped him arms around them as the sun began to set. They quickly sleeping in his arms as he saw a ship passby in the night. Ash smiled as he set the two young ones in his bag and recalling Lapras, thanking him for the help.

Ash then called Pidgeot, whom helped Ash settle down on her, before taking off to the destination she knew he wanted to go. Ash settled down as they took flight, knowing it would be a long fight.

Alright readers. There's the chapter(s). Hoped you enjoyed. This will be it for a little while until I get my new computer (my current one is about 5 years old and broken).

Harry Potter (for those looking for an update) will also be taking a break.

See ya later. Cookie Out.