Chapter seven

Born into a world of criminals

"Who is?" May asked.

"You mean you didn't see her?" Ash asked.

"No"

"Well never mind" Ash replied. "Let's just get to Rustboro okay?"

"Sure thing Ash" May replied.

The two best friends headed to the city. As they went in they saw the huge tall buildings reaching towards the sky. Busy cars driving past and pokemon everywhere. The four where walking to the poke centre when they heard a explosion near the Devon corporation. They ran to the building and when they got there they saw the building gulped by red hot flames. Smoke was starting to come out of the building. As the three friends got out their water pokemon to save the building Ash saw something near the building. It was a black van with a huge red "C" marked on both sides of the van. Ash rushed to the scene to stop what was happening. As Ash was running to the black van the van made its move and started to drive away from the young pokemon trainer.

Just when all hope was gone a unexpected Ice beam attack froze the van still. As the smoke subsided there was a girl in the sky sitting on a flying type pokemon. Ash knew who it was. It was that same girl he saw earlier. Soon the ice started to make a cracking sound. Soon the van was thawed out and started to drive off. As the girl followed the van with her flying type pokemon. Her pokemon's ice beams attack kept missing as the van speed was increasing by the minute.

"Dragonite use earthquake!" the young girl commanded he Dragonite.

Dragonite came flying towards the ground at break neck speed. When it was about to hit the ground it landed using his feet. Then the ground shook and so did the van. When the drivers in the van was shocked she and her Dragonite flew to the van and stood in it's path.

"Give them back" She demanded. "Or else" The young brunette added as she pointed to her Dragonite.

"Fine we will!" The criminals said as they put their hands to surrender.

Ash just saw this girl stop these crooks with just one pokemon. Then she looked at him for one second. Her reaction of anger and threatening became a state of surprised and shock.

"Ash?" She muttered. "Is that really you?"

Then Ash heard his friends calling out his name. Ash just looked at her one last time before running to his friend's voices. Then the girl stopped looking at Ash and looked back at the crooks. She saw then tip toeing away with the rare stones. All she did was looked away and pointed at the crooks. Her Dragonite knew what this meant. Dragonite quickly stood in their way. Soon the young girl came to join the crooks.

"So?" she asked. "Who's first?"

Ash finally was able to join his friends who which now glad that they helped to save the building.

"Ash" May asked. "Where have you been?"

"Nowhere" Ash replied.

"You okay?" Max asked. "You looked a little shocked"

"I'm fine" Ash replied. "Anyway how is the building? Did anyone get hurt?"

"Nobody got hurt" Brock replied. "And the building and everything is fine. All the equipment inside need to be replaced and the building needs major repair inside and out"

"Okay I see" Ash said. "we should head to a poke centre to heal our pokemon" Ash suggested.

"Good idea" May replied.

So the four friends headed to the poke centre. When they got there they all gave their pokemon to the loving care of nurse joy and then straight went to their room. When they got there they saw their room. There was two bunks beds on each end of the wall with a window in the middle with a balcony. Max laid on his bed, Brock went to his notes on how to become a great pokemon breeder and May went on the top bunk and laid there as she took off her shoes and socks while she was up there while Ash made his way outside the poke centre.

When the young pokemon trainer was outside he was looking at a photo. There were five people in the photo. Including himself. He was looking at it carefully.

"Ash?"

Ash took the photo away from his view and saw it was the same girl he saw earlier.

"What do you want?" Ash asked in a unpleased manner.

"Aren't you glad to see me?" she asked.

"Should I?" Ash asked with his same tone of voice as he turned his back on the young brunette and started to walk back into the poke centre.

"Their after Lucas you know" she told Ash. "They won't stop until they find him and if they do you know what is going to happen"

"It was his fault to begin with. Thanks to him you and I are involved to his problems" Ash said as he turned to face her direction. "So why are you still helping him. Just let team cyclone find him already. Stop protecting a criminal Amelia!" Ash yelled.

"How dare you call Lucas a criminal" Amelia said.

"But it's true isn't it Amelia?" Ash replied. "We are also criminals. We belong in a criminal origination" Ash said before entering the poke centre leaving Amelia alone.

Amelia just stood in front of the building holding her heart as she look towards the sky.

"Lucas…." she muttered. "What have you done?"

Ash got into his room and saw his friends lying down in their bed except May who was looking at her ribbons she won back in Hoenn when she first started. Ash decide to sit next to his best friend. Ash climbed up the ladder and sat next to May.

"Hey" Ash greeted.

"Hi Ash" May replied as she was too busy looking at her ribbons. Anyway what was that yelling outside?" May asked. "I heard you fighting"

"That was nothing" Ash lied.

"Didn't sound like it" May replied as she returned her ribbons back into her ribbon case. "Sounded personal"

"May?"

"What is it?"

"Can we not talk about the fight?" Ash asked.

"Why?"

"It's…personal" Ash replied as he started to climb down the wooden ladder and into his bed.

"Sure thing Ash" May replied with a smile. "his hiding something" May thought. "I can tell and I will do whatever it takes to know what he is hiding" May thoughts said with determination before putting her head on her pillow for some sleep.

"Ha!" a young nine year old boy said. "I beat you again. I have beaten you three times Ash. Accepted it Ash. You can't beat me"

"Yes I can!" called out a eight year old Ash. "I can beat you. Come on another rematch Lucas!"

"No way" Lucas replied as he returned his pokemon back into it poke ball. "Your just a waste of time Ash" Lucas replied as he walked away from Ash. "A complete waste of my time"

Soon Lucas left the young Ash still on the field holding his injured pokemon in his arms.

"Don't worry" he said calmly. "We will beat him one day. We will"

*~*~*~*

"No!" Ash called out. "Don't give up!"

"Beaten again" Lucas said. "You had this pokemon since you were seven and it's still weak and even yet in it's first stage. What kind of pokemon trainer are you Ash?"

"I'm a kind of pokemon trainer that will be never like you!" Ash yelled as he ran to he injured pokemon once again.

"You are so foolish Ash" Lucas said. "Evolve that weak pokemon of yours"

"I will let it evolve when it wants to Lucas. Remember this Lucas. I will never become you!"

"That means you will be good as me"

"Of course" Ash replied. "Because I will be better than you!" Ash yelled before running out of the field with his injured pokemon in his hands.

"Ash!"

"Ash wake up!"

"Pikachu!"

"What's happening?" Ash asked as he finally woke up for his dream.

"Thank goodness your awake now" May replied. "We were worried about you"

"You mean you were worried about him" Max teased.

May just replied by hitting his younger brother on the head.

"My bad" May replied ending with a smile.

"I hate you" Max muttered.

"Well some morning greeting this came out to be" Ash replied.

"Hey you three" Brock greeted as he entered the room. "You guys ready to go?"

"Ready as ever" Ash replied as he quickly got out of his bed. "Time to get that new battle frontier symbol"

End of chapter seven

When Ash says this part here. "We are also criminals. We belong in a criminal origination" He means that his was born into one. he had no choice but to accept his family's past. Ash ISN'T a criminal . okay I'm not going to spoil anymore.