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He had awoke not long after the long chase from which he ended with a lucky run up a steep hill and a quick run into a forest.
He was now cleaned up, the blood and sweat which occupied his tanned skin was no longer present and his dirt-covered shirt alongside the black leather jacket he wore was replaced with a white cotton shirt and blue jeans. The aching in his legs and the sharp throbs in his head had been too much for him, he had to awake or the pain would just be far too much to withstand.
His brown eyes fluttered open to the view of the white ceiling, with a slowly-moving fan above him, the light dimmed down as to be not to bright, but bright enough to see in the dark. The door slowly creaked open. The young woman from earlier came through the opening, and walked to the bed, and in surprise, noticed her unexpected guest had awakened.
"Oh! You're finally up? How are you this morning?" She asked kindly.
The woman was of average height for her age. She had dark brown hair, which hung to her shoulders. When the man looked her in the eyes, he could see they were the same as his.
The man's throat was dry, he tried to speak as best as he could before asking for a drink of water. "I'm doing alright. You?" He dryly replied. "Good." "Excuse me, not to be a bother, but can I please have a glass of water?" He requested. "Sure. By the way, my father needs to talk to you later and afterwards, if you feel you're able to, you can leave." The woman relayed. As she walked out of the room, the man attempted to ask her what her name was.
"W-wait! Not to be disrespectful, but what is your name? I feel it's best that I know the name of the person who saved my life." He said. She caught what he had said, and stuck her head through the opening of the door, her face with a faint blush that was barely visible.
"My name is Veronica. What is yours?" The man replied.
"My name is A-" The man couldn't reveal his name to some stranger. Yes, she had potentially saved his life, but it would do her good if she didn't know who he was. "My name is Ikhnaton." This was the first name the man could think of. Would she believe him?
"I was traveling from Pallet to a nearby town, not far from here when I got attacked by a group of men and their Pokemon. I'm afraid to say, but I found out something I wasn't supposed to. And for that, they felt that killing me was the price to pay for finding out a vital secret of theirs."
"W-who would do such a thing? That's terrible!" Veronica said.
"Most definitely. It's madness." Ikhnaton replied.
Veronica had no words to say, but nodded in acknoledgement and left the room.
An old man soon after approached Ikhnaton in the guest room.
"So young man, how exactly did you end up here in this small, empty town? And do not give me the excuse you just told my daughter just a minute ago." "But, that is how it happened." "Really? D, If I were to find out this is some sick joke, you'll be sure to get one hell of a beating!" "I am not lying to you at all. You want to know how I ended up like this? I'll gladly tell you, and afterwards, we'll see if you still feel like kicking my ass."
Ikhnaton began to tell the same story to the old man as he did with Veronica only minutes earlier.
By the time Ikhnaton finished, not much of the old man's expression had left his face, it was still quite stern.
"Well, your story is somewhat convincing." "Why exactly did those people try to kill you?"
"I can't say, and even if I did, you wouldn't believe me. I've only told one person and that person... they killed him." Ikhnaton grimaced at the memory of what he was told the day after the incident.
"I'm sorry about your friend." The old man said.
"There's no need to apologize." Ikhnaton replied.
"Well... I guess that's a good reason to keep your secret to yourself then." The old man lamented.
"Indeed." Ikhnaton agreed.
Silence took over the room.
"So... when do you think you'll be leaving?" The old man jokingly chuckled, hoping to lighten up the mood.
"Not long from now." Ikhnaton responded.
"Thank you for allowing me to stay here last night, even if it was not in my intent to pass out on your doorstep." Ikhnaton smiled.
"No problem, not at all." The old man chuckled.
Ikhnaton sat on the bed, ready to leave. It was now late in the afternoon and planned to be out before dawn.
He had a small notebook out and was writing in it:
My name is Ash Ketchum. I was born in Pallet of Kanto. At the time of this writing, I am twenty years old.
Currently, I am on the run from three criminal organizations (Rocket, Plasma, and Universal)
In order to keep my identity a secret, I've adopted the name of "Ikhnaton", former Pharoah of Egypt during the latter part of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
I've found out something that could change the world and most likely get every scumbag in those three organizations behind bars.
But, there's a problem...if this secret was to be found out, it would be cause an all-out war between many regions, including my region of Kanto.
I promised myself to keep everything in the book a secret.
May the gods guide me in my perilous journey.
Ash closed the journal and got up from the bed.
It was time to go.
Ash would prepare to leave by noon, and afterwards, would plan to travel to Unova, hopefully without being seen by the agents of Plasma. If he succeeded, he would begin his journey.
This in turn would hopefully plant the seeds of his newfound plan of justice.
Along with that, he would hand out his revenge to those who did him wrong.
To be continued...
Omake from the journal: #1:
His name was Samuel Oak. He was the local pokemon professor in Pallet, and in a way, was like a father to me.
They sent a large group of grunts and while he was working in the lab near his home, they came in and killed him. Slowly.
First, they tortured him, stab wounds and all. God knows how painful it was.
Next, they snuffed all the life out of him. Then, they stole all the pokemon they could find, luckily which didn't include mine.
Last, but not least, and what a grand way to pour a ton of salt on the open wound, what do they do? They burn the lab and his home down.
They literally robbed him of all of his useful possessions, murdered him and destroyed his property. All in the middle of the night with no-one to catch them.
This is one of the many reasons I shall wreak my revenge onto those who deserve it.
If I find the people who did this to Samuel, they will not make it out alive. I guarantee it.
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