The Aura is with me the legendary Trainer
chapter IV
The story goes on and and the truth about Ash's role is slowly getting revealed. Thanks for all the reviews and feedback I got!
Also Cynthia will have a bigger role in this chapter.
A red haired man was slowly making his way in.
"Who are you?" asked Ash in confusion. "And what are you doing?" Ash wasn't dumb he had a hunch that the red haired might be his enemy. He seemed to be familiar somehow.
"Reno's the name and I'm here because it's my job. Nothing personal," Reno took out his hands from his pockets.
Ash just stared at him. "You're that guy I bumped into earlier.. were you searching for me the whole time?"
"Yes.." Reno sighed. "Damn you! Do you now how much time I lost just because you didn't say that you were Ask Ketchum!"
"What do you want?"
"Oh nothing really I'm just here to.. observe."
"Oh really?" Ash asked sceptically.
"Maybe not, I challenge you to a pokemon battle! My boss wants to know whether you are worthy or not. Who knows he might even let you join our ranks. You just have to give me an impression that counts. I'm actually giving you an offer here, like the nice guy I am hehe."
"Is that a challenge? Because I never back down from a challenge!"
"Maybe it is maybe it's not.. I'm just asking for a battle."
"You're on!"
"Follow me then," Reno said as he walked out.
Ash followed Reno without questions. Reno didn't seem like a bad guy. He was only doing his job when it come down to it. They might have been friends if they had met during other circumstances.
Reno led him to a black helicopter just outside the school grounds.
Something seemed fishy about it but Ash didn't care. A battle was a battle in his opinion, there was nothing else to it nothing else mattered.
The helicopter led Ash to an empty battlefield just outside town.
"It's a one on one battle no restrictions!" Reno shouted from the other side of the battlefield.
"You're on!" Ash smiled. He loved being on battlefields. He had practically grown up on them. He took out a pokeball and gave it a light kiss remembering the pose one of his friends used to do all the time "Gary.. this one is for you," he thought as he threw out the pokeball. "Pikachu I choose you!"
The ball fell down on the ground an a red light shoot out as Pikachu appeared. The pokeball flew back to his hand.
"So this is a Pikachu, eh?" Reno said with a smirk. "Arcanine let's go!"
Pikachu cringed when Arcanine appeared.
"Intimidate is doing it's work.. how scary," Ash remarked. "Pikachu use quick attack!"
Pikachu sprinted towards Arcanine in an almost unseeable speed.
"Arcanine stand strong!" Reno shouted as his pokemon got hit.
The quick attack had little to no effect on the big dog pokemon. Its tail started to flash.
"Pikachu he's using irontail strike back with your own!" Ash shouted as he saw though Arcanine's attack.
The sound of metal clashing against metal could be heard. Arcanine stood strong while Pikachu flew slightly backwards forcing it to make a backflip to come out unharmed.
"Arcanine use flamethrower!" Reno shouted as he held out his right hand. A red glow was emitting from the palm of his hand.
"His using his own powers to give a power boost to his own pokemon. To can play that game," Ash though.
"Pikachu use agility to evade the attack and then use volt tackle!" Ash focused his aura into his hands.
Sparks flew out from his palms.
"Haha how predictable, Arcanine counter attack with your flareblitz!"
Ash could sense how Reno's own power was transferred to his pokemon. I have to make this count, it might be my one and only chance! Ash intensified the amount of aura in his hand. Blue lightning was sparking in his palms. "Pikachu now!" He shouted.
A Pikachu covered in thunder and lightning ran toward a flame covered Arcanine.
"This clash will determine the outcome of the battle. Let's give them all we got" Reno shouted.
"Yeah!" Ash shouted as he went all out.
A vague contour of white was glowing from Pikachu's back. Was he imaging things?
A smoke covering the whole battlefield appeared when the two pokemon clashed.
"Pikaaachu!"
"Arcaaanine!"
The smoke covering the field was slowly blown away.
Only one pokemon was standing-Pikachu!
"Arcanine return!"
"Pikachu you did it!" Ash shouted as he ran towards his pokemon giving it a big hug. "You rock buddy!"
"Pika pi," Pikachu replied weakly.
"Take a nice long rest in your pokeball."
"You won.. I'll report this to my boss. "
"What's all this business with your boss? What does he want from me?" Ash asked curiously.
"Oh he wants to.. stir up things on the world. Change the direction in our favour. I bet you've heard of us, we're Team Rocket!"
"Hey Reno don't take to long!" A blue haired man suddenly shouted from the helicopter.
"Don't worry James! Hang on for a minute or two!" Reno shouted back as he lit a cigar. "I won't go easy on you next time, Ash! I was just hear to confirm whether you had a Pikachu or not.. Won't go see easy on you the next time we meet!"
"Like I care, you're weak!" Ash shouted angrily.
This ain't the last time you'll hear of me!" Reno said as he walked to the waiting helicopter.
It took off before Ash realised that he was left alone.
"Hey what about me! The least you can do is giving me a ride back home! HEEEY!"
"Sorry kido not my problem, hehe. Besides we're not on good foot with each other remember?"
Ash just stood there in disbelief while the helicopter took off.
"Damn... guess I'll have to call a taxi- FUUCCCK! I didn't bring my phone! DOES IT MEAN THAT I HAVE TO WALK ALL THE WAY HOME? SO UNFAIR!"
"Ash no one can hear you," A voice said.
"Yeah you're right..."
"So no need to shout," A warm hand touched his cheek.
Ash looked up. Wait a minute... how can I talk to someone if no one's here?
He could hear a soft giggle.
"Cynthia?" he said in disbelief.
"Yup it's me," She said while giving him the brightest smile he'd ever seen.
"Oh good thanks Arceus that you are here!" Ash said with a smile of his own. "What would I be without you?"
"I don't know.. don't want to know either," Cynthia said. "Poor Ash all alone..."
"Wait... what are you doing here and when did you come?" Ash asked as it got to him. He had been led here by that Reno dude so how could Cynthia be here?
"Oh I was nearby and well... could hear the explosion and your screaming," She said while pulling Ash's cheek.
"Hey quit it!" Ash said softly.
"No, what have I said about following strangers?" She asked with sigh. "I was worried you know... what if you got hurt? What if they kidnapped you or worse what if they... killed you?"
"Sorry I didn't...-"
Ash never got to finish the sentence before Cynthia had thrown her arms around him.
"Oh Ash what am I going to do with you... you're so hopeless you never listen!"
Ash could feel her body shaking and he could hear her broken voice, she was crying. Crying because of him, because of his stupidity and recklessness.
Ash was lost on words.
She really cared about him. She was always watching over him protecting him, she had always been there for him since those faithful days when 'that' and 'that' had happened. He could still remember it like it was yesterday.
He had been ten years old. Ash remembered that he had been so happy and proud that day. It had been the day he finally had won over his rival and best friend Gary in a pokemon battle.
….-...FLASHBACK...-...
A ten year old Ash was walking home humming to himself in joy.
"I WON I WON meee wooon!" he sang happily as he opened the gate to his home. He walked in the garden and walked pass the carrot land his mother was so proud of.
He unlocked the door to his house and stepped in. "Mum I'm home!" he shouted as usual. He would always say that whenever he got home. His mum would always shout back 'welcome home honey'.
No one shouted back this day... it was quiet.
"Where is she?" He had asked himself before noticing a note on the fridge.
'I'm doing some grocery shopping in town will be back around 7 pm. There's food in the fridge and don't eat ice cream before dinner!
Love mum
…._End of flashback_...
His mother hadn't returned that day she had died in a car accident. There was some strange circumstances around the incident but the case had been closed due to lack of resources and proof.
He had moved in with the Oak's and his best friend Gary, but Gary had died in an unknown sickness two years after.
Gary's family decided to move after the death of their son. They had offered Ash to come and live with them but he just couldn't. He loved his home town even though he had lost his mother and bestfriend there.
One of his mother's friends had been chosen as his caretaker.
Since Ash had no known relatives since his father had left his mother before he even was born.
But his new caretaker mistreated him and he run away from home back to his old house who had a new family living there, Cynthia's.
She had moved in from Sinnoh just one year prior to Gary's death so Ash was quite familiar with her. She had been the best friend of Gary's older sister Daisy after all.
They had taken pity on him and allowed him to take back his house before moving to a new one.
He'd been allowed to stay on his own but people from the government would come and check him twice a week. He'd inherited all his mother's money and he also got money from the government due to being underaged and having lost his parent. So money wasn't a problem for him. He just needed someone to be with, to rely on, someone to love.
Cynthia had been taking care of him in a way ever since then. She had always helped him with food, homework and all that stuff.
He owed so much to her.
"I.. promise that I'll be more careful from now on," Ash said as he put his arms around her.
Cynthia let out a weak giggle between her tears. "D-don't give a promise you can't keep!"
"I'll try.. I really mean it this time," Ash said with an inner conviction.
Cynthia didn't say anything she just hugged him tighter.
"I'll make sure that you keep that promise Ash Ketchum!"
"Y-yes Mam!"
"Let's go! And yeah you can stay with me today," Cynthia said as she let go of him and wiped away her tears.
…..._...
Ash was just sitting on a sofa in Cynthia's apartment watching tv whilst enjoying the smell of food that came from the kitchen.
"When is the dinner ready?" He asked his stomach growled.
"Just five minutes!" Cynthia replied with a laugh.
The doorbell rang.
"Ash can you take it? I have my hands full at the moment!" Cynthia shouted.
"Sure!" Ash went to the door and opened it. "Drake! What are you doing here?"
"I could be asking you the same thing," Drake replied with a smirk.
"I'm well err.. ohh-"
"You skipped school today again," Drake cut him off. "No excuses and I've heard from Cynthia about that Reno guy."
"Cynthia you traitor!"
Cynthia came out from the kitchen to the hallway.
"Oh sooo what?" she said sticking out her tongue at him. "You're the one at fault for not being careful in the first place!"
"Umm yeah I guess..."
"Ash.. it seems like you forgot to lock the door yet again!" Drake shouted as he smacked him.
"Ouch hey that hurt, old man!"
"I reminded you of how important it is for you to lock the damn door!" The whole building was set ablaze one or two hours ago it has been burnt down to the ground... nothing is left!"
"Whaat.. why.. who did it?"
"Witnesses say that it was a red haired man with an Arcanine."
"Damn you, RENO!"
"Ash I'm not here to .. bash on you," Drake began as Cynthia walked back to the Kitchen.
"Doesn't seem like that to me!"
"You were lucky that it was Reno... he's.. soft hearted unlike the rest of Team Rocket. Do not forget that Team Rocket isn't the only organization after you... there is one more that is much more... dark and sinister. Stay here with Cynthia until we get a new room for you.." Drake started to walk out.
"What about all my stuff, old man!"
"They're gone nothing. There's nothing I can do about it. You'll get compensation from the school don't worry."
"I guess we're cool then," Ash said.
"By the way to girls were desperately asking about you... whether you were okay or not or even alive at all."
"What was their names?" Ash asked with a gulp.
"Dawn and May," Drake replied with a smirk. "It's my duty as the headmaster of the school to tell where you are, how you are and that you are... hanging wet yet another girl..."
"You can't to this to me, man!" Ash screamed in despair. "NOOOHH!"
Drake walked out and shut the door as he left.
Damn Dawn and May won't take the news about me well... Ash though.
A blonde girl was standing in front of him with cold eyes.
"What's the deal with May and Dawn? Who are they anyway?"
"I can explain!" Ash said with a gulp.
"No dinner for you!
"Have mercy!" Ash screamed as he went down on his knees begging for her forgiveness.
He could hear a giggle.
"Just kidding!" Cynthia said with a wink. "Time for dinner."
She left Ash starring at her back in surprise. His gaze lowered done.
"Cynthia you're one special girl," he said in amusment.
Cynthia turned around and saw what Ash's eyes were looking at, or to be more exact got a hunch of what they had looked at.
"Oh..."
"I-i don't mean that.. y-you're personality n-not your ass.." Ash said in panic. "I l-like it too of-"
"Yeah I know," Cynthia simply said with a smile.
D-damn I might fall for her if things keep going like this...
He found himself hugging Cynthia from behind. Damn!What am I doing?
"Ash it's okay," Cynthia said like she had read his mind. "Let's stay like this for a while.
Only Cynthia in this chapter. Dawn and May fans have no fear because they will appear in the next chapter! Hope you liked it and don't forget to review! And oh do mention if you want any of the girls introduced in the last chapter to have a bigger role in a review or pm. I'm going to introduce Giselle at some point in the story just saying...