Author: Hello fellow readers! Here's chapter 7! The reason why I have posted a chapter today because RL has been bothering me too much, Projects, Assignments, Presentations and etc. Well that's really the gist of it. And also many have voted for Zinnia and Serena so they will be included in the harem. I couldn't decide for the last one so I'll keep on checking on the reviews. And lastly, I have decided that I won't be posting chapters every week because I've been practically busy this time that I won't even get the chance to write a lot. But I'll still try my best on posting chapters as fast as I can. Without further ado, Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Pokémon (Though I own this fan-fiction story)

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

'Pokémon Thoughts'

"Telepathy/Pokémon Move"

"Aura Voice"

[Pokédex Entry]

Ash's Pokémon Team – 9 out of 12 slots filled:

Lucario – Male – Ability: Inner Focus, Steadfast & Justified

Garchomp – Male – Ability: Sand Veil & Rough Skin

Sceptile – Male – Ability: Overgrow

Charmander – Male – Ability: Blaze & Solar Power

Pikachu – Male – Ability: Static & Lightning Rod

Ho-oh – Female – Ability: Pressure & Regenerator

Gyarados – Male – Ability: Intimidate & Moxie

Scyther – Male – Ability: Swarm, Technician & Steadfast

Froakie – Male – Ability: Torrent & Protean

(Check my profile to know their moves, a really long list)

Chapter 7: Giant Moon Stone, Cerulean City!

"HELP! HELP ME!"

A voice resounded from the cave as footsteps can be heard approaching the entrance. Using aura to see what's coming towards him, he can see a man with a lab coat coming towards him being followed by a swarm of Zubats attacking the man. He let out Pikachu as he commanded Pikachu to use Thunderbolt towards the swarm. Pikachu nodded as it charged up its power and attack the Zubats.

The Zubats were unlucky as they were hit by the Thunderbolt, dropped towards the ground, as smoke came out from their body. They hurriedly flew away from them after regaining consciousness, scared of getting hit again. The man sighed in relief as he wiped off the sweat from his head, glancing towards Ash.

"Thank you so much for saving me, young man. It would have been trouble if you weren't here." The man said his thanks while panting from exhaustion. Ash merely nodded as he used aura on the man, giving him energy. Aura rushed towards the man, spreading at every nook and cranny of his body, making him feel energized. The man was surprised on why his exhaustion suddenly disappeared and was all ready to get going, but somehow calmed down as he thanked Ash.

"I don't know what you did to me, young man. But thank you for doing that, which really helped me recover. And oh... sorry for not introducing myself, I am Seymour, a scientist studying the giant Moon Stone here."

"My name's Ash and I'm a Junior Pokémon Professor taught by Professor Oak." Ash introduced himself with a slight bow. Seymour was in a daze as his eyes popped out, mouth agape while letting out an "Eeeehhhh!?" sound from his mouth. If people are shocked just to hear that Ash is a Junior Pokémon Professor, then how would they react when they will learn that the famous Pokémon Professor had taught Ash?

"Wait… you're a Junior Pokémon Professor!? And you are taught by the one and only Professor Oak?"

"Yes I am."

"You're really lucky, Ash. To think that the professor had taught you… makes people feel jealousy towards you... Well I am not in any way jealous of your achievements. I'm just glad to see someone young to be interested in the field of Pokémon Research."

Seymour laughed heartily as he said all those things to Ash. Ash remained calm whilst examining Seymour whether he's a criminal or not. There was a hint of dangerous aura coming from Seymour, which made Ash looked at him suspiciously but he set it aside for now but won't let his guard down.

"Well thank you… Earlier you mentioned something about studying a giant Moon Stone. Is there really such a thing here?"

Ash surprisingly lied as he asked Seymour about the Moon Stone inside Mt. Moon. He had already known about the existence of the giant Moon Stone that resides inside Mt. Moon. But he had to hide the fact that he knew about it and had already studied what the true purpose of that Moon Stone is.

"Well yes… I have been here studying the Moon Stone for quite some time now. There were some Clefairy that collected Moon Stones all around the area and I somehow saw them and followed them when they went back. And to my surprise, they were constructing a really huge rock made of Moon Stone. Collecting Moon Stones was one thing, but turning it to a huge one really piqued my interest. What could be the reason though?"

Seymour's eyes sparkled yet a hint of greed was shown in his eyes, which did not go unnoticed by Ash. He had doubts on whether Seymour was really a good person or not.

"Well, I guess I should go back inside. There were lights and loud rumbling noises inside that caused the Zubats to act that way. Those people wearing black clothes with red Rs on it were digging about the area, searching for Moon Stones. They were also capturing Pokémon as well."

Seymour said while pretending to not know anything about the people that he mentioned. Ash felt suspicious of why he was acting like this. But as soon as Seymour mentioned those people, anger boiled inside Ash as murderous red aura gushed from his body. Seeing this, Seymour was shocked to see a kid having a murderous face when he mentioned the people in black.

"Team Rocket… So they were here huh!?"

Anger continues to grow, turning it to wrath as he spoke those words in an ominous tone.

"So that's the name of their group, and yes they are here. When they were digging I retaliated and wanted them to go away since they're disturbing the Pokémon inside but they were too many of them and I cannot fight back."

Seymour fearfully said, forgetting that he was pretending to not know whilst shaking in fear as the miasma of wrath continues to grow around Ash. Noticing this, Ash quickly withdrew his aura as he put on a calm face but it didn't convince Seymour at all.

"Since they're here, I guess I will just have to tear them up to shreds."

Ash ruthlessly smiled, which was out of character, making Seymour feel uneasy and imagined the situation of a boy tearing the Team Rocket members to pieces which made him shiver.

"No please avoid doing something very violent. At least just knock them down and call the police to capture them."

Seymour said with eyes that could be described as begging. He didn't want to see such a hideous thing to happen, especially to his team which he pleaded Ash to not kill them. Seeing this, Ash sighed in defeat while letting out a "Fine." from his mouth. Seymour bitterly smiled hearing Ash's defeated tone as he lead Ash towards where Team Rocket were digging.

'Good thing I managed to trick the kid or it will be troublesome. He doesn't look strong though but the aura that emanated from his body sure was dangerous. I better be careful or else it will be the end of me, the best scientist in the world. After capturing this brat and get all of his Pokémon, I should probably proceed to seize the giant Moon Stone. '

Seymour said to himself whilst laughing evilly inside his mind. As they walked deeper, rumbling noises can be heard deeper from the cave. There were lights around the area, which had disturbed the Pokémon living inside. They walked further ahead as a huge area appeared in front of his eyes. There was Team Rocket members digging around the area, while others were pushing cages filled with captured Pokémon into the area full of cages.

Some members began to notice Ash and Seymour as they took their poke balls, ready to fight. Suddenly, Seymour cocked his fist as he swung it towards Ash, aiming for his head. But unfortunately, Ash noticed the incoming fist as he raised his left arm, grabbing the fist and clenched it tightly, making Seymour screamed in pain.

"For you to suddenly punched to me like that… You think I wouldn't notice?"

Ash coldly said as red aura gushed out of his body. Seymour was sweating beads as fear rose up from his face as the grip got stronger, making him wince in pain. Then Ash lifted him up by his hand, as he threw him towards the Rocket members which crashed to them as he had been thrown like a pebble, making the Rocket members unable to move away.

Ash walked slowly towards them, a Sky Blue-colored Poke Ball on his hand. The Rocket members hurriedly released their Pokémon as they ordered their Pokémon to attack Ash. Ash remained unfazed of what they have done, as he sends out Gyarados, which it roared out intimidating the Pokémon. Their Pokémon cowered in fear which made the Rockets cried out in anger, ordering them to attack but their Pokémon were too scared to attack.

"Gyarados, eliminate."

Ash ordered Gyarados in which it nodded as it attacked the Pokémon with its powerful Hydro Pump, blowing them away with swirls in their eyes. They quickly returned their Pokémon to their poke balls as they began to run away, but was futile since Ash ordered Gyarados to destroy the entrances, blocking it with debris. They were shaking in fear as Ash slowly approached them, as the red aura around him suddenly changed to black with his eyes as black as the darkness.

"Please don't kill us! Don't kill us please, we beg you!"

They started to beg at Ash as tears dripped from their eyes. But that didn't stop Ash as he continued to walk towards them; the black aura grew denser and bigger.

"Master! Snap out of it! Do not let anger control you!"

Lucario suddenly spoke as it felt Ash's aura filled with rage and anger. But Ash didn't hear him, as if he was someone else. Lucario kept talking to him until he stopped, knowing that it was no use. Ash stopped for a while, searching for the voice but continues to walk towards them after when he couldn't find the source of the voice.

He soon arrived at the frightened Team Rocket members while coldly looking towards them. His eyes grew sharper as the Team Rocket members were coated with darkish aura as they levitated from the ground. They panicked and tried to escape but it was futile as the force was gripping them tightly, making them unable to move.

If you are wondering why Ash's aura would change into black once he would be in the state of wrath, it would be due to suppressing his aura to the extent where it wouldn't cause a lot of destruction once used. There are seven kinds of aura where black is the strongest whilst yellow is the weakest. Though he had already suppressed his aura to its limit, which is the red aura, he is still stronger than most of the aura users that have existed, practically on par with his father who also has red aura.

"Foolish greedy people… Capturing innocent Pokémon to use them for destruction is an unforgivable sin. Team Rocket… you will face judgment!"

Ash declared as black aura gathers on his right hand, forming it to a circular sphere as it slowly condense, giving it a dark sinister feeling around it. The Rocket members kept screaming for mercy as they begged for forgiveness to Ash, but he wouldn't want to hear their excuses anymore.

He soon launched the sphere at his hand, as it went straight towards the Rocket members, who were still pleading him to let them go, as the sphere scattered into many arrow-shaped aura which surrounded them forming a huge sphere, enclosing them from the inside.

Muffled voices can only be heard as the sphere completely sealed them off. Then Ash clutched his hand, as the sphere compressed crushing the Rocket members inside the sphere. The voices got louder but it disappeared after the sphere was compressed to the limit. The sphere disappeared with the Team Rocket members inside it, with nothing not even a strand of hair remained.

After a few minutes, Ash started to calm down as the black aura around him slowly changed back into red and finally returned to his body. He contemplated of what has happened here for a moment before he sends out Lucario to free the caged Pokémon that was caught by Team Rocket. They hurriedly destroyed the cage as the Pokémon inside it expressed their thanks through nodding with a smile on their face as they ran away.

After releasing all the captured Pokémon, Ash breathed out a sigh of relief as he tried to return Lucario but a voice suddenly made him stop his actions.

"Master… Why do you always let anger control you once you would encounter this kind of situation? I have always observed you every single day since you have bonded with us and trained with us every day, you can practically control every emotion you have. But that time when you rescued little Froakie and this situation, you didn't even listen to me and let your instincts run wild and killed them."

Lucario said with a face filled with worry. All of the time they have spent together really brought them close as brothers. Ash was saddened when he saw Lucario worrying for him.

"I'm sorry about that, Lucario. It's just that I would always be reminded of what had happened to my mother when they would show up. And I don't really want others to get hurt because of them. I'm really sorry about that…"

Ash said with an expression filled with sadness on his face as Lucario went to him and gave him a hug, in which he hugged back. They stayed in that position for a while before finally separating, and returned Lucario to his poke ball. He then walked to a pathway where some Pokémon that he helped went. After walking for a while, he had found another huge area with a huge Moon Stone on the center. There were a lot of Clefairy and Cleffa encircling the Moon Stone as they performed a ritual.

One of the Clefairy walked towards the Moon Stone, assuming that it was their leader, suddenly spoke about who will be chosen to evolve into a Clefable. Many of the Clefairy were excited as tension was built up while they waited for the leader to chose. A few minutes later, the leader finally made a decision and decided to choose the Clefairy that was standing somewhere in the middle. Many of the Clefairy were saddened due to not being chosen, but the chosen Clefairy happily went towards the leader as the leader handed him the Moon Stone.

After receiving the Moon Stone, the Clefairy was enveloped by a white glow, indicating that it was evolving. It was shining bright for a while before it finally subsided, revealing a Clefable standing from the spot where the Clefairy evolved. Clefable kept the same appearance of a Clefairy with only growing taller. It cried out its name as all of the Clefairy and Cleffa around the area cheered for the newly evolved Pokémon.

Though Ash had already seen this phenomenon when he was still an apprentice of Professor Oak, it never gets old to see such a spectacle view. After watching for a while, he left the area as he searched for the exit. He scanned the whole mountain with his aura to know where exactly is the exit leading to Cerulean City. Then he found the exit as he sprinted towards the direction of the exit, wanting to leave this place to challenge the Cerulean City Gym.

Entrance of Mt. Moon – Cerulean Side

Ash had finally got out of Mt. Moon after watching the ritual of the Clefairy. He had recorded the spectacle with his Mf-Dex from the time he arrived at the area. Now that he was outside, he looked for a place suitable for training his Pokémon in the area, especially since he will also have to train Ho-oh that he needs to find a secluded area to train all of his Pokémon. After searching for a while, he had finally found a huge area with a river streaming towards an area far away from the spot he was currently staying.

Ash sends out all of his Pokémon, instructed them that it's training time and all began to do their training. Garchomp started to learn the move Flash Cannon, which is to gather Steel-type energy, condensing it and release it like a laser beam, and also the move Iron Tail. Lucario started to teach Garchomp to how learn Flash Cannon while the move Iron Tail was already taught by Pikachu.

Sceptile began to work on his new move Frenzy Plant, which summons enormous tree roots that can cause huge damages but exhausts the user after using. He began using Frenzy Plant repeatedly, trying to increase his endurance and trained so that the effects of exhaustion will not be a worry. Charmander began to work on his Shadow Claw, which he was taught by Lucario. After learning Shadow Claw, he began to combine the two moves Dragon Claw and Shadow Claw.

Pikachu began to learn the moves Discharge, which is to strike everything around the area with a flare of electricity, and the move Volt Switch, which is to release a ball of lightning and returns back to the trainer to switch with another Pokémon. Gyarados started training on Dragon Tail and Earthquake. He was taught by Garchomp on how to gather draconic-energy towards its tail whilst he trains on Earthquake by slamming its tail hard on the ground, causing the ground to shake.

Ho-oh began training on Steel Wing, which she was taught by Scyther on how to gather Steel-type energy towards her wings, and Extreme Speed, which she trained by flying as fast as she can with weights. Scyther began training on Aerial Ace while casting Double Team simultaneously, trying to improve his evasion while attacking the enemy.

Froakie, on the other hand, began training by lifting weights while jumping on trees, increasing his speed. He also began training on the moves Water Pulse, Dig, Double Team and Smokescreen to increase his dodging rate once in battle. Froakie's hidden ability, Protean, is really convenient once he will learn moves that counters against his weakness. When he will use Dig and Protean is activated, his type will change to Ground-type, making him invulnerable against Electric-types.

As everyone was currently still training, Charmander stopped his training as he suddenly began to glow. Ash was a bit surprise since it was expected that Charmander was going to evolve soon. The light finally subsided, revealing a slightly taller Charmander with crimson scales and a horn-like protrusion on the back of its head. Charmander finally evolved to a Charmeleon, as it released out a strong Flamethrower towards the sky. Ash showed a smile as he congratulated Charmeleon for evolving, in which Charmeleon smirked.

Froakie had improved a lot from his training and learned a lot of moves whilst everyone had improved slightly but learned the moves they wanted to learn. Ash returned all his Pokémon to their respective poke balls, gathered everything he had taken out from his bag, as he went towards Cerulean Gym, where he will have to challenge the Gym Leader to get his second badge.

After walking for at least 20 minutes, he had finally arrived at the outskirts of Cerulean City, in which he can see the entrance. He was a bit excited to challenge the Gym Leader and earn his second badge. Then a familiar sound ringed to his ears, as he looked for the source and was a bit surprised when he saw who it was.

"Hey Ashy-boy. You're finally here!"

(Chapter End)

Charmander evolved! Reunion with Gary! A battle against childhood friends next chapter!

As you have read above the chapter, I have chosen Zinnia and Serena as part of Ash's harem. The fifth girl is still not decided as I am still looking at the reviews you guys have given. And I also mentioned within this chapter that there are seven kinds of aura. Here's the list from weakest to strongest:

Yellow - Weakest
Orange - Weaker
Green – Slightly weak
Blue - Normal
Red – Slightly strong
Violet - Stronger
Black – Strongest

Not really sure about other aura users appearing in this fanfic with different kinds of aura, but I'll look into it and see if I can add them. I would accept OCs having these kinds of aura but the strongest would only have red aura, not reaching violet. So go ahead and give me some OCs and I'll find a way to add them to this story.

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See you next chapter!