A/N Thechaosmaster: Hello everybody! Welcome back to the hero and the dragon! Now first things first, I will now announce two things, First, I had just finished this chapter today, and now then, for those who have been reading A Brave New Journey. The reason why I said I wanted to upload this chapter today is, to celebrate a certain raven haired trainers Birthday. That's right, today, May 22nd is Ash Ketchum's birthday! So I wanted to publish this chapter today! Now then, as another note, I NEED A BETA READER!

IF ANYONE WANTS TO HELP ME, PM ME! And once I am done with this A/N I will start the next chapter. Also, this chapter may have some good old fashion, Misty Bashing, now for those Misty fans, here is your warning. Please note this, I don't hate Misty, it's just, well, read and find out. I'll get back to you at the end. And there will be some Abilityshipping in this chapter. Well, I have taken to long as of right now, so I'll let you guys read now, enjoy and review!

"Pokéspeake"

"Normal Speach"

'Thought's/Telepathy'

[Pokèdex speaking]


Chapter 5: Aura Training and Bug Types

It was close to noon time when Ash and the gang decided to take a break and rest up in the forest, Ash had released the rest of his Pokémon, and then made everyone something to eat, there were enough bowls for all of his Pokémon, such as, Thor, Reaper, Stormfly his female Pidgeotto, Leonidas the male Gyarados, and the talking Meowth, who is called Junban, as well as enough of Misty's Staryu, Starmie, and Goldeen, and Anabel's Eevee, and Spearow. Each one was eating specially made Pokémon food made by Ash. And the humans were eating sandwiches, that Ash had packed before they left Viridian City. Soon after he finished eating, Lucian, Ash's Riolu that he had nicknamed shortly after the meeting with Mew, went up to Ash and said,

"Master, I would like to start on your training in Aura while we rest."

Ash looked at the small blue bipedal jackal and asked, "You mean, right now?"

Lucian nodded and said, "Yes, it would be best to start your training now, that way you can start to understand the power of aura."

Ash thought about it then nodded and said, "Alright then. Guys, " Ash said getting the attention of the two girls as well as Thor, Junban, Leonidas, Stormfly, and Reaper, as well as Misty and Anabel and their Pokémon "and girls, I'll be back in a while, I'm going with Lucian to start my aura training. Thor, Reaper, keep an eye on everyone, alright?"

Thor gave Ash a thumbs up and said, "Leave it to me."

While Reaper said, 'Fine, but just don't take to long. And don't expect me to help the orange haired screaming banshee if there is a bug type nearby.'

Misty then said, '"HEY!"

Ash just ignored Misty and nodded at Reaper then said, "Just remember to try not to frighten anyone off, that is all I ask of you."

Reaper nodded and went to lay down on a nearby tree stump and begun to rest. Ash nodded at this and then walked with Lucian deeper into the forest. While they were walking Ash asked, "Lucian, why are we heading this far away from the others?"

Lucian said, "Before I tell you, do you remember last night?"

Ash asked, "You mean when you had me place my hand on your Aura Sphere?"

Lucian nodded and said, "Correct. What that did was this, it started to awaken your aura, before your aura was not compleatly active, it was just dorment and would flash to life at times, but what I did was awaken your aura and right now your aura has started to flow through your veins, over time it will become more noticeable and through training it will become stronger, but before you can start to become stronger, you need to learn the most important thing there is to using aura, control. And that is what we are going to do here."

Ash thought about it for a while and said, "That makes sense, that way if something goes wrong, we won't accidentally hit anyone, right?"

Lucian nodded and said, "That's right. You see when young aura users start practicing in aura, they have almost no control, sometimes, on rare occasions, they do show some signs of control, and sometimes, more often then not, they show no control at all. It all depends on the level of aura they have."

Ash then asked, "Wait, 'level of aura'? What does that mean?"

Lucian then said, "You see," Lucian took a stick off of a tree and started to draw an image of a body of a Lucario, and then started to draw a spiral in the center of it then explained, "You see, Lucario and Riolu are some of the few species that can use aura by birth, but for humans," Lucian then drew an image of a human body and added a spiral in the center and said, "most humans that can use aura, don't even know that they posses said ability, and that is because of this," Lucian pointed to the spiral in the center of the drawings and asked, "do you know what this is?"

Ash nodded his head and said, "Yes the heart. What about it?"

Lucian then said, "This is the where aura starts out in, our hearts. The heart is where all aura begins, and slowly it moves throughout the body, once it awakens it becomes stronger and starts moving through the body at a faster rate, and those who can use it must always practice so they can keep their skills from becoming less powerful, and they soon develop a fear of completely losing their ability to use Aura. Now let me explain what aura really is. Aura, is more then just a power, it is, in a way, a part of you. It is, in some terms, your soul, manifested and then it can be shaped by your will. But aura is used for more then just attacks, you can use it to sense your surroundings, and sense other people's aura. But those are advanced techniques, right now we will be working on getting you to understand how aura feels."

Ash then asked, "How will we be doing that then?"

Lucian said, "First you will get into this position." Lucian then sat down on the ground with his legs folded of the other and his paws touching his knees. Then Ash got into the same position and Lucian said, "Good, next you will close your eyes and clear your thoughts, for you see, when practicing aura, you need no distractions and a clear mind, once you have done so, you will slowly take three long deep breaths, and then after the third deep breath, you will start to breath as you would normally, and remember keep your breathing at a calm and steady pace. Do your best to keep calm and don't push yourself, because if you do you could end up stressing out and could end up over exciting yourself. The key part of this is control. What we are doing now is usually referred to as meditation, and it is the key part of aura practice. So do your best not to increase your heartbeat, keep it at a calm and steady pace."

Ash did as he was told, he closed his eyes and he slowly took three long deep breaths, inhaling then exhaling, and after the third breath he proceeded to breath normally, and proceeded to clear his mind and keeping his heartbeat steady. Soon enough Ash started to feel something, he couldn't tell what it was but, for a second, he could have sworn that he saw a speck of blue in the darkness of his eyes. At first Ash thought that it was just his mind playing tricks on him, but then he saw it happen again, this time it was clear what he saw, he was looking at a glowing blue shape that looked just like Lucian. Then he heard Lucian say,

"Good, I see you have noticed it by now. And I can sense your aura has started to flash as well, you may open your eyes now."

Ash slowly opened his eyes and the first thing he noticed was that Lucian was standing up and Ash said, "I saw it. I saw you, you were surrounded by a blue glowing energy. Was that your aura?"

Lucian nodded and said, "That is correct, and I am surprised that you were able to sense my aura so soon."

Ash asked, "What do you mean?"

Lucian said, "You see, for Riolu, we are born to be able sense aura from the moment we hatch, but for human aura users, it takes time just for them to get a feel of aura, but for someone like you to be able to sense my aura this quickly, it's really unique. But, that was only the beginning, now that you have done this we will move on to strengthening your ability to sense aura."

This caught Ash by surprise, "Wait! I thought that you said that that was an advanced technique. Why are we doing it now?"

Lucian smiled and said, "Good, you do listen. This is true, the aura sense is indeed an advanced technique. That was a test to see if you actually listened to my instructions."

"Say wha?" Was Ash's intelligent response.

Lucian said, "You see, many times when aura users that were not born in places where other aura users lived, and then taken to be trained in aura, sometimes they want to learn the more advanced skills of aura without first learning the basics. But you were able to remember what I had said. And it is true what I said before, that the aura sense is an advanced skill but, when you were mediating, I saw that you noticed the leaf falling from the tree, then not long after that, you noticed my aura, and that shows that you can sense aura signatures at such a young age with almost no training. So for the next half hour we will be training you so we can strengthen your aura senses, and if you are able to do so, then I will teach you how to make an Aura Sphere. So get back into position, and repeat the same process just like last time, but this time, I want you to try to feel your surroundings. And remember, three deep breaths, and then breath normally, and try to feel your surrounding's."

Ash listnened to Lucians directions and continued to practice his aura, and will do so for the next half hour.

«Meanwhile back with everyone else»

Misty and Anabel were chatting with Junban. "So, Junban, who is the head of Team Rocket anyways?" Anabel asked the Scratch Cat Pokémon.

Junban looked at her and said, "His name is Giovanni Rocketto, he is the most vicious person there is. But he is more then just the head of Team Rocket, he is also a businessman, he is extreamly crafty and deceitful. I'm afraid that that is all I can tell you at the moment."

Misty then asked, "But why is that?"

Junban said, "Let's just say that Giovanni is a very dangerous man, and he has agents all over the region. Look, even though I'm with you guys now, there are still things that I can't tell you, not because I don't want to but, because there are things that I don't even know."

Anabel asked, "What do you mean by that, Junban?"

Junban said, "Me, Jessie and James were kind of like the most incompetent members of Team Rocket, we messed up on almost every mission we ever went on, but now, I feel like I could have a second chance and doing something good."

Both Misty and Anabel nodded then Thor ran up to the three and said, "Reaper says that Ash has started his aura training with Lucian. So if we here any explosions, we can probably guess that it has something to do with Ash."

Anabel nodded and translated it for Misty and said, "Thank you Thor, we'll be sure to remember that."

Thor nodded and ran back towards Reaper. Misty then said, "I still can't believe that Ash and Reaper have that weird psychic bond, it almost seems, I don't know, unbelievable, even though the proof is right in front of me."

Anabel nodded and said, "Yeah, it can seem a bit, impossible as well, but then again, I have the ability to understand Pokémon, so I guess that you can say that being bonded to a legendary Pokémon is quite possible."

Junban nodded then thought of something, "Hmm."

Misty then asked, "Is something wrong, Junban?"

Junban said, "Well, the thing is, if Giratina is supposed to be the legendary that keeps Palkia, the ruler of space, and Dialga, the ruler of Time in check, then how can we be sure that those two don't like, destroy the Universe if Giratina is down here?"

Just then Reaper showed up and said, 'That is simple really.'

Everyone jumped at the sudden appearance of Reaper, then Junban asked, "Do you really have to do that?"

Reaper just ignored Junban then Misty asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Reaper said, 'You see, there aren't many Pokémon that can keep those two nimrods under control, so before Arceus turned me into an egg and gave me to Ash, Arceus decided to turn Palkia and Dialga into eggs as well, hehehe, you should have seen them, they were complaining saying that it was unfair, but Arceus said that it was either turn them into eggs and looked after by another legendary, or get trapped into their own dimensions until I return to full strength, and let me tell you, when I was turned into an egg, although I was angry at this, I allowed it to happen, I may be a prideful legendary, but I still went through it, true Arceus didn't really give much of a choice but, I still went through it.'

Anabel then asked, "So, what happened to them, to Palkia and Dialga then?"

Reaper then said, 'Well, Arceus decided to turn them both into eggs and sent the eggs to be looked after by other legendary Pokémon in different regions. Apparently, Dialga was sent to Unova to be cared for by Cobalion and the swords of Justice. And to tell you the truth, he needs it, while being with the Swords of Justice, he will probably become a little more noble. While Palkia was sent to the Kalos region to be looked after by Zygarde, figures that the keeper of order would be the one to keep an eye on Palkia.'

Junban then asked, "Well, what's going to happen to them once they hatch? I mean, Zygarde looks after Xerneas and Yveltal, while the Swords of Justice keeps the peace around Unova, right? So, how are they going to do their jobs when they have to watch the rulers of time and space?"

Reaper then said, 'Simple, when the time comes, they will chose a human to look after them, just like how Arceus chose a human to look after me. And from what I know about those two is that, it's going to be tough for the humans to look after those two, and besides, from what I heard, the Swords of Justice also have a young one with them already, so they will be looking after two young legends and one of them will learn how to to be responsible until the time comes when a human will be chosen to look after Dialga, and Zygarde will have Xerneas help him taking care of Palkia.'

Everyone was amazed at this, then Junban asked, "Wait, you said that Palkia and Dialga were in the care of other legends?"

Reaper nodded and said, 'That's right, why?'

Junban then said, "Doesn't that mean that the keepers of Time and Space are not able to keep the balance of, well, of Time and Space?"

Reaper simply laughed and said, 'Oh, you think that the Universe will just collapse because those two are missing, hehe. That's funny. You see, just because those two rule over time and space, doesn't mean that by them missing will cause the Universe to cave in on itself, no it means nothing, now, if Palkia and Dialga were to be destroyed, then that would be trouble, but seeing how that's not the case, its not gonna happen. Besides, if there were something wrong, then Celebi would let us know if something was up, so seeing how everything is not being erased from existence, I'm pretty sure that we're okay.'

After that Reaper went back to relaxing in the shade, under a tree, while Misty, Anabel, and Junban relaxed and listened to the sound of the forest.

«Meanwhile back with Ash»

Ash was sitting in the meditation stance cross legged, and had his eyes closed, now at first glance it would seem that he was in a trance, but in reality, he was actually seeing everything with aura sight, it turns out that Ash was a quick learner when it came to aura, so Lucian decided to see how well Ash can handle learning Aura Sphere.

"Master," Lucian said getting the attention of Ash.

"Yes Lucian?" Ash asked the Riolu.

"I believe that you should learn how to use Aura Sphere now." The blue Jackal said.

Ash was taken back by this and asked, "But I thought that I wasn't ready for that kind of training yet. What changed? "

Lucian said, "You see, normally when a human is being trained to use aura, the first thing they are taught is the aura sense, which normally takes about a month or two just to get the hang of it, and another month to be able to master it, but with you, you were able to see your entire surroundings in under fifteen minutes, and you were able to spot me coming at you from any direction, so I have decided to step up your training. So now I will begin teaching you how to actually use aura. At first it may seem difficult but, you will find out that it will be all worth it."

Ash then asked, "So, what do I do first?"

Lucian said, "First, you need to close your eyes, clear your mind, and take three deep breaths, just like what you did when you were learning how to sense aura."

Ash followed the instructions, he first closed his eyes began to clear his mind and slowly began to take three deep breaths. Then Lucian said, "Good. Now then, here is where things will get tricky, you will then need to slowly feel your own aura that flows through your body, once you do that you have to slowly make it manifest by bringing your hands together."

Ash listened to what he was being told and started to feel his own aura, it felt strange at first, it kind of reminded him of water running from a faucet, but it was flowing at an alarmingly constant rate, almost like it had no blockage on it. Ash then tried to focus his aura to in between his hands. At first it was going good; Ash could feel something in between his hands, but then, he slowly opened his eyes and smiled at the glowing blue ball that was an aura sphere, shining in his hands. That is until it blew up in his face, literally. Knocking him back into a tree.

Then Ash heard Lucian say, "Tisk tisk tisk, you were doing so well at first master, I saw for myself how things were going, do you know what went wrong?"

Ash took some deep breaths trying to get himself calm, then said, "My aura, it felt like it was out of control, almost as if it had no breaks or something. Other then that, I don't really know what went wrong."

Lucian said, "It's true that your aura seemed to be flowing at a constant rate, and that was one of the problems that happened, but what your biggest mistake, the one thing that was your biggest mistake was the fact that you didn't try to steady your aura first." Ash looked at the Riolu with a questionable look and Lucian said, "You see; (sigh) look, I know that this is a big change for you and all, you know, with you wanting to become a great trainer, but you also have to look after one of the most powerful beings in existence, and being looked after by lady Mew, and then beginning to train using aura but, (sigh) you mustn't let all of this get to you."

Ash then asked, "What do you mean, 'all of this'?"

Lucian looked at him and said, "You are letting all of this," Lucian pointed to the whole forest and said, "you are letting all of your responsibilities, raising Giratina, practicing aura, the beginning of this journey, all of it get to you. You need to remember this, yes, even though this is all important, you need to remember, you have only just begun your travels yesterday, so don't let all of it worry you, just take your time and don't worry about every single problem you have, take it one step at a time. You have no reason to rush."

Ash closed his eyes and thought about what Lucian had said, 'It's true, I'm letting all of my responsibilities get to me. I need to just take it easy and focus on one thing and one thing only, and then take it with one step at a time. Okay, let's try this again.' Ash then opened his eyes and there was a new flame in them, then he stood up, took three deep breaths again, put his hands in front of him, closed his eyes again, and began to clear his mind and then he started to feel his aura again, but this time instead of trying to force all of it to his hands, he calmed himself and slowly brought his aura to his hands, Ash could feel the aura trying to force itself to the surface but Ash wouldn't let all of his aura flow like an fountain again.

Instead he was only letting bits and pieces flow at a time, then Ash slowly opened his eyes and saw a bright blue ball floating inside his hands. He looked over to Lucian and saw that he was smiling, then he nodded and Ash slowly let the Aura Sphere dissipate.

Lucian nodded at the progress Ash was making then he said, "This is a good start for you master, you were able to control the natural flow of aura and you were able to keep your aura under control and were able to form an Aura Sphere. Now then, we are good for today, we will continue our training after we leave Pewter City. All right then, now let's head back to the others and rest up."

Ash nodded at his technical trainer which he found kind of funny at the moment, because he was supposed to be the one training his Pokémon, not having his Pokémon train him. But, he proceeded to follow Lucian back to where the others were waiting for them.

As Ash and Lucian started walking back towards the others when Lucian's ears twitched and stopped. Then he asked, "Master, do you hear something?"

Ash looked at him questionably, then closed his eyes and listened carefully, then he heard something, something loud.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! GET IT AWAY FROM ME!" (Guess who.) The sound had scared away a bunch of Pokémon that were in the area.

Ash opened his eyes and said, "That sounds like Misty! We should see what's happening!" Then Ash ran off to where the others are with Lucian right behind him.

After a few minutes of running Ash and Lucian stopped and saw Misty on top of a tree shaking like a leaf. While Thor, Reaper and the other Pokémon were with Anabel who was holding a small, light green caterpillar, with four yellow ball-like feet, a yellow tail that looks like an explanation mark, two large black eyes with a yellow ring around them and a large red antenna on top of it's forehead. Ash took out his Pokédex and pointed it at the Pokémon.

Dexter then said, [Caterpie: The Worm Pokémon. Caterpie has a voracious appetite. It can devour leaves bigger then its body right before your eyes. From its antenna, this Pokémon releases a terrifically strong odor.]

Ash then put his Pokédex back into his pocket and asked, "What happened? We thought that someone was being attacked."

Junban spoke up saying, "You see, we were just relaxing when this here Caterpie just showed up and started crawling on the orange haired screaming Banshee…"

Misty then yelled, "MY NAME IS MISTY! GET IT RIGHT!"

Junban; while still holding his ears; looked over to the bansh… uh I mean Misty and said, "WHATEVER! (Growl's). As I was saying, this here Caterpie had just shown up out of nowhere and started to climb up Misty's leg; while she was sitting against one of the trees, and then it climbed up to her shoulders and looked at her with a smile and simply said 'Hello' then the girl looked at him and started screaming at the top of her lungs; so loud that I bet you could have heard it in Hoenn, then she ran up to the top of the tree, leaving the little guy; along with the rest of us, with a massive headache. Right guys?"

Ash and Lucian looked around and saw that everyone was nodding their heads saying that what Junban was saying was; in fact, true. Then Ash looked towards Anabel who looked at the small worm Pokémon and said, "Yeah, apparently this little guy just wanted to come over and say 'hi' but as you can see, he got scared by the loud mouth over there." Anabel then gave Misty an evil glare that prevented her from saying anything.

Then Ash sighed and said, "Misty, it's one thing to be afraid of an attacking Pokémon; but it's another thing to be afraid of a small and harmless Pokémon that is just saying hello. And you should also be more mindful to those around you. After all; you seem to have forgotten one thing; Reaper and Leonidas are easily aggravated. Leonidas because he is a Gyarados, and it is their nature to become extremely aggravated easily, and Reaper, well, because he's Reaper, he's angry no matter what you do. Now then, why don't you come down from that tree and quit being so loud!" Ash said the last part sternly.

Misty then asked, "Why should I come down; when there are tons of these disgusting and gross bugs crawling all over this place?"

Anabel was about to say something when Ash beat her to it. "Well for one; and this one is quite obvious, we do have to leave here eventually and we can't leave when you are just hanging around in that tree all day, and for two; and this one is why you should be quite. We are currently in Beedrill territory, and you should be quite because they can be very hostile if disturbed. Now then," Ash then looked over to the Caterpie and said in a soft and soothing voice, "hey there little guy, what are you doing all the way out here?"

The Caterpie then looked up to the raven haired kid and said in an almost child-like voice, "I just wanted to see what was going on out here. When I saw this large group of Pokémon, I just wanted to see what was going on. Then when I saw this orange haired girl leaning against the tree, I thought I'd go and say hi to her. But when I approached her, she looked at me and then started screaming. She scared me,and then she ran up to the top of that tree. Why did she do that? Did I do something wrong?"

Ash, Anabel and all of the Pokémon present looked at the young Caterpie with something akin to sadness, even Reaper seemed to be a little sad. Then Ash looked at Misty with a glare that would even make a hord of rampaging Torsos stop in their tracks, and said, "Misty, you should be ashamed of yourself. Scaring this poor little guy. Of all the..." Misty then looked almost ashamed of herself, she may not know what the Caterpie had just said but, for some reason, she felt ashamed for her actions. Then Ash turned back towards the Caterpie and said, "No, it wasn't something you did, she was just surprised is all. Now then, how would you like to join me and my friends, as one of my Pokémon, as we travel to become stronger and make new friends?"

Caterpie looked at the raven haired boy who had a small and inviting smile on his face, and asked, "You would really have me on your team?"

Ash nodded and said, "I would love to have you on my team."

The Caterpie then looked towards the lilac haired girl, who had an encouraging simile on her, and then he looked at all of the Pokémon around him. The strangely colored Pikachu, the Pidgeotto, the large Gyarados, the strange blue bipedal jackal, the strange red, black, gold, and grey floating serpent, (remember, this is technically a child so he won't know who Reaper is.) the Meowth standing on its hind legs, the Staryu, the Starmie, the Goldeen, the Eevee, and lastly, the Spearow. All of whom are smiling at him (well all except Reaper, who can't really smile, and the Spearow who looks like he might be thinking about lunch. (And no, he ain't looking at Caterpie for all those who are thinking along those lines, you sickos. This is a kids story, rated K+ duh.)) then he said, "I would like that very much, by the way, who are you?"

Ash said, "My name is Ash Ketchum," Then he pointed to Anabel and said, " this is Anabel,"

Anabel waved her hand and said, "Nice to meet you, I'm Anabel."

Ash then pointed up towards the Pokémon and said, "And these are our Pokémon." All of the Pokémon waved at Caterpie as Ash continued introducing everyone. "This is my starter Pikachu, his name is Thor. Next to him is Pidgeotto, her name is Stormfly, next to her is Riolu, his name is Lucian, next to him is Meowth, his name is Junban, over in the lake is Gyarados, he is known as Leonidas, and last of mine, the dragon is Giratina, he is called Reaper. You already know Misty, come down here and say hi Misty." Ash said towards the orange haired girl.

Misty slowly climbed down from the tree she was in; she was moving extra slow because she was still uneasy at the moment. After she was back on the ground she slowly approached the rest of the group and looked towards Caterpie and said, "H, hi th-there Caterpie, I, I'm Misty, nice to m, meet you."

Anabel then said, "And these are my Pokémon, Eevee, and Spearow." Said Pokémon gave a small hello to the Caterpie.

Misty; who was still a bit frightened, said, (but without her stutter) while pointing to her Pokémon and said, "And these are my Pokémon, Goldeen, Staryu, and Starmie."

Each Pokémon said hello in their own way, then Ash takes out a Pokéball and asks, "So, are you ready to join me?"

The Caterpie looks at the ball for a while then nods and says, "I'm ready."

Ash nods and then lightly taps the Caterpie in the head with the Pokéball, sucking him inside then the ball started shaking, after the third shake, the ball clicked signaling a successful capture, then Ash smiles and says, "Welcome to the family, Caterpie."

Anabel smiles and says, "Wow Ash, you seem to have incredible luck when it comes to Pokémon. How do you do it?"

Ash looked at her and says, "I don't really know myself, really. It just happens, and to be honest, it probably has something to do with my Mema or something."

Anabel nods then asks, "So, have you chosen a name for the little guy yet?"

Ash thought about it then said, "I was thinking somewhere along the lines of Heart. You know, because the little is young, but he looks like he could have a strong heart."

Anabel nodded at that then said, "I can see that. It makes sense in a way, I mean I can understand the hearts of Pokémon and seeing this little guy, he does appear to have a strong heart, well then, now that that is out of the way, shall we start heading for Pewter City now?"

Ash nodded and said, "Yeah, if I am correct, from where we are, we should be able to reach Pewter City in about two hours and thirty minutes, if I am correct that is, so if we will be leaving now, we should continue heading in, let's see now…" Ash looked up towards the sky checking the position of the sun.

Misty then said, "Don't tell me we're lost!"

Anabel ignored Misty's complaint and asked, "What are you doing, Ash?"

Ash looked at her and said, "I'm checking the position of the sun."

Misty asked, "Why are you doing that? I thought you said that you knew Viridian Forest like the back of your hand? That is what you said, right Ash?"

Ash nodded and said, "That is what I said, but I'm checking the position of the sun for two reasons. First is to see what time it is."

Misty then asked, "Well, why is that important?"

Ash then said, "Because, we need too know how much longer we have until the sun sets, and remember, we are in the middle of May, which means that, although it is warmer, we still get cold nights. And as for the second reason why I was checking the sun; thanks for distracting me Misty by the way; the second reason is because the sun rises in the East; which is where Viridian City is located, and the sun sets in the West, which is where Pewter City is located. And by seeing that; according to the Sun's position, I can also see the time, and seeing the position of the sun, I can guess that we have about half an hour to an hour of sunlight left before it gets dark. And if that is the case we should set up came, so let's set up here. Do any of you guys want to stay out side tonight?" Ash asked all present Pokémon. And not so surprising, Reaper, Junban, and Thor wanted to stay out, everyone else wanted to be returned, and surprisingly Anabel's Eevee also wanted to remain outside tonight.

As Anabel and Misty prepped the campsite, Ash went out to collected some firewood. Meanwhile Thor, Lucian, Junban, Reaper, and Eevee were keeping an eye out for wild Pokémon, sure most wild Pokémon weren't into coming into human campsites; but it doesn't hurt to keep an eye out for any wild Pokémon that might want to invade their campsite, when Thor decided to have a chat with Reaper.

"Hey Reaper…" Pikachu said.

Reaper looked up towards the small shiny rodent and said, "Yes? What do you want, Thor? I am trying to get some rest over here. What do you want?"

Thor, getting his courage back after remembering who it was he was talking to, took a deep breath and asked, "I know you probably have answered this already but, just why are you being well, nicer towards Ash? I mean, from the stories he's told us, you were very mean to Ash. So, what changed? And don't give me that, 'Seeing his memories made me realize that he is not so bad after all' junk. I know that there is more to the story then that! So spill."

Reaper looked over to Thor and said, 'As I have told you before, after seeing Ash's memories, I have realized that he has been nothing but patient with me and I have been especially mean towards probably the one person who has ever even thought about giving me a chance, so there. Now please leave me alone, I want to get some sleep.'

Thor, realizing that he would not be getting answers tonight, decided to go back to his spot and keep and eye out for any wild Pokémon that might try invade the gangs campsite.

Shortly after, Ash returned to camp carrying a large pile of logs tied together by a rope on his back, when he was seen, Anabel asked, "Ash, where did you get the rope from? And how do you know how to tie a knot in the rope in the first place?"

Ash smiled at her and said, "Out door survival skills 101. Years of camping out with my birth mother, so I had lots of time to practice this during those events."

Misty then thought of something and asked, '"Hey Ash, I just thought of something, why didn't you challenge the Viridian City Gym? There was one there, right? So, why didn't you?"

Ash then said, "Well you see, the Viridian City Gym is different then other gyms. I thought you knew that already, Misty. The Gym Leader there specifically requires that you have Seven Gym badges before you can challenge the gym."

Anabel smiled at the knowledge Ash had then she asked, "Hey Ash, how did you find the firewood? I didn't see you with an Ax or anything to chop down the wood. So, how did you do it?"

Ash smiled and said, "Well, I don't cut down trees. I look for trees that have fallen down naturally then I take the fallen logs, and I use this," Ash then took out a small ax and then he said, "I was taught how to use this from my birth mother, Delia. She taught me how to safely cut down big peices of logs to make them smaller and easier to carry. And the rope, you can never be too prepared for anything. Now then, how about we get the fire going?"

Ash then proceeded to lay down the logs and then put some nearby stones around the logs to make sure that the fire would not spread once started. Then Ash asked Reaper, "Hey Reaper, can you do the honors of starting the fire?"

Reaper reluctantly did so, and with a weak Dragon Breath, the camp fire was started, and lit up the area around the group. Then Ash said, "Thank you, Reaper. Alright everyone, sleep tight, and tomorrow, we head out for Pewter City. The sight of mine and Anabel's first Gym battle."

Anabel nodded and said, "You excited Ash?"

Ash nodded and said, "Yeah, you bet I am!"

Misty then asked, "Did you guy's remember to register for the Kanto league?"

Ash and Anabel both nodded their heads saying 'yes' when Ash said, "I did while I was getting our keys to our room's. When did you register Anabel?"

Anabel said, "About a week ago. Shortly after I arrived here in Kanto."

Ash then said, "That's right! You said that you were from another region. So, where do you come from, Anabel? And why did you move here?"

Anabel said, "I come from the Unova region. And I moved here because there was nothing in Unova for me. The only thing I had with me was Eevee here, the cloths on my back, and my Pokédex. I also left Unova because it was way to noisy there, but here in Kanto, it is much more peaceful. And I am enjoying it."

Ash nodded and then yawned then said, "(Yaaaaaawn.) Well that's good to hear. Well then, goodnight everyone, see you in the morning."

"Goodnight Ash." Everyone said as they went to sleep one by one until Reaper was the only one awake then he turned towards the forest and quietly spoke, 'I know you're there Celebi, why don't you come out now?'

Soon Celebi appeared and said, 'Hello, lord Giratina. How have you been?'

Reaper said, 'Don't play games with me, I know that you were sent to keep an eye on me and Ash. Heh, in fact I knew you were following us since yesterday, in fact, I bet that was you that I sensed the night before I hatched, wasn't it?'

Celebi nodded and said, 'It was indeed. Are you mad?'

Reaper shook his head then he said, 'No, I'm not mad, if you confronted me before, yeah, I would be mad, but right now, not so much.'

Celebi then said, 'I must say, it has only been about three day's, but you almost seem like a completely different Pokémon. That can't be just because of the bonding now, could it?' Celebi asked curiously.

Reaper then said, 'Not entirely, no. But it did start with that. It was the fact that Ash now knows what had happened to me that caused me to be banished. And he was the only one to give me a chance. So tell me, have you decided to find out what had happened that day? Or did Uxie finally figure out why he could not remember that day?'

Celebi then said, 'I'm afraid that we couldn't figure it out. What ever happened that day, some how, prevented me from traveling to that time, and the version of me that was there at the time, seamed to be unable to travel to any other point in time to explain what had happened. '

Reaper then asked, 'I thought that you would have known what happened that day because you were there that day? How could your own self not be able to travel through time?'

Celebi then said, 'Well, I do have the ability to seal off a timeline to prevent one of my past or future selves from hopping into the timeline, so my guess is, one of my past selves have prevented any one of my selves from entering his time, so I'll never be able to figure out what had happened that day. I'm sorry lord Giratina.'

Reaper looks at Celebi and says, 'It doesn't matter. Maybe one day you will find out what happened that day. But at least the one that I am bound to knows the truth about what happened to me. Well, I guess I'll see you later Celebi.'

Celebi then said, 'Later Reaper, and goodnight.'

Then Reaper fell asleep as well, totally unaware that he was going to get an annoying wake up call in the morning.

«Undisclosed location»

Jessie and James were standing in front of a tall man wearing an Orange business suit with a green and white undershirt and an orange tie while petting a large Persian that is laying down besides him. This man id Lord Giovanni, head of Team Rocket. Then he says, "So," Getting the attention of the two Rocket members in front of him. "You are telling me, that you were stopped by a ten year old kid, with one of the strongest Pokémon on the planet, and then Meowth came up with a plan to travel with this same kid, to get stronger to the point where he would be able to take the Pokéballs that the kid has, and bring them to me?"

James nodded and said, "Sir! That is precisely what we are saying!"

Giovanni then says, "And you are also telling me that you two would like to have a personal mission to be the only one's to trail this kid. Am I correct so far?"

Jessie nodded and then said, "Yes sir! We ask this because if any other member were to chase after him, they will underestimate him and will try to take his Pokémon without a plan!"

Giovanni nodded then said, "Alright then. Jessie! James! From now on, the two of you will be on this mission to trail this 'Ash Ketchum' and report back to me when ever you can with any new information you can get! If you have to test him out yourselves, even if it means that you fail, your failure will prove to be even more useful, that way you will be able to see just how strong his Pokémon are. Now then, Jessie! James! I will also be giving you a pay raise so you can use more of the, effective gadgets from the Team Rocket vault. Now then, dismissed! "

"Sir!" Jessie and James replied and left the office.

After those two were completely out of the office, Giovanni thought to himself, 'This is interesting, even if those three fail me, I will be getting information about one of the most powerful Pokémon on the planet. And even I know that I can't obtain such power, but maybe, I can use that kid to help keep the world from falling in the hands of anyone but myself. Hehehe.'

«The next morning 07:00 A.M.»

Viridian forest, one of the most peacefull places in Kan… "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" (Sigh) Never mind. Everyone was woken up by the sound of screaming. Ash was up and had Gyarados's Pokéball in his hand, Anabel was looking around the forest trying to find who was screaming while Reaper, Thor, Lucian, Junban and Eevee were looking at each other trying to find out why their beauty sleep was ruined.

Then Ash looked up and saw Misty shaking in one of the trees then he asked, "Misty, what are you doing up in that tree?"

Misty then said, "I woke up to find your new bug was sleeping near me."

Then Ash laughed and said, "Misty, Heart here just wants to be your friend, that's all. Right Heart? "

Heart then asked, "Heart?"

Ash nodded and said, "Yeah, Heart, that's your name, do you like it?"

Heart thought about it and nodded and said in his child-like voice, "I like it very much."

Ash smiled then he turned towards Misty and said, "Misty, you know all Heart wants is to be your friend."

Misty then yelled, "If that thing wants to be my freind then tell it to stop bugging me already!" Misty then got into Heart's face and said, "And if you're a Pokémon, get out of my face and into that Pokéball."

Heart was then heart broken, (not meant to be funny.) He had then started crying. Then Anabel said, "Misty! How dare you! That was completely wrong and just plan mean! Heart means no harm! He just wanted to be your friend is all! Why he likes you, I'll never know!"

Ash nodded and said, "She's right Misty, in fact, that was so wrong that even Reaper here feels disappointed with you."

Misty then looked at Reaper and almost passed out, Reaper was using Scary Face on Misty, and with Reaper, it almost was like looking Death AND Medusa in the face. Then Reaper said, 'Look you orange haired screaming Banshee, Heart may be a Caterpie, and he may be a bug type, but that doesn't mean that you can be mean to him! He is only a child after all! Hmp!'

Then everyone turned towards Heart and saw that he was heading towards his Pokéball and he returned himself. Everyone then turned towards Misty and gave her an evil look. Then Ash said, "All right Misty, I think that you should apologize to Heart right now! After all, Pokémon have feelings as well, you know!"

Misty then looked at everyone and said, "I, I guess you're right. Heart, I, I'm sorry for what I said to you. I didn't really mean it."

Everyone then saw the Pokéball twitch but then nothing. Then Misty said, "Look guys, I'm sorry about that, it's just, he surprised me is all. I didn't mean it, honesty. "

Ash then said, "It's not us who you should be apologizing to. Its Heart who you should be apologizing to."

Misty sighed then said, "(Sigh) You're right Ash. Can you let him out so I can apologize?"

Ash nodded then he grabbed Heart's Pokéball and said in a soft caring voice, "Heart, there is someone here who would like to say something to you."

Then the Pokéball started shaking and then it opened up to reveal Heart, who then looked up at Misty then he said in a curious voice, "Hello there. You said you have something to say?"

Misty was doing everything in her power to not scream and run away like her instincts are telling her, then swallowed the last bit of fear and said, "Yes Heart, I would like to apologize for what I said to you. You just surprised me is all. I, I didn't mean what I said to you. So, can you forgive me for scaring you?"

Heart nodded and said, "It's alright, I forgive you. Friends?"

Misty looked at Ash who translated for her then she said with a small smile, "Friends."

Ash, Anabel and everyone else smiled at this. Then Ash said, "Well then, now that we are all awake, how about we start some training?"

Anabel then asked, "What kind of training, Ash?"

Ash simply smiled and said, "Well, do you happen to have a strategy to beat the first Gym?"

Anabel shook her head and said, "No, not at the moment, why?"

Ash replied with, "Well, because the Pewter City Gym is a rock type Gym, so you need to have either a water type, a grass type, a fighting type, a ground type, or a steel type. So I could probably use, either Leonidas and Lucian, that way I could have a water and a fighting type to help me out with the Gym battle. But I was also thinking that we could teach our flying types how to use Steel Wing, and I could teach Thor and Junban Iron Tail. You can never be too sure when you're going to need an ace in the hole. I will also be training Leonidas a little more. And maybe have Heart out as well. Hey Anabel, do you have any plans for training yet? Because I think I have an idea for training Heart."

Misty then said, "You guys go train, I'm going to enjoy the sun for a while."

Ash nodded then said, "Alright then, later."

Anabel asked, "So, what kind of training were you thinking of, Ash?"

Ash smiled and said, "Well, I was thinking, seeing how young Heart appears to be, I was thinking that we could have him battle Eevee, you know, get him used to battling. Of course we will be starting off easy, but we will start off somewhere, right? So first we could work on his accuracy. We can work on that by having Eevee running back and forth and having Heart try to hit her with a String Shot. What do you think about that? And if you're worried about getting Eevee's fur all messy, I have a brush you could use."

Anabel nodded then she thought about something, "Hey Ash, how about we turn it into a game of tag?"

Ash then asked, "Tag?"

Anabel nodded and said, "Yeah, that way Heart can get used to battling, but treat it as a sort of game. Eevee starts by trying to 'attack' Heart with a tackle, and Heart will have to avoid her, then of she tags him, Heart will chase Eevee and try to tag her! How about it?"

Ash thought about it then said, "That actually sounds like a good idea! And it will also be fun for the two to play together while training, that would actually work! It will help improve, not only their fighting skills, but will help Heart work on his accuracy. And it will also be fun for them. That's brilliant, Anabel!"

Anabel lightly blushed at the praise Ash gave her, but quickly snapped out of it and said, "Thank you Ash. But it was nothing, so have you decided how you're gonna train the others yet?"

Ash nodded then said, "Yeah, I do. As I said I want to teach Thor and Junban Iron Tail, and we could probably have Eevee learn it as well, what do you think?"

Anabel went into deep thought about it, then she felt something rub across her legs, she looked down and saw that Eevee was snuggling up next to her leg, she then picked up Eevee and asked, "Eevee, have you been listening in on our conversation?"

Eevee nodded then said, "Yeah, me and Heart have been listening in for a while now."

Ash then said, "You two do know that it is rude to listen in to other people's conversations, right?"

Both Pokémon nodded their heads then Ash asked, "So, what do you two think? Would you two want to start your training in the way we were planing?"

Again the two nodded then Anabel said, "Well, alright then. Just be sure you two stay nearby and try not to get into any trouble, alright? Eevee, you're going to be in charge, and remember, the main point of the game is to have Eevee try to hit Heart, but Heart will be avoiding her. And if he gets hit, then he will have to try hit her with a String Shot, while Eevee avoids him, okay?"

Both Pokémon nodded then Anabel said, "It may seem like just a game, but in all actuality, they are both training."

Ash smiles then says, "You know, I would never have believed that a simple game can be used to train Pokémon. Where did you learn that from, Anabel?"

Anabel said, "Well I didn't actually learn it from anyone or anywhere, I just thought well why not? I mean, nothing is a waste of time, right? So, why not make training fun?"

Ash placed his hand on his chin and closed his eyes and thought about it, then said, "That, actually sounds like a brilliant idea. Maybe we could use that as our training regimen. How about it Anabel?"

Anabel smiled at the thought and said, "I'd say, of we do that kind of training, not only would our Pokémon get stronger, they would have fun doing it!"

Ash nodded and lifted up his hand and asked, "So, shall we get started?"

Anabel smiled then grabbed his hand and said, "Yeah. Let's get started!" Then the two trainers shook hands and headed back to the others, ready to start training their Pokémon for their first Gym Badge.


A/N Thechaosmaster: And so ends this chapter. Now then, the reason behind the "Misty bashing" is because, what would you do in their situation? The same thing. By the way, what do you think of Heart? The child like Caterpie? Now, I know that I may have written some scenes word for word but, with different people saying things different. And now for the next chapter, should I do the Beedrill attack or not? And what Pokémon should Samurai have? Leave in the reviews! And remember to spread the word of Chaos! Also, the story cover, it's the symbol of distortion.

CHAOS CONTROL!