Sorry for the long delay, i wanted to keep the story rolling by setting myself to make a chapter every month or so to pace myself but two months past. I'm very sorry for that. For that I'm going straight to the next chapter after this post and will be done by this week or in a weeks time, because you never know what life throws at you.

Another thing is that I have realized that I never put up the ages of all of the dexholders, for this AU has a certain age group for the dexholders. So I'll update the other chapters soon. But for now this is the age group of the current dexholders that are present(alive) at the moment. The ages here are based from the first chapter to know so please keep that in mind.

Red-9

Green(M)-9

Blue(F)-9

Yellow-7

Gold-6

Silver-6

Crystal-6

Ruby-4

Sapphire-4

Emerald-3

Diamond-2

Pearl-2

Platinum-2

Black-2

White-2

Lack(Lack-two)-born

Whi(Whi-two)-born

Hope this help, if still have questions, just ask. Enjoy

Disclaimer: don't own Pokemon Adventures

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"I have to go now."

You would think that hearing those words would be so simple, that they only have one meaning and that there was no need to repeat such simple words.

To Ruby, they were not so simple.

He didn't understand what was happening at all. A moment ago he was just playing with his new friend in the woods with a game of tag. Then it all happened so fast, he heard her scream and the next thing he knew, he was calling out all of his pokemon friends to help her, to save her, to protect her. He didn't want anything to happen to her, he didn't want harm to his only friend.

Sure he had friends before and had fun like they were, but because his dad always had to train a lot to grow stronger for the gym leader test, many of his friends left him because they didn't want to wait anymore for him to come back after his long days of training alongside his dad, and many of them were even jealous of this fact. But Ruby didn't want that to get to him and instead continued focusing more on training his pokemon and battling skills like his dad. He made his main focus to make his father proud of him.

But he didn't realized that he showed only the soft side of himself. While he was with her, he never had a reason to be aggressive or hostile at all, never had a reason to show his father's side of him. He never knew that she would be fright over that, after all, he is still the same person that became her friend.

But the way she looked at him, he thought it was because she was scared over the Salamence attack. He wanted to show her that there was no reason to be scared anymore. That's why he smiled through his pain, to show that its safe.

He didn't know that to her, she wasn't safe.

If only he could go back…

"Sca- scary.."

He never saw her cry before. Heck he never saw a girl cry before, but the way she looked at him and the way she said those words…

It hurts. It hurts to see the one person you want to protect, the one person who is there for you, the one person who is now your friend….

...be afraid of you.

He wanted to run away. He wanted to run and run and run. He wanted to go home and stay in his mom's arms, he wanted to go back and practice his battling skills, he wanted to go back and see that his dad was watching him with pride in his eyes as he becomes a better trainer.

Daddy…

He didn't know what happen after but the next thing he knew was being treated by a person in a long white coat. They were fumbling with something around his head, and slowly he felt pressure on his wound, covering it with something of a sort. They were talking to his mom, something about ''very deep' and 'might have scars'.

He didn't care, and how can he? How can he when someone was afraid of him, for what he was, what part of his father he might be.

Daddy?

Then his mom took him in his arms. He felt so relieved to feel the warmth and love that she gave to him, as she whispered about how everything was fine now and how he was safe and how they were going to see his dad.

He was happy. Happy to know that everything's going to be ok, just like he wanted. They will all go home together and have dinner on the table with a his parents tucking him in and saying good night as he wakes from his nightmare. This is, after all, only just a nightmare. There was no attack, no tears from her, no bandages on his head, and no way that his dad was leaving him.

Daddy!

But now, his father, his dad...is saying that he was leaving.

'Why? Why is he leaving? Did something happened? Did...did I do something to upset daddy, was I not strong enough? And what about the test, surely daddy passed. So why...why was he leaving me!?',Ruby thought.

Norman had his attention to his wife as she held onto his hands with as much strength as she can muster in her weak state. Hating that he had to leave his wife and only son, his face held a confixed battle of emotions as he also strongly held her petite hands in his own," I may not be able to spend much time with you and Ruby…," he held on tighter ,"Sorry…." Mrs. Kasumi finally couldn't take it as she let her tears fall freely from her face bowed down in sadden acceptance," Dear…"

Giving her hand a final squeeze he slowly let go of her hand with his heart pinged in pain when he knew this will be one of the only times he gets to see her for who knows how long. Sensing this, she too, with shaky hands, let go as well and walked her way to Ruby. But not without giving her husband a final smile of encouragement.

Norman felt many swirls of emotions. Shaking it off he looked up to a particular part of the skies as he recalled the talk that he had about the direction of where the target took off to,'It flew off in that direction.'

Fingering his belt around, he fumbled till he found what he was looking for. Unleashing the small rounded pokeball from its small prison, he pressed the small white button of his now enlarged pokeball. Sparing a glance at the creature inside he give it a nob as he used his reflex to throw the small device in front of him. With a almighty boom and a sudden flash of light, there standing was a Dragonite. The now freed pokemon shook its head from the new freedom from his small home. Now seeing his master in front, walking to his family, Dragonite carefully followed him.

Norman stand there was he saw his wife, caring for his son, Ruby, with his newly acquired jacket that they had packed."Come Ruby, say goodbye to daddy.You gotta button this here…" Norman watched her buttoned little Ruby's jacket with a a steady face. He had to make sure to show nothing that he feels, because if he did, then he would break from the one face that he get his mind off on. Ruby's.

Ruby didn't want him to go, he didn't want to say goodbye. Everything was supposed to be ok, they were supposed to go celebrate together, they were supposed to be moving to there new home together, they were supposed to be together.

"Ruby, be a good boy and say 'bye-bye' to dad-"

"Daddy!"

Before he knew it, before anyone knew it, Ruby escaped his mother's arms and was now walking towards Norman with arms stretched out and face in a pity pleasing manner. No one moved to stop Ruby but he wasn't finished. With emotion in his voice he continued.

"Daddy…," blinking away his tears",are you gonna stop teaching me about battles?"

Nothing moved, it seemed like the whole world had hold its breath from this little boys question…no… from the answer that will come from it, from the person it must come from. What a horrible world to let this happen to this poor family.

Norman wanted nothing then to stop everything and apologize for trying to leave, for taking the blame, to leave him with no answer at all. But…

"Ruby from now on, you'll continue training on your own. Do not ever give up halfway. Always strive to better yourself, until you've reached the pinnacle. From now on…"

Breath.

"...I won't be by your side to guide you. True strength lies in overcoming obstacles on your own, and gaining powers through your own merit-"

"No!" Ruby had enough, how could he? How could he say this to him?! He was his role model, his teacher, his daddy. How could he train without him there, he was the one to teach him Pokemon battles, he was the one to help him catch his first friend, he was the one to inspire his dream of wanting to beat all the gym leaders and challenge the Pokémon league. And one day that would mean to battle his dad, his biggest dream yet. To battle and beat his dad, to see the spark in his father's eyes as he sees his win over his father as he congratulate him, giving him a badge, saying how proud he was… "I wanna go with you!!"

Boom!

Without him knowing what was going on, his dads Slaking was released right behind him and took a hold at him. Norman watched this as his most trusted and most faithful partner held on to his son as he struggled to get out of the strong ape-like Pokemon. Norman turned around and started to walk to his dragon Pokemon,"You cannot."

...no..

"Daddy!! I want you to keep teaching me!! I wanna grow stronger with daddy watching me!"

Step by step.

..No..

"Daddy!"

Getting on.

No.

"Daddy!"

Double taps his Pokemon

No!

"Daddy!"

Dragon started to flap his wings

NO!!!

"Don't go!! Don't leave me behind!!"

Those tears were never ending that day, neverending for who knows how long, no one knows….nobody knows...nobody knows those tears were going to leave a permanent scars in his face for years and years and years to come.

~{*}~

It was silent, at least, to Ruby it was.

Just hours before, he was attacked by a wild Salamence along with his newly bonded friend that he just meet. There was a battle, an injury, and tears. It didn't come from him, he had blood for that.

Just a few hours before, his father told them he was leaving, without reason. There was shouting,words, and tears. They came from him. They didn't stop.

As soon as he left, he cry, screamed, and kicked, trying anything so that he can get out of the iron-like grip that was holding him down from running to find his dad. His mom tried to reason with him, but he had none of it and continued to cry out and fight back. After an hour of his tantrum, he tired himself out past his breaking point that he didn't object when Slaking handed him over to his mom who tried to soothed him with words that he can't remember and had felt her patting his head. He didn't acknowledge any of it and countinted to cry silently.

But still hours later he was sitting in the corner on one of the Pokémon Center's lounges with twin waterfalls on his face. His mother, along with some other people didn't recognize, followed along to the Pokémon center after seeing that the sun was sure to be setting soon. At the moment, his mom, who decided that he need time when she couldn't get through to him, was talking to a man with brown hair and beard, with sandals and a white lab coat, the same man who was one of the few people that keeps glancing at him. If it was another time, he would have thought how weird this guy was and would have ask his mom who he was, but he was to broken down to even stand up, much less asking his mom such curious question that he had in mind.

The room was one of the lounge rooms that the Pokémon Center would have for parties and events that are reserved for celebrations that they would host. But at the moment, it was filled with many people with suits, coats, and some with microphones in hand, all talking to each other about the incident. Although Ruby was grieving, he had eased dropped enough to know something had happen to the 'Lad' and had some of their research ruined by this as well as there data for it. This was what they were talking about, that's what they are all only talking about.

'Who cares….daddy's gone, he's gone…',Ruby had thought silently as he gazed at all of the grownups that filled the room.

No one was talking about his dad, no one was unnerved by his absences, no one noticed at all. It was frustrating that he was the only one that seems to be grieving and everyone was talking over some papers and data. It angered him that all them seem to care about was the lab, no one was even mentioning his dad , even his mom didn't say anything.

He couldn't take it.

Before he could talk himself out of it, before anyone can see him, before his mom came back to check on him, he used his anger as his strength and ran out of the room to the entrenched. He didn't know if anyone saw him or if it was his imagination, but he heard a shout and the next thing he knew, more voices rises along. Ruby wasn't sure what the voices had said, but he refused to slow down, in fact, it only made him run even faster then he was before.

He passed the rows and rows of doors that seem to forever stretched till he finally passed by Nurse Joy in the front desk to the twin doors that opened when he was 3 feet away from them. The first thing he felt was the blast of the fresh cold night air as he speed past any trainers that were on their way to the Pokémon Center for the night, who were all surprised to have someone who wasn't even half their size to bump into them in top speed, the perks of playing outdoors and training. Ruby didn't have to wait long for someone to react, for as soon as he was only a few yards away from the Center, he heard shouts.

"Stop!"

"What are you doing kid?!"

"Ruby! Come back!"

But he didn't stop, he just ran and ran and ran through the forest trees. Why would he go back! They didn't care for his dad, and know they are all coming after him and then what? They will forget about him as well, just like they did with his dad.

'Just like daddy.'

As much as he wished that he could get away, Ruby can hear the footsteps of many others as the go closer and closer. It won't be long till someone had caught up to him and stop him from escaping.

'No, please, just leave me alone.'

He remembered how his dad would sometimes train out in the back, where the forest was connected along with their home. He would always try to finish all of his chores and meals as quickly as possible to come outside and watch his dad train his Pokémon alongside side with his own Pokémon friends. Sometimes, his dad would call him out and tell him advice or battle strategies that he would take to heart. And when his dad felt like he had learned it will enough, he would tell him to show his own training, and at rare times, do a mock battle between the two.

The footsteps were now closer, he could feel the hands that grazed him, that are now trying to grab a hold on to him. Those voices were seem to be shouts from far away are now whispers in his ears. So close, so close…

Ruby knew he was done for, there was no place left to go as. Even if he ran fast, he would just trier himself out and get caught. If he stop he would have to face his mom and all of the unknown faces that tried to catch a rouge boy on the run.

He squeezed his tiny fist as he came to that realization, he would be caught, wither he liked it or not. It was foolish to try to run in the first place. But, how can't he? They don't know how he felt, they don't know what happen to him. Only his mom knew and had any idea how he felt and even she seemed like she didn't care at all to what had happen today.

'All I want to to escape from here,' he pleaded, 'Please, someone. Help me.'

Of course no would hear him, after all, who would hear someone's thoughts? Who would hear his thought but his own psychic Pokémon who had heard him and his wish.

Although Ruby forgotten his friends for most of the day after the tragedy, he made sure to have them all near him, for they were his only friends in this dark tragic day. But what was deeper than that was that they all had some sort of connection to him and his father, for they all have some type of memory about him and his dad.

Ruru, his ralts, felt her trainers troubling thoughts and wanted nothing more to help comfort her trainer. Feeling determined to help her trainer no matter what she focused enormous amounts of energy in side her tiny pokeball home that she had been kept in and concentrated on a place that she knew would been safe her trainer to seek as a hidden shelter for there hiding. Letting those thoughts fuel her energy, she slowly started to release a white bright glow surrounding her body, as it gradually grew.

Ruby didn't know what was happening. One minute he was just at the verge of giving up on all hope when Ruru's pokeball started to glow a bright white light. He was surprised by this and was worried for one of his partner Pokémon. He didn't know what it meant and was scared something might had happened to Ruru when the light started to grow bigger and bigger till it filled in the whole forest with its blinding light.

Everyone tried to block there eyes from going blind and gave out protest of surprise and shock. But just like it had started, the light slowly died down, as it grew smaller and smaller. As soon as the the light was weak enough to see, all the adults, one by one, uncovered third eyes from the white glow. For a moment no one did anything thing from the shock of it all. If they had been quick about it, they would have realized that the spot that Ruby was once was, was now empty with nothing more then his white spiked beanie.

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Nooooooooooo. Ruuuuuuubbbbbbyyyyyy.

All I wanted was a story not a heart breaker. Whhhhyyyyy...