Sorry for the delay everyone, but yesterday instead of writing I decided to play Black Ops... So err... Yeah. I'm finally done though, a 5000 word chapter, my longest yet! I really enjoyed writing this one.
Also, I'm still looking for OCs. If you want to submit one, PM it to me please, and make sure to include the Name, Gender, Personality, Appearance, Battle cry and Pokemon (No legendaries either please)
Oh yes, and in reply to Shade: You have to remember that my chapters are about 2000 words each, so they aren't too long and I have quite a bit of free time. I'm in grade 8 so I don't have tonnes of homework either :P
Ash quickly looked up, seeing a shadow ball coming towards him. He barely had time to register it, before it slammed into him.
Someone shouted something along the lines of "NO!" but Ash wasn't paying attention. As the dust cleared, the bystanders could see that Ash looked as if he hadn't taken any damage at all from that attack.
In fact, he hadn't taken damage from that attack. He had quickly created an aura shield around himself, just before he got hit by the impact of the attack.
Surprisingly, Ash didn't fight back, but just collapsed on his knees, asking "Why Darkrai, why do you have to fight? Is it because I failed you? If it is, then kill me. I have no right to live, I ran away from my friends and I failed them as well."
Darkrai looked at him with an amused look, before telepathing back.
'You did not fail me. You did the best that you could, and I'm proud to have a friend like you… but I must fight, for if I do not, then my other friends will be in grave danger. I'm sorry Ash, but if you surrender and let this evil person capture Entei, no harm will come of any of us. Please Ash, it's the best way.'
Ash nodded, understanding the wisdom in Darkrai's words and looked up on the mysterious person saying, "Fine. I surrender. Take Entei and leave!" He had to force out the last words, as he would never willingly abandon any injured Pokémon, but he had no choice.
The stranger grunted, acknowledging his surrender, but did something none of them expected. He sent a powerful psychic blast at Ash, knocking him against a tree (AGAIN).
"Who do you think you are? You just attacked someone who had surrendered! Have you no honour?" Brock shouted, angry at the fact that this man had just attacked their new 'friend'.
The stranger however, ignored him, but instead looked towards Entei with a content smile. He had gotten what he had come here to get.
Ash felt a surge of energy as he was blasted against the tree. This had happened before, and he had lost a friend. It would NOT happen again!
He groaned in pain as he stood up, a big gaping wound across his back.
"No! You're too injured to fight. Just look at that huge wound on your back. You need to rest, Red." Brock said, concerned about the health of the man who was trying to save Entei.
Ash however, completely ignored the breeder, as his eyes began to glow blue. The entire clearing suddenly exploded with a harsh blue light, stunning everyone around. As they looked towards the source of the light, they saw Red, his wounds completely healed.
"If you're so strong, why don't you come and fight me yourself, coward!" He shouted at the mysterious stranger.
"Hmph, like I would waste my time with trash like you. Darkrai, take care of him this pathetic kid." The mysterious person said, as he walked over to Entei planning to capture it in a pokeball.
Ash looked towards Darkrai. Darkrai had a regretful look on his face, but Ash knew they would have to fight, or Entei would be captured.
"Pikachu, go to the others, I have to fight this battle alone."
Pikachu looked at his master, uneasy at the fact that he was about to go up against this powerful person alone, but seeing his determination, Pikachu ran off to where the other Pokémon were watching helplessly, unable to assist their master in the coming battle.
'Forgive me, Ash!' Darkrai telepathed, preparing to fire a shadow ball.
'Forgive me, Darkrai!' Ash telepathed back, preparing an aura sphere.
They both released their spheres at the same time, causing a large explosion in the middle of them. Both had come out unscathed.
Darkrai fired a dark void towards Ash, but Ash saw it coming and jumped to the left, firing an aura sphere towards Darkrai, who promptly shot it down with a night shade attack.
As the aura-wielder landed, he spun around, putting his mouth to his fingers, muttering "Aura.Ostende aestu." Blue fire erupted out from his fingers, burning Darkrai and covering him with scorch marks.
Darkrai roared in anger, stopping the attack cold with a powerful shadow ball.
Ash avoided the attack, and keeping up the momentum he flipped in Darkrai's direction, forming a dagger out of aura and throwing it at the nightmare Pokémon.
Darkrai was once again hit with a direct hit, and unable to stand it any longer, collapsed to the ground.
'You are still stronger than me, I see.' Were his last thoughts, before he passed out on the grassy forest floor.
The mysterious stranger grunted in frustration, returning Darkrai and turning to face Ash.
"I guess I'll have to take you down myself, won't I?" The stranger said, with a grin on his face. Ash however, was not intimidated and wasted no time, as he ran towards the stranger with his hands ready to thrust out.
As he thrust his hands forwards, he shouted "Aura! Monstrare tonitru!"
Two blue lightning bolts fired out of his hands, crackling as they made their way towards their target.
The stranger, grinning even more, simply flicked his wrist and used his psychic powers to redirect the bolt into the ground, rendering it useless.
Then he looked at Ash with an amused look and picking him up with psychic, threw him against the tree again, confident he wouldn't be able to fight anymore.
"Urgh… Who…..are…you…." Ash said, barely able to form the words in his bloodied and bruised mouth.
"You really want to know that badly? Fine!" He replied, as his very form seemed to shimmer, revealing a black-haired girl who was about his age.
"WHOA WHOA WHOA! Weren't you just a dude?" Ash asked, clearly surprised at this unexpected turn of events.
"Hmph. That was a disguise. I am Green, but you may also know me as Leaf." She said, looking at the group of people that were watching the scene with a look of astonishment on their faces.
She walked over to Entei, capturing him in a Pokeball before sending out a Salamance flying off, into the night sky.
'I failed… Again… Forgive me Darkrai… Forgive me… Mother…' Ash thought, before fading into unconsciousness.
Brock and the others, concerned about the teen who had quite possibly saved their lives, walked towards him to see how severe his wounds were, and possibly even find out his identity.
However, as they approached, all of Red's Pokémon immediately jumped up from their hiding place, forming a defensive circle around him, with his Pikachu seemly leading them and growling at the group, showing that they wouldn't hesitate to attack, should they feel that their master was threatened.
"Come on guys! We're just trying to help him. I have medicine in my backpack I can use to help his injuries." Brock said, slightly impressed at the Pokémon's loyalty to their master.
The Pikachu looked towards him for a second, then, ignoring him, turned around and shouted "Pikachu PikaPi Pi Ka Chu" to an apparently empty part of the clearing.
Apparently, it was not as empty as it seemed, as in a shimmer of light, Latios and Latias appeared, with Latias looking extremely concerned.
The humans just looked at the two Eon twins astonishment; Red had a Latios as well! A person having one legendary Pokémon was rare enough, but someone having two of them? Forget it! It was simply unheard of.
Max, who's logic was currently offline due to shock, shouted, "A LATIOS! I WANT IT! THIS COULD BE MY ONLY CHANCE!"
He threw a pokeball, which was a very bad mistake, as it was instantly fried as at least 15 attacks hit it. The Pokémon glared at him, not attacking because they could sense he was currently mentally insane.
Everyone sweatdropped.
The Eon twins simply nodded, floating over to where Ash and concentrated, with Latios using recover and Latias using refresh on him.
Ash stirred in his unconsciousness, and groggily sat up, looking around the clearing and then into the sky. As soon as he had recovered sufficiently, Latias tackled him to the ground, looking into his eyes, with her own eyes filled with concern.
'Are you alright, Ashy?' She asked, with sincere concern filling her eyes.
"I'm alright, sorry for worrying you." He replied, with the same look in his own eyes. The look of sincerity.
The girls in the group looked at the two with a look of jealously in their eyes, after seeing the extremely close bond the two shared. You had to have a very close bond with your Pokémon for its healing effects to affect you as well. Now that they looked closely, Red was actually extremely good looking, to the point where they were drooling as they watched him.
Red turned around, seeing them staring at him with drool on the corner of their mouths and mentally groaned, why did this always happen to him?
"See something you like?" He said, looking towards the girls.
They blushed and turned away hastily, trying to think of an excuse. Luckily, Brock, knowing how they felt, decided to step in.
"So… Red… Did you know that person?" He said, hoping to change the subject.
Red's face instantly changed from a look of amusement to a very dark, menacing look as he heard what Brock said.
"I knew her. Or rather, I knew the person she used to be… Before she changed into that dark shell you saw."
"Really? How did you know her? Was she a good friend of yours or something?" Brock replied, interested in how the young adult knew the girl who seemed to hate him.
Ash hesitated for a moment. He wondered whether it would be a good idea to tell them the full truth, or just tell them the truth about him and Leaf. He really wanted to tell his friends who he really was, but he also was afraid of telling them. What if they hated him for running away?
'If you tell them the truth, they won't hate you. I guarantee you that. But I also can see that they don't completely trust you right now. Deep in their minds they think you're an untrustworthy, heartless person. But it's your choice.'
Ash smiled as he heard Latio's psychic voice in his head helping him out, but he felt a jab of pain as he heard the last part of the advice. Latios was a telepath so naturally he could read people's minds, and if that were true, he certainly did not want to tell his friends who he really was.
In the end, Ash decided to tell the truth, or at least part of it.
"She's my… ex-girlfriend…"
Silence.
The looks on everyone's faces were priceless, but then again, you can't blame them. What Red said was unexpected.
More silence.
"HOW COULD YOU LOVE A HEARTLESS BITCH LIKE HER?"
Everyone turned towards the voice, which, rather unsurprisingly, came from Misty. When she noticed everyone staring at her, she blushed and said, "Uh… I… Um… I didn't mean it like that! You know what I mean! You saw how cruel and mean she was, I don't see how you can even consider being even a FRIEND to someone like that"
"She wasn't always cruel and evil. I don't know why she changed… She… She used to be the girl of my dreams. Everything I knew about her was perfect. But then that all changed one day, it all changed in the blink of an eye. My life turned from heaven to hell." Red said, clearly uncomfortable about talking about this particular topic of discussion.
"Huh? What happened?" Misty asked, wondering how someone who seemed as perfect as Red had described could become the harsh, unforgiving person they had seen before. If someone could change that easily, she wondered what could've happened to Ash in the time he had been missing.
"I don't want to talk about it" Red simply said, before walking back to his camp in silence.
The next day
As the group walked into Red's camp, they saw him training with his Pokémon, and decided to watch quietly, thinking that he wouldn't notice them.
However, after a minute of watching, he said, without even turning around, "Any particular reason why you're spying on me?" Suddenly, they noticed his Pokémon forming a circle around them with threatening looks on their face, showing that they did not take kindly to people distracting their training.
Clearly taken back by this unexpected turn of events, the group simply stood there in shock, unable to comprehend how he had seen them without even turning around. They were certain that the Pokémon were too preoccupied training to notice them as well, obviously they were wrong.
"No, my Pokémon didn't see you. I sensed you." He said, somehow reading their minds.
"How did… how did you know that's what we were thinking?"
"Simple. Latios told me. Don't you know that powerful psychics can read the minds of people, and some can even control the minds of people? Usually it's much easier to read weak minds, like yours." Red said, with a slight tone of disgust in his voice.
"Hey! Are you calling us weak?" May said, obviously offended at the fact that this young adult seemed to think that he was better than them, even though he had only gotten lucky in a simply one-on-one Pokémon battle.
"Yes." Red simply replied, not even flinching at the girls threatening tone.
"HEY! You can call me weak, hell you can call me pathetic, but one thing I WILL NOT let you do is call my SISTER weak! Who do you think you are? Do you even know what she's been through?" Max shouted, angry at the raven-haired teen's words.
"Pikachu PikaPi Ka Chu Pi Pi Chu Pika PikaPi Pikachu Chu." Pikachu said, with a half amused, half mocking tone in his voice.
Ash snickered at what Pikachu said, before translating for the rest of the people. "Pikachu says 'Let me guess, did she forget to put her makeup on today?'" After saying this, Pikachu and Ash both broke into laughter, with Pikachu nearly falling off Ash's shoulder.
"Watch what you're saying! We all lost one of the best friends we ever had four years ago! He had a Pikachu; just like you, but unlike, you he was the kindest, most caring person I've ever met! I'LL TEACH YOU TO INSULT MAY LIKE THAT!"
Ash stopped laughing when he heard what Max said. Did they really respect him that much? And did they really think he was the complete opposite now? However, Ash had no time to think any more than that, as at that moment, Max pulled out a pokeball, throwing it while shouting, "Sceptile, Lets show them what we learnt from Ash Ketchum!"
"You really want a battle? You don't stand a chance, kid. Latias, prepare for battle!" Red shouted, not even throwing a pokeball. The reason was quickly revealed though, as Latias appeared, with a serious look on her face.
Max instantly flinched at the appearance of the legendary Pokémon. What hope did he have against a legendary? 'Stop thinking like that! If Ash could beat a legendary Pokémon, so can you!'
"Just because you have a legendary, doesn't mean you're going to win!" Max said, trying to sound confident.
Ash just smiled, signalling for Max to start.
"Let's go Sceptile! Quick attack, full speed!" Max shouted.
Red and his Latias didn't move, didn't blink, and didn't flinch, as Sceptile came towards them at an extremely fast speed.
As Max saw Sceptile near Latias he shouted out another order, "Spin into leaf blade!" Sceptile obeyed, using the momentum from quick attack to spin, seconds away from slamming his blades into Latias.
"Latias, a psychic, please. Send it flying." Ash quietly said.
Instantly, Latias's eyes glowed blue, as the same blue outline outlined Sceptile, making him float upwards, before pushing him backwards, slamming him against a tree with incredible force.
Max's eyes widened as his saw his starter on the floor, its eyes replaced with swirls, defeated by a single attack.
"How did you… how… IMPOSSIBLE! How did you beat my strongest Pokémon with a single attack! You… YOU'LL PAY!" He shouted, returning his Sceptile.
"Fight me without your Pokémon, and we'll see who's stronger!" Max said, blinded by anger, as he charged towards Red.
Ash could sense what Latias was thinking, and quietly told her that he would handle it. Latias nodded, knowing the boy was in for a surprise.
Red moved with a speed no normal person could ever reach, as he slammed Max down on the floor, forming a sharp blade of aura in his hands, pointing it at his throat, with a smile on his face.
Max had a total look of surprise on his face, but it was soon replaced with fear as he realised that Red could kill him with a simple flick of his wrist.
"P..Pl…Please don't kill me!" He said, afraid that the youth was going to kill him here and now.
"No." Ash simply said, as he slashed Max's throat, dissolving him into a blue light and absorbing him into the blade.
"NO! YOU KILLED HIM YOU FREAK!" May shouted, running at Red, pounding him with her fists, despite what she had seen.
The others simply stood there in shock.
Seemingly not noticing the girls attack, he shook his head saying, "No. I didn't kill him. I simply transformed his being into aura energy and absorbed it into my aura blade. He deserved it for attacking me."
"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DID! JUST GIVE HIM BACK!" May said, instantly switching from attack Ash with her fists, to sobbing on him.
"Very well." He said, walking up to Max's pokeballs, leaving May sobbing on the floor, and pulled out a random one, throwing it into the air. Out came a very confused Gardevoir, who instantly began looking for Max.
Ash concentrated for on his blade for a moment, before an orb of aura energy floated out, entering Gardevoir. Suddenly, Gardevoir's eyes changed from red to brown.
'Whoaa, what happened?' The Gardevoir said in everyone's minds.
Ash, sensing everyone's confusion, decided to explain, "I put Max's consciousness into the body of his Gardevoir. He needs to learn a lesson about randomly attacking people. I had to choose a psychic type so he could communicate with you people though, seeing as I'm nice."
'This feels really weird! Wait, if you can put people's consciousness into other bodies, does that mean you can like, possess people and stuff?' Max inquired.
"Hmm… I never thought of that…" Red said, looking around at the group and wondering if he was evil enough to mix everyone up. In the end, he decided not to.
"Are you going to change him back?" May asked, her eyes rimmed with red, although she had finally finished crying.
Red nodded, simply saying, "Come back here tomorrow and I'll change him back."
'Tomorrow? NO! I have a battle today, and I can't attend like this! If I don't attend I'll be disqualified!' Max telepathed with a scared tone.
Red shrugged, before saying, "Well, well, well, you should've thought of that before attacking an aura-user, shouldn't you."
Ash did feel pity for the boy however, so he gave the boy an option.
"Hmm… I don't want to let you go without a lesson, but I pity you, so maybe you can control your body psychically?" Red said, reforming Max's body in a flash of blue.
'I...I can't use any psychic powers… Don't you know? It can take a Ralts months just learn how to use its powers. Can't you do that consciousness transference thingy again?'
"Hmph. I told you I won't let you get off so easily without teaching you a lesson." Red replied.
'Umm… What about May? She could fill in for me!'
"Eww! No way am I going in YOUR body Max! Forget it!" May replied, disgusted with the very idea.
"Hah! I have a solution, and a rather ironic one at that. I'll put Gardevoir's consciousness into your body and she can be the trainer while you can be the Pokémon." Red said, clearly wondering what it would be like to do that, as he concentrated once more, forming another ball of aura, moving it into Max's stationary body.
"I'll be watching your battle, kid. But for now, I have my own battle to attend to." Ash said, as Max's body suddenly jerked up, very surprised.
"This will be a one-on-one battle between Calvin of Goldenrod City and Red of Pallet Town. There will be no time limit, and substitutions will not be allowed! Trainers, send out your Pokémon!"
Calvin, seeing how his opponent seemed to be clouded in mystery and darkness, sarcastically said, "Like hiding in the shadows, eh? How about I show you a REAL shadow! Umbreon, Let's go!"
Calvin only seemed to be of 12 years of age, and had spiky golden-brown hair. He was wearing a blue sleeveless 6-pocket vest with a grey shirt beneath it and blue jeans. He also wore blue gloves and a blue and grey hat.
The trainer named Red only smiled, as he threw a pokeball, saying "Pidgeot, May the aura be with you."
"Umbreon, let's start this off with a shadow ball!"
"Pidgeot, send it back with steel wing." Red calmly said.
The shadow ball flew towards Pidgeot, but the majestic bird simply hardened its wing and smacked the ball, sending it back as if playing tennis.
The shadow ball came at Umbreon at a fast speed, smacking into him, doing little damage however, as Umbreon was a dark type.
Calvin frowned as he saw Umbreon covered in a cloud of dust from the shadow ball, making him unable to see where it was.
"Brave bird, please." The calm trainer said, as his Pidgeot simply smiled, having enjoyed its first official battle in a long time.
The Pidgeot sped towards the cloud of dust with amazing speed, surrounded with a weak blue aura.
As Pidgeot flew into the cloud of dust, it cleared, revealing a fainted Umbreon and a proud Pidgeot, who was now fixing its feathers.
"This will be a one-on-one battle between Max Maple of Petalburg City and James Tantel of Twinleaf town! There will be no time limit and substitutions will not be allowed. Trainers, send out your Pokémon!"
As Max emerged from the pokeball, he felt a little nervous at the upcoming battle. He had never actually battled as a Pokémon before! Luckily, Gardevoir knew his battle style and had taught him the basics of psychic, which he was able to perform due to the fact that the brain in his head was still technically Gardevoir's.
A Gyrados came out of the opponent's pokeball, and roared, scaring Max out of his mind, as intimidate took effect.
Ash sat watching the battle with a smirk on his face. The kid wasn't doing too badly for someone who had never battled before.
'Maybe I could make some kind of business doing this… having your Pokémon command you in a battle would surely improve the bond.' He thought.
'Nah, it'll need more testing before I could even think about doing that. Although… I should try convincing my old friends to do it; it's quite amusing watching a battle like this.'
The next day
"TIME TO TURN MAX BACK!" May shouted, running into Ash's clearing at around 6AM.
Ash, surprised at the sudden sound, jumped up, forming an aura blade and pointed it at the throat that made the sound.
May instantly stopped, scared out of her mind as she saw the blade at her throat, ready to slice her into little pieces.
"I wonder what I could do with your aura? Maybe I could put it into a doll, or maybe a Pokémon, maybe I could use it to increase my own power… the possibilities are endless…" Red said, scaring May even more.
Red smiled, taking a random pokeball from May and throwing it, releasing a Beautifly. Red smirked, as he absorbed the girl's aura, transferring it into the Pokémon's, returning it and taking mild control of the girl's body.
Suddenly, Brock burst into the clearing, and upon seeing May, frowned.
"What were you thinking May! Why would you run ahead like that?" He said.
"May" just looked at him with no expression on her face, and said in a monotone voice, "I am sorry for making you worry. Forgive me. I was only concerned about the wellbeing of my brother."
Brock was confused, but had no time to think about it as "Max" walked into the clearing.
"Max" nodded to Ash and sent out a Gardevoir. Ash simply concentrated before saying, "Done."
Max was relieved to be back in his own body, and returned Gardevoir, before saying, "That was actually a pretty good experience. I learnt what my Pokémon experiences and my Pokémon learnt what I experienced, I'm pretty sure our bond is much closer now."
Max however, looked towards May, and saw that she didn't seem to be excited about Max being back in his own body.
"Hey May, you alright?" He said with a worried tone in his voice.
"May" once again replied in her monotone voice, "I am fine. Thank you for being concerned, Max Maple."
Max instantly knew what was up and looked towards Ash shouting, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MAY?"
Ash rubbed his ears, annoyed at the random loud sound. "Jeeze, calm down kid. I was just doing some testing." He said, before pulling out a pokeball, releasing a very confused Beautifly, who proceeded to tackle Ash, who simply side stepped the attack.
Max looked at the butterflies reaction to Red, and his eyes widened.
"You didn't!" He said.
"I did."
"But… Why?" Max said, annoyed at the trainer once again.
"She woke me up early. She deserved it, just like you did. She should appreciate it though, I'm giving her a once in a lifetime opportunity to know how a Pokémon lives." Red replied, with an uncaring look on his face.
"WHAT? JUST BECAUSE SHE WOKE YOU UP EARLY? TURN HER BACK!" Max shouted, seeing the boys uncaring reaction to what he had done really angered him.
"Whoa, stop shouting. It was just a test. Don't worry, I'll change her back."
He did as he said, as May walked up to him angrily, slapping him on the face so hard he fell to the ground.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" She shouted.
Ash stood up from the ground, slightly angry at the girl's reaction, but not too much seeing as he expected it.
"Ouch. That actually hurt a little. You have a strong palm, baby." Ash said teasingly.
"Hey! Don't call me that!" She shouted, but she blushed slightly.
"Whatever you say, babe." Ash said, clearly enjoying this.
"I SAID SHUT UP!" May shouted, before releasing a huge blast of energy, knocking Ash to the ground.
Red's eyes widened as he lay on the floor in pain. He looked at the angry, but confused girl with a look on interest.
"Very interesting…" He said.
"…What was the HECK was that?" May asked, bewildered at the strange burst of energy she had felt.
"That, baby, was Beautifly's psychic attack." Ash said, his simple words creating so many more questions to be answered.
May, hearing what Red had called her, decided to ignore it, and concentrate on why she had been able to create a psychic attack.
"Why?" She asked, not knowing how else to phrase the thoughts running through her mind.
"Well… My guess is that seeing as your very being was merged with a Pokémon's, some of its powers may have rubbed off on you, babe."
May, finally fed up with what Red was calling her, said with a wink, "Judging by what you keep calling me, I'd say that you're trying to tell me something."
"Maybe I am." Red replied, with a calm, dismissing tone, but anyone could see that he was blushing.
Max, tired of their little conversation, decided to ask Red something.
"So, Red, does that mean I'll be able to use some of Gardevoir's attacks? That would be so cool!"
Red, recovering quickly, replied, "I'm not sure. I'll need to do some more testing, but I'll need some test subjects for that…"
Max and May both smiled and nodded, going to get their friends for some fun.
One more thing. I'm going to put up a new poll on my profile, about my next story. I already have a few ideas and its more convenient to put the choices here and just let you choose on the poll.
No More Suffering: FurtherShipping (AshxLeaf): Ash's friends have betrayed him, destroying his mind and sense of justice. He is now a infamous legendary hunter, and is slowly building up his collection of legendary Pokemon to summon Arceus and destroy the world he now hates so much. Will a childhood friend, and his only remaining friend, be able to stop his crazy plan before everything in the world is lost?
Shattered: AdvancedShipping (AshxMay): (Note: May is kind of like Ash in the sense that she is clueless about love, while Ash isn't) Ash has been showering May with signs of his affection for her throughout his journey, but she remains clueless. When she finally realizes what Ash has been doing, she admits that she does not love him back. Ash is shattered and destroyed, his very will to live taken away from him. What will happen next?
The Guardian of the Aura: (AshxIdk): AU, Medieval Period. Ash is an aura guardian, one of the few of his kind left. He lives as a mercenary, crushed after what a certain event, but when a threat emerges, threatening the royal families of each region, will Ash be able to once again rise as an aura guardian to save them?
Personally, my favourite is the second, but whatever ;)
If you wondering why I'm thinking of my next story so far ahead of time (This story is no where near finished!), its because I need to start brainstorming. The more time I have to jot down ideas, the faster I'll be able to write the second story, and the deeper it will be (Thats the idea, at least)
