DISCLAIMER: I do not own Pokemon but I REALLY wish I could, because yeah. It would be awesome. I do not own any of the characters, I do however, own my own version of this Pokemon fanfiction and its characters. It is mine and it is my squishy. I hope you enjoy it, it's my first fanfiction I've ever written. Tell me what I did well on and what could be fixed, and yeah. Thanks for the support and I hope you enjoy the fic!

Pokemon: To Kalos and Beyond

Chapter 2: Morning Cometh

As Dawn's eyes fluttered open, sunlight poured into her eyes with a stinging sensation. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, and took a look at her surroundings remembering where she was. Last night really had been a great one. Not to mention that she basically got to sleep next to her crush, Ash Ketchum. She looked over at the teen next to her who was still asleep on the ground. He was still out cold and was even drooling on his pillow...gross. She brought up her poketch to see what time it was. 11:07 A.M. "Wow, I slept in a lot." She thought to herself as she stood up. She looked at herself in Ash's mirror and like always, her hair was matted up from the all destructive bed head. She sighed as she grabbed the comb out of her backpack next to her and went into Ash's bathroom to straighten her hair. As she did so however, she decided taking a shower would be the easiest thing to do. She grabbed a pair of her usual clothes, which was a black and pink skirt that even she had to admit was getting too small for her comforts, her white tank top, her black legging socks, and a pair of pink underwear. She dropped them on the floor of the bathroom, closed the door behind her, got undressed and hopped into the shower. She turned it to a nice and relaxing hot temperature and started to clean herself off. She grabbed a bottle of soap, and looked around for a luffa, but realising that this was Ash's bathroom, she just used her hands. She grabbed for a bottle of shampoo, finding a bottle that was oran berry scented. She liked the way it smelled, and cleaned out her hair. To her disappointment there wasn't any conditioner, realizing once again that this was a boy's bathroom. She had probably been in the shower for 20 minutes and she decided to get out. She dried herself off with one of Ash's towels, which had a cute picture of a squirtle on it. She put on her new set of clothes, put her old ones back into her backpack and looked at herself in the mirror above the sink. Her hair was perfectly straight, just the way she liked it. Her skin was smooth and slightly pink from the hot shower. She quietly opened the door of the bathroom, trying to stay as quiet as she could knowing that Ash was still going to be asleep. She found her prediction was correct as she saw the teen was still in the exact spot he had been when she had woke up. She set her backpack down next to her sleeping bag and walked downstairs to see if anybody else was up. When she reached the bottom of the stairs, she looked to her left into the living room to see that Cilan was still asleep on the couch and still in his night clothes. Dawn giggled at the little stunfisk slippers that he was wearing and she continued into the kitchen. As she entered she noticed a note on the countertop. She picked it up, reading it to find that it from Ash's mom saying that she was going to be doing some errands and wouldn't be back until later that day. She placed the note back where she had found it and moved over to the fridge. She grabbed out a carton of moo-moo milk and poured herself a glass. Dawn placed the carton back in the fridge and she moved over to the dining room where they had had the feast last night. As she took a drink of her milk she noticed that it was all cleaned off and the wooden tabled was gleaming like it had recently been cleaned. As Dawn was admiring everything though, she was startled when she heard a loud knock at the front door. She placed her glass down and went to answer it finding Iris was at the doorstep. She had a smile as big as a wailords, and seemed in as good of a mood as she had ever been in, which gave Dawn a few ideas of what was making her so happy.

"Hey Iris." Dawn greeted her, "Be kinda quiet. Cilan and Ash are still asleep."

"They're still asleep?" Iris asked aloud. "Geez and I thought I slept in late. She walked inside and Dawn closed the door behind her.

"So Iris, how'd you sleep last night?" Dawn asked with a giggle.

"Oh umm just fine. Thanks Dawn." Iris nervously laughed as she put her backpack on the ground.

"You certainly have a nice glow to you." Dawn laughed as she teased Iris.

"Oh, thanks again." Iris replied even more sheepishly as she walked to the dining room and sat down in one of the chairs. Dawn followed her and sat across from her where her milk was.

"Why do you seem so on edge?" Dawn devilishly asked with a raised eyebrow getting a panicked reaction from the big haired girl.

"I'm not I'm...uhh…" Iris stuttered trying to think some words as a blush clearly was forming on her face.

It was now very clear to Dawn that something had gone down and she wanted to make it her goal to find out. And with a stroke of brilliance, she had a plan.

"So where's Gary at?" Dawn asked.

"Oh, well he's just washing up right now." Iris replied staring out the window behind Dawn trying to forget that she was talking to her.

Dawn picked up her glass of moo moo milk and took a sip. "Mmm." Dawn moaned. "It's so creamy, you know?" She grinned feeling a little evil for what she was doing.

"I would think heh heh…" Iris replied with her face glowing even more red.

Dawn was now 100% sure that Iris was hiding something. She decided to stop playing around and to just drop the bomb on Iris. With an evil grin "So Iris," Dawn started "What did you and gary do last night?"

Iris froze up and all of the color in her skin drained out. Her face however, was the brightest shade of red Dawn had ever seen on someone's face.

Realizing she was busted, Iris sighed in defeat and looked over at the blunett who was finishing off her glass of milk. "You swear you won't tell anybody Dawn?" Iris asked embarrassed by the situation.

"Iris, we knew the second you ran out that door what was gunna go down." Dawn laughed as she set her glass down.

"Well, let me start off by talking about how evil you are!" Iris yelled at Dawn who was laughing at her.

"Yeeaah I know I am. Anyways, last night?" Dawn asked.

"Well," Iris started "When we got to the pokemon center, Gary and I checked into our room. It was just like he said, two separate beds. Gary went to change in the bathroom and I changed in the room. Well, I got changed and all that, and so I went to throw my clothes into my backpack, which I left by the front door. Right after I did that though, Gary comes out of the bathroom wearing just a pair of basketball shorts. No shirt or anything!" Iris went on.

"Ooh does he have abs?" Dawn asked interrupting Iris's story.

"He's chiselled and has a six pack!" Iris practically squealed. "Anyways," Iris went on no longer embarrassed, "He comes out of the bathroom, and our faces are like a foot apart. We kind of stared at each other for a long time until he just leans in and he kissed me!"

"Wait," Dawn interrupted, "He kissed you?"

"And it was amazing!" Iris squealed again. "Hands down the best kiss I've ever had."

"So what happened after that? That can't be all that happened." Dawn asked enthralled by what Iris was telling her.

"After that, well things kind of just snowballed. We made out. Like a lot. Like for probably half an hour." Iris said as she started to drool a little. "Things got way more heated and well...you can fill in the dots."

"Wow." Dawn said picturing what Iris had told her in her head. "Was that your first time?" she asked slightly worried for her.

"No, I had a boyfriend back at the village of dragons. We started dating like three years ago and we did a lot of stuff. After a while things just weren't working out so we broke up. It was actually like a week before I meet Ash actually." Iris stated going back through her memories.

"So do you like Gary?" Dawn asked Iris trying to dig a little deeper.

"He's such an amazing guy." Iris started. "He's just so handsome, in shape, and his voice makes me want to melt! He also sounds like a really strong trainer, like he could really compete with Ash."

"Wow." Dawn thought aloud. She knew that Gary had been a rival of Ash's a long time ago, but to hear that he hadn't lost his touch really put into perspective the kind of guy that Gary was.

"Yeah, and his line of work is just so cool that, I just think he's the one!" Iris squealed for the umpteenth time.

"That's great. I really hope that you guys hit it off when you leave." Dawn replied feeling a little down that she hadn't yet gotten her "one".

"I really wish we could have had some more girl time like this." Iris said making Dawn look back up. "After traveling with those guys for like a year and a half and not having any other girls to talk to was really frustrating haha." Iris laughed out.

"Yeah I do too, It's been the same for me really. I started my journey with Ash and Brock more than three years ago, and since then I haven't haven't really had any quality time like this." Dawn said looking back through her memories. "And my journey through Johto was just like that too, except I didn't even have anyone else with me. It was just me and my pokemon and to be perfectly honest, they may be the most cuddly things out there but they can't really hold a conversation." She said with a chuckle as tears starting to form in her eyes.

"Dawn, are you okay?" Iris asked worried about her friend.

"Yeah, I'm better now than I was then. I just need to take the chance." Dawn said as she was drifting into thought.

"Take the chance? What are you talking about Dawn?" Iris questioned feeling even more worried for the girl.

She sighed and decided that she'd just spill her secret, "I think that I'm in love with Ash." Dawn said bluntly getting a mixed reaction from Iris.

"Dawn," Iris started, "That couldn't be any more obvious. Why do you think that Cilan and I poke so much fun at you and Ash being the perfect couple?" she asked with a laugh.

"Well, I kinda had the feeling that you guys knew...but letting Ash know is something that I've always wondered about. I mean he's like the perfect guy for me, but I don't even know if it would be a good idea to tell him. We're like best friends and I'm afraid that if I tell him how I feel then this friendship will end if he doesn't end up feeling the same way. You get what I mean right Iris?" Dawn asked with genuine concern.

"Dawn, you've got to take that chance. Ash is a really great guy, personally too childish for my tastes but you get my point. He's someone who would never give up on his friends no matter what. And knowing him, it wouldn't surprise me if he's put his life on the line to protect someone or something he cares about. I really doubt he'd want to stop being friends with you over something as trivial as dating." Iris responded to Dawn.

"Wow Iris, I never thought about it in that way...thanks. That really helps." Dawn stated realizing that there really wasn't a threat of losing Ash.

"Glad I could help you out Dawn." Iris said getting a smile back from the bluette.

"It's time for this universe to be reborn, turned into one with no violence, with no crime, with no fear! A world where I control, and peace rains throughout the lands! You cannot stop us BOY. You, your friends, your pokemon, you've all failed to stop me! You thought you could take on Team Galactic by yourselves and win?! What a joke! Guards, bring them to me!"

Ash could barely feel anything. His body felt like he was on fire, his muscles seemed to be screaming in agony, and he could barely see. Everything was blurry. He felt two people grab his arms as they dragged him across the rocky ground of the cavern he was in. His seared and torn clothes providing no protection against the gravel that was stabbing his skin like small knives. Finally the two people dropped him on the ground with no consideration for him as he hit the ground with a heavy thud making him cry out in pain. His head on its side, he opened his eyes as a wave of horror hit him. Tears formed in his eyes as he saw his friends, Brock and Dawn both unconscious, thrown to the ground with just as much force as he had been. Both were battered, their skin charred in many place, and blood was trickling down their faces. Ash grit his teeth as he got to his knees and looked at the man in front of him.

"Why?" The man asked him. "Why would you put up so much resistance to me, my team, my goals? Don't you want peace? Freedom? Endless happiness? The new universe will hold all of that and more! This world has been corrupted by us humans, and must be reborn. It's the only way we can move forward."

"Our world is perfect!" Ash yelled and blood spit out. "It's filled with peace, freedom. You just fail to see them! You're all monsters! You're hurting people and pokemon on your little quest for power! If you really were for all the things you claim you are then you wouldn't…" He tried to yell out but was cut off by a kick to his stomach.

"You really are ignorant aren't you child. I feel sorry for you and your pitiful attempt to try and stop me. But I must give credit where it is due." The man went on as Ash lay on the ground. "You managed to get to find secret headquarters here in the Sinnoh caverns, and even make it this deep in it. Well, I'm sad to say that this is as far as you will make it." He said as he pulled a revolver out from under his robe. "I hate to do this to kids, but you insist on stopping us, so it seems it's what has to be done."

"No! Stop!" Ash screamed out as the man walked over to Brock and without speaking shot him in the head. "Nooo!" Ash cried out as tears ran down his face. "You monster! I swear to Arceus, if you hurt Dawn I'll kill you myself!" He screamed as the man walked over to her.

"And how will you do that?" He asked with a maniacal laugh. "You're on the ground, laying in pool of your own blood. You're surrounded by me and my team members. You're pokemon have all been defeated, some of whom I'm going to say will end up dying from their wounds. You don't have a weapon of any sort, and you're saying you can kill me when I'm holding a gun and you can barely stand?! I admire your persistence but I'm afraid that it has cost you and your friends your lives." With that the man looked away from Ash and without hesitance fired a round into Dawn's head. "Now, since that's over I do believe that It's your turn to go." the man said turning towards Ash and walking towards him.

Ash felt an energy build up in him...one that he had tried to suppress, but he knew that his rage was soon going to take over.

"When you shoot me," Ash started getting a surprised reaction from the man "I want you to look into my eyes and see my soul leave my body."

"With pleasure my boy." The man said as he kicked Ash in his stomach, flipping him on his back. The man leaned over him, with his gun pointed at Ash's head "With plea….what the hell?!" He yelled as he saw Ash's eyes light up with a bright blue azure.

In less than a second Ash's fist was coated in a blue pulse of pure aura. He grabbed the man by his coat with his left and in one swift motion, Ash drove his fist through the man's chest and out the other side. The guards around them stared in shock and awe, seeing their leader with a fist straight through his stomach. The man collapsed onto his knees, with Ash's fist still inside him. He looked up at Ash, whose eyes were still radiating blue aura. Feeling nothing but fear, he slid off Ash's arm and collapsed onto the ground. Ash shook the blood off his arm as looked over at both of his dead friends and feeling his anger take over again. Ash looked back over to the guards and other members of Team Galactic around him, still frozen and speechless about what they had just witnessed. He grinned, liking the feeling of the fear that was filling the cavern.

"So…" Ash spoke as the aura around his fists grew "Who's next!?"

Ash woke up, panting like he had been holding his breath for an hour. His eyes were burning and his hands felt like they were on fire. He could make out the bright blue spheres of aura that were formed around his hands through his blurry vision. His rapidly shook his hands, dissolving the aura and he furiously rubbed his eyes until the burning sensation had, for the most part, gone away. He let a sigh of relief, thankful that it had just been a dream and he wiped the sweat away from his forehead. He'd been having a lot nightmares like that recently, many which were revolved around the more horrid things that he had seen on his travels. He was getting afraid of his aura powers though, they seemed to be acting up after really emotional dreams like that one. He sat up and looked at the clock on his desk and saw it said it was 11: 48. He then looked over and saw that Dawn wasn't in her sleeping bag, and assumed that she had probably woken up hours ago.

"Dang, I guess I was more tired than I thought." He said talking to himself.

Ash got out of his sleeping bag and went over to his dresser and looked for something to where, which was more challenging than he had thought because all of the clothes were from when he was only 10 years old. He looked around and found his clothes from yesterday and decided to just throw those on and forget the hassle. He looked in the mirror, satisfied with his look and walked downstairs to see if everyone else was up, and just as he thought, he heard conversation coming from the dining room. As he walked by the living room though, he noticed that Cilan was still asleep and was wearing those stupid stunfisk slippers that he had told him to throw out dozens of times. Ash chuckled and proceeded towards the dining room where he found Dawn and Iris talking with each other.

"Morning guys." Ash said startling the two girls and getting their immediate attention. "Sleep well?" He asked standing against the table.

"Oh, morning Ash." Dawn said with a cheerful smile. "I slept really well, but I can't really say the same for Iris though." she said with a wink as Iris's face went as red as cheri berry.

"Why, was your bed to stiff or something Iris?" Ash asked Iris with heavy sarcasm.

"Oh yeah!" Iris quickly blurted. "The bed was as hard as a rock! Oh and the blankets, they were as rough as sandpaper!" she said, her face still bright red.

"Hmm, that's funny Iris…" Ash started.

"What do you mean?" She asked nervously.

"I thought you liked it hard and rough!" He laughed out as all the color drained from Iris's face and she puddled onto the ground.

"Ash Ketchum!" Dawn yelled at him with anger, but after a moment turned to she burst out laughing. "That was perfect!" She laughed and elbowed him lightly.

"BERLITZ!" Iris yelled as she got up, now filled with rage and embarrassment.

"Cool out Iris, we figured it out last night." Ash said getting her to calm down.

"You're both evil you know that!" She yelled slamming her fist on the table and making the other two laugh even harder.

"I'm sorry, it's just too much fun!" Dawn said still laughing at the big haired girl.

"Yeah, well not when it's at my expense!" Iris boomed making them laugh so hard Ash had collapsed on the floor.

"What's with all the commotion in here?" Yawned a tired Cilan as he walked into the dining room seeing Ash and Dawn laughing their faces off. His had a little drool running down it and his hair a total mess. "And what's so funny?"

Iris panicked and went off, "Nothing! Nothing at all, just going over the day plans like usual!"

"Well that's the lie of the century...I'm just going to go change." He said sleepily as he drooped over to the bathroom.

Iris looked over at Ash and Dawn "Will you two can it already!" She yelled. "It's not that funny!"

"Ash," Dawn said trying to stop laughing "She's right, let's give her a break."

"Alright, alright." Ash said getting up still red from all the laughter. "I'm sorry Iris."

Iris sighed, "It's alright…" She grumbled.

"Okay," Ash started "In all seriousness though, we really should go over the day plans though, seeing as there's going to be a lot of parting ways and what not." Ash said with a little sadness in his voice.

"Yeah that's true." Dawn agreed catching wind of the change in Ash's attitude.

"Don't start without me though!" Cilan chimed in a cheery manner as he walked over to the table wearing his usual formal attire and his hair greased back.

"Wow." The group all replied at once.

"Cilan, how'd you get ready that fast?" Dawn asked, stunned by the speed and quality of his change.

"No kidding," Ash started "you were gone like, less than a minute. How'd you get ready that quickly?"

"It's kind of creepy don't you think?" Iris asked just as stunned as the others.

"It's a connoisseur's secret." Cilan winked and chuckled as the others sweatdropped at him.

Hey everybody, Treecko Man here...and I really want to apologize. This has taken me kind of a long time to write and well...there isn't as much content as I wanted there to be. I've been very, very busy. Both literally and emotionally...it's a long story. I've been watching a lot of anime, Sword Art Online mostly, (a bloody epic show which I highly recommend). I've had an assload of tests, and quizzes, not to mention prom. Also yesterday, (may 4th) was my birthday. Yay me! So yeah a lot of stuff. I originally wanted this chapter to be about 10-13k words, but because of how long it's been since I last posted, I thought it's probably for the best that I post the 4k words that's in this chapter as kind of a mini one. Hopefully it has answered a lot of your questions though. I have decided to have an aura using Ash and he will be learning to uses it very soon from the help of an old friend. (hardcore fans, yall know exactly who I'm talking about.) I realize that other writers out there usually publish chapters that are this length but, for some reason I like the chapters that are like 10-13k words long. Which brings up a question I forgot to write in the last chapter. Do you guys want me to write smaller chapters, one's about 4-6k words long and have them come out once every to every other week, or have them be like 10-13k words long and have me post like once, maybe twice a month if I can. Tell me in the comments. I'll do as much as I can but for the next month, it's going to be finals prep and all that other fun stuff that a junior in high school has to deal with, but after all that hassle, I swear I'll be pumping out chapters! One last thing, I swear. Thank you so much to everyone for the massive support on my last chapter. I mean holy crap, 22 follows and 18 favs for just one chapter?! You guys are awesome! (although I'd like some more reviews *cough cough*) All critisisms and compliments are accepted with open arms. Next chapter I'm hoping will be longer and will finally be the introduction to the Kalos region, but not before an epic goodbye though ;) Anyways, Thank you all so much, and I'll see you all in the next chapter! Treecko Man Out!