Disclaimer: I do NOT own Pokemon or any of these characters.

Author's note: So this chapter is a little spicier from the romantic standpoint in the beginning. The story is rated M for a reason. So you can except this kind of scenes from time to time. Sorry for the late upload but as you can see this is much longer chapter than those before. So I hope that compensate for that. I wanted to give every Pokemon Ash'll catch in this chapter a personality. I hope that I achieved that.

"classic conversation"

"thoughts/Pokespeech/telepathy"

That is all for now. Enjoy.


V. Setting the stage: Forging the team

"Riolu! Riolu! Riolu! Wake up! Come and look at something!" said Pikachu. It was a dark night in the Sinnoh region. Moon was nowhere to be seen and the clouds were darkening the region even more. Everybody was in deep sleep in the cave lighten up by a few torches on the walls except one yellow Pokemon who is now nagging Riolu in his room in the wall.

"Huh... Who's that?" said Riolu. After their long session of expanding the cave, he was tired. Add the fact that he was overlooking Ash training and you've got one very tired Riolu who does not like to be woken up in the middle of the night. He didn't even recognize who was talking to him right now.

"It's your Pikabro. Something weird is happening to Ash. And I think it has something to do with Aura." said Pikachu.

"... It better be something worth to wake up for. I'm really tired if you didn't notice." replied Riolu to the Pikachu.

"Trust me. It is. I've never seen anything like this before. And I've seen a lot of crazy stuff happening in the past." said Pikachu to Riolu.

"I hope so." said the tired Riolu to Pikachu.

And without anything other to say, after Riolu finally got up, Pikachu and Riolu made their way to Ash's 'room' which was a hole in the cave walls with a grass floor. As all the other rooms. Pikachu shared this room with Ash since he always slept next to him. As they were walking, Riolu suddenly stopped in his tracks. During the short walk, he was looking at all of Ash's Pokemon inside their rooms. Every single one was sleeping. And they were probably tired too. But one Pokemon just caught his eye. Again. She was even prettier when she was asleep. Riolu's eyes were just glued to her.

"Come one loverboy. That's just creepy." said Pikachu when he realized that his friend was watching Gardevoir sleep.

"I... I'm sorry. I... don't know what's wrong with me. I can't control myself properly." apologized embarrassed Riolu to Pikachu.

"Considering the other Pokemon we have here. You can control yourself very well. Now come with me. Your girl can wait until the morning. This can't. Whatever that is" said Pikachu to Riolu.

Riolu took one last glance at Gardevoir and then the two Pokemon resumed the walk. After a minute they were finally at Ash's room. Inside was a sleeping Ash. He didn't even sleep in his sleep bag. Just him on the grass with his signature hat covering his eyes. Pikachu was right. There was something going on here. And it definitely has to do something with Aura.

"What is that?" asked Pikachu Riolu as Pikachu pointed at the sleeping Ash.

"I... I don't know. It is definitely his Aura energy. But I don't know what exactly is going on here. Had it happened before?" asked Riolu Pikachu.

"I don't think so. Can you somehow check if it's dangerous with your abilities?" asked concerned Pikachu. Even though Ash was visibly still breathing and sleeping, you never know what it can be.

"I think it's not. Aura isn't dangerous to those who are born with it. But I'll try to find out what's going on. Maybe it's some forgotten Aura ability." said Riolu to his concerned yellow friend. Aura can be a dangerous thing if you aren't born with it and you are trying to mess with the power of of Aura. They will completely mess with your head and emotions if you aren't an Aura Guardian. But Ash was a natural born Aura user and has an incredible gift to control his Aura without much of a training. Ash shouldn't be in any kind of danger. But Riolu will check him up. Just in case.

Riolu then got into meditative position and began to focus on Ash. More specifically on his glowing stomach. After few minutes Riolu began to finally feel something. And what he is feeling isn't an ordinary Aura emitting from Ash's stomach. There were numerous strange things happening. Firstly, it felt like Ash's aura, but at the same time, there was someone else's Aura. Secondly, the place from where the Aura was glowing. Riolu could sense it. How Ash's Aura was seeping through a place on Ash's left side of the abdomen. But probably the strangest thing was that the Aura that was glowing with a bright blue color was filled with one emotion. It was the same feeling that he felt with Gardevoir. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what it was. But then there was another thing. "What is this?" thought Riolu as he focused at the place on Ash's left side of the abdomen. It is some kind of mark. Or tattoo. The mark that was emitting bright light blue glow looked like a dark blue tribal tattoo on Ash's side. Strange thing was that the mark wasn't on Ash's skin. It was beneath the skin. It's like some kind of Aura energy grouped together and formed this emitting tribal tattoo that is connected to someone. But to who? Even though Riolu tried to find out to who it's connected he couldn't do it. The connection was completely cut off from Riolu. After several tries, Riolu gave up and slowly opened his eyes.

"So. What is it?" asked Pikachu when he saw Riolu opening his eyes.

"I... I don't know exactly." replied Riolu to Pikachu.

"Is it dangerous?" asked Pikachu again. The way Riolu said it doesn't calm Pikachu down at all.

"No. I don't think so... Is there any chance that Ash has a tattoo?" asked Riolu.

"Ash? No. Definitely not. He was never into crazy hairstyles, piercings, and tattoos. Why do you ask on THIS anyway?" replied Pikachu.

"Wait. What's a piercing?" asked curious Riolu.

"Some people like to get pierced some parts of their body and leave some kind of small metal object there. I saw it a few times. They mostly pierce their tongues and part of lips." explained Pikachu. He remembers when he saw it the first time. Strange thing.

"WHAT? Why would they do that?" asked Riolu in disbelief. Who would willingly pierce their body parts? Why? What purpose does it serve?

"I don't know. Some people like this sort of stuff." replied Pikachu as he shrugged his arms.

"... Humans are weird." replied Riolu. Piercing yourself because you like it. Sounds pretty dumb if you ask Riolu.

"Yeah, I know. But what is weird about our human? Care to tell me? We got sidetracked a little." asked Pikachu still trying to find out what his happening to Ash.

"Nothing serious it seems. However, he has some kind of mark or tattoo on the left side of the abdomen. That's from where the blue glow is coming from." explained Riolu to Pikachu

Pikachu then looked at his sleeping human. He was getting ready to look at the mark, tattoo or whatever he has there. But Riolu stopped him.

"You won't find anything there. It's not visible to you. It's some kind of Aura mark or tattoo. Invisible to human and Pokemon eyes." said Riolu to Pikachu.

"... Anything else?" asked Pikachu.

"Ehmmmm... Well... the glow is emitting a certain feeling." said Riolu to Pikachu. God. How he hates conversations about this stuff.

"Feeling of? Come on Riolu. Stop answering in riddles. It's annoying." said Pikachu to his blue friend.

"W... Well... Did Ash had a... mate?" asked Riolu Pikachu as he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Who? Him? Really? Ash probably don't even know what to do with a mate. He had so many girls around him that they were practically dancing around Ash for attention and he didn't do anything. He is in a worse state about females then you are. And that's saying something." replied Pikachu to Riolu.

"Ou... Ok. Well. The thing is. Love is the emotion that is radiating from his stomach with his aura. Which reminds me that I felt somebody else aura there. But I couldn't trace it back. The connection shut me off completely." said Riolu to Pikachu.

"Guh. This is so confusing. We'll ask him later. I don't have the energy to dwell on it now." said Pikachu to the Emanation Pokemon.

"Yeah. I'm pretty tired myself." said Riolu as he was slowly making his way towards his room.

"Romeo you won't leave me here with him won't you? I can't sleep here when he is shining like a star." said Pikachu to Riolu as he pointed to Ash.

"You won't sleep in my room. I want to have at least a little privacy here. Besides. You can just wake him up." said Riolu to Pikachu. He has a lot of space for him there. But in this cave you won't have a private time for yourself much. And he intends to make that time count.

"Come on. He had a tough day. He deserves the rest. Please." said Pikachu to Riolu.

"Sleep somewhere else." said Riolu to Pikachu. That yellow mouse is getting annoying.

"And what if I give you some tips how to get close with a certain Gardevoir? Would that make your sacrifice of privacy worth it?" said Pikachu with a sly smile on his face.

"... Come."


Meanwhile in Ash's head

"Huh? What is going on?" said Ash to himself. Ash remembered that he fell asleep in his new build room when he and everyone else was just so tired after working on their cave. He wanted to wait for Mewtwo when he comes back, but Pikachu and Riolu dragged him to his room for some rest and he fell asleep almost immediately.

And right now, Ash felt that like he was awake. And it felt very VERY realistic. He knew he was sleeping. But. This wasn't a dream. Not a chance. He saw, heard and smelled everything around him. But there was one problem. He wasn't himself. And he wasn't in his body either. It was like he was paralyzed inside someone else's body and had no control over the body. Ash was feeling like a co-driver in a car. Seeing and hearing everything, but not having any control over the car whatsoever.

Ash now realized that his vision was limited to some extent too. "This person must have one of the eyes covered or don't have it at all." thought Ash to himself. As the person was walking through a corridor of a hall, the person stopped in front of a door. The person then reached for the keys inside person's trousers and pulled a key up. Then the person looked down on a door and a keyhole. Ash now had the first look on the body he was now in. And the first thing he spotted? "Boobs in a turquoise blouse... So I'm in a girl... That came out wrong. What the hell is wrong with me lately?!" thought Ash to himself as he was beginning to pay attention to the girl, his mind was now in. Unfortunately for Ash, the girl lifted her head up and was walking through the room denying him look between those two nicely shaped hills.

The girl closed behind herself, took off the boots, and was heading towards another door. She opened them revealing a nicely equipped bathroom. She then locked the door again and turned to the bathroom. Bathtub, shower, sink, toilet, mirror, and counters with hygiene aids and towels. All of it was in a clean white color. Tiles were from marble and walls were white too. But something startled Ash when he looked at the counter. "No cosmetics? Is this really a woman?" thought Ash to himself.

Then the person went to the bathtub and started to fill it with steaming water. "Wait. Wait. Wait a second. Does she really..." thought Ash, but before he could finish his thoughts the person began undressing. "Well. Ok then. Guess we'll find out if it's really a woman. Please be a woman. I really don't want to watch some booby guy bath." thought Ash. Head looked down again now revealing that it was a woman with a delicate milky skin. When the blouse and her brown trousers were left on the tiles the woman was left with black bra and panties. "Now that I think about it. Even if it is a woman it will be weird too. God, I wonder what my body is going through right now." thought Ash to himself. And to get things even weirder her right side of the abdomen was starting to glow in bright blue color. It wasn't a big area, and the light from the golden chandelier hid it pretty well too so the woman didn't notice. But Ash did.

"And what is this?" asked Ash himself the question about the mysterious blue glow. But before he could inspect anything else in that area, the head was lifted up again. Her hands made their way to her back and then the woman unclipped her bra. Then she looked down and started to take off her panties as well. "Oh boy. This is just... weird. Nice but weird." thought Ash. And Ash had to give it to her. This woman had a nice asset. At least Ash thought so. When the woman looked down she revealed her small pink nipples and areolas to Ash. "Not gonna lie. I am enjoying this much more than I probably should. Just look at those curves! Those boobs are just perfect. And look at those wide hips and flat stomach. Man she is stunning." thought Ash. He should try to wake up and don't do this. It's just wrong to creep on someone like this. However, he is technically still dreaming. Soooooo. Let's enjoy the show!

The girl was now taking off her panties. And as she was taking them down, Ash caught another glimpse of something that could help him identify this mysterious blue glowing milky woman. "Hmm...a small blonde bush? Just who are you blondie?" thought Ash to himself. When the panties fell to the ground the woman turned to the mirror for the first time since Ash was in this weird situation.

"CYNTHIA?!" yelled Ash when he saw her face in the mirror above the sink.

"Ash?" asked someone in a sweet voice.

"Crap...Come on Ash. Wake up. Now you have to. Wake up! WAKE UP ASH! WAKE THE FUCK UP ASH!" thought Ash to himself trying to get out of there before Cynthia realize that he was there. Who knows how this thing works. Fortunately for Ash, his wishes came true and he woke up.


Back in the cave in the morning

Ash woke up breathing heavily. He looked at the body and thankfully it was his. Then he realized that he had a morning problem between his legs. "Too tight. Too tight." thought Ash. To be honest he could expect this problem when he would wake up from that unexpected...dream? He looked around and found out that his Pokemon were sleeping. Only one was up. And he was coming to him.

"You okay Ash? You look like you've seen a ghost." said Mewtwo through telepathy who arrived a few hours ago with a bag full of empty pokeballs. It was much harder to steal them then he thought. They have much better security on these things than food or water in ordinary shops.

"I... I think... I was in someone's mind in real life when I was sleeping." said Ash to Mewtwo as he covered his crotch area with his hat.

"Don't worry about it. It is probably some Aura ability you have. Or it could be just a dream. You can ask Riolu about it. But till then. You can share it with me if it'll help you." said Mewtwo to Ash. It looked like Ash needed someone to talk to. And Mewtwo thought right.

Ash told Mewtwo a few things about his encounter. That he was in some woman's body and that he screamed when the woman heard him and that he immediately woke up after that. He left the part about Cynthia's stripping of course. Nobody can know what really happened. NOBODY.

"This is so confusing. I hope Riolu knows what it was." said Ash trying to calm down slowly. A minute passed by and Ash was finally getting rid of the thoughts of his 'dream'. Even though the image of naked Cynthia will stay with him for a long time.

"So. Mewtwo. What's next? We have the cave sorted out and my Pokemon are back." asked Ash Mewtwo who listened to Ash story the whole time.

"I believe that you should catch some more Pokemon. You'll need more of them to take Team Rocket down." replied Mewtwo.

"Sound's good. But how? Do I just come out and catch everything that crosses my path? I don't think that's a good idea. I can't train everyone like this." asked Ash.

"Well. I think some Pokemon wait specifically for you. Remember. You found Gardevoir through your unique connection to Pokemon. Maybe if we'll just fly around Sinnoh or other regions we'll find more of those Pokemon. Just follow your instincts Ash." replied Mewtwo.

"I am thinking that the only thing I should ever do is follow my gut." said Ash. Even though it always paid off, to follow his gut, Ash is wondering if it'll stay that way. Other people use logic to overcome their obstacles. But Ash? You could count his logical decisions in life on the one hand. The others were just spontaneous solutions that came to him right away. No thinking. Just doing what came to mind. Numerous time it nearly killed him or his Pokemon. How long it'll last till his luck runs out?

"Well. Just do what you always did and everything should run smoothly. So. What should we do today then? What do your instincts tell you?" asked Mewtwo.

"Well, my gut tells me that your idea seems like a good one. Let's wait for the others to wake up and hit the road." replied Ash.

When Ash's and Mewtwo's debate ended, they waited for Ash's Pokemon to wake up. When they did, Ash finally caught them all inside the ordinary pokeballs that Mewtwo brought. There was one complication with this though. And the complication was Pikachu. Pikachu's hatred for pokeballs was so strong that he even attacked the others when they wanted to hold him off for Ash to catch him. It took the combined power of Gliscor, Donphan, Sceptile, and Charizard to hold him off for a brief second and let Ash catch Pikachu inside the pokeball.

Now only one pokeball remained unused. One slightly changed pokeball. The usually red top half of this pokeball was instead colored in a bright purple color. Signature color of the last uncaught Pokemon in the cave. All of Ash's Pokemon were outside of their pokeballs and were watching this memorable moment.

"Mewtwo. I am going to ask one more time. Is this really what you want?" asked Ash as he was holding Mewtwo's pokeball in his hand.

"And I'm going to say one more time yes it is." said Mewtwo telepathically to Ash. And without any warning, Mewtwo lift his hand and tapped the button on the pokeball and the red light sucked him inside the pokeball. One shake. Second shake. And the last shake. Ash just caught a legendary Pokemon. After that, Ash immediately released Mewtwo as he did with all of his Pokemon previously.

"Well. Now you are officially part of the gang." said Ash to Mewtwo when he materialized before him.

"By the way. You just had to make yourself special with this pokeball didn't you." said Ash to Mewtwo trying to joke around a little bit.

"Yes." replied Mewtwo. To this Ash and all of his Pokemon just giggled at Mewtwo's straightforward behavior.

After this exchange, Riolu and angry Pikachu stepped out of the crowd. Riolu then talked to Ash through his Aura Link.

"Ash? Did you experience something unusual when you were sleeping?" asked Riolu straight away.

"Y...Yes. I... I did. But. What gave you the idea?" replied Ash. He was going to ask Riolu about his 'dream', but he didn't except Riolu to know something about it.

"Ash. You have some kind of tribal Aura mark or tattoo or whatever it is on your abdomen. It was glowing so brightly, that Pikachu had to sleep in my room this night because he couldn't fall asleep." said Riolu.

"A glowing mark?" asked Ash. He then unzipped his Sinnoh jacket and pulled his shirt up. But he couldn't find the mark there.

"It's not visible to the human or Pokemon eye. Next time you'll meditate try to focus on your left side of the abdomen. It should be there." said Riolu to his confused trainer.

"What happened in your sleep?" asked Riolu. Pikachu was still near him. But he is just so angry at Ash that he forced him inside the pokeball that he didn't utter a single syllable.

"Yeah... Well... I was in... another person's body. I saw and heard everything that they did, but I didn't control the body. I think that it wasn't a dream. I... I think that somehow I connected to this person because the right side of the person's abdomen was glowing in a blue light too." said nervous Ash to Riolu.

"Hmm... it could be possible that two people can connect like this. But I never heard of this power. Is this the first time this thing happened?" asked Riolu. Aura is in everyone so the possibilities of this power are vast. And a connection between two humans could be similar to the connection between him and Charizard for example. It's not that surprising that Ash could have this power.

"Yes." answered Ash.

"Interesting. Anything else you can think of that could help us identify this possible new ability." asked curious Riolu.

"Ehm... No. No, I don't think so." said Ash nervously.

"OK then. Let's go to the others Pikachu. You promised me something this night." said Riolu to Pikachu. Pikachu was eyeing Ash the whole time. He knows his trainer through and through. It was clear that he didn't tell them everything. And the fact that he stuttered the whole time implied one thing. It was something embarrassing. "What is your dirty little secret Ash?" thought Pikachu to himself. When he'll find out, he is sure that he'll remind it to Ash every chance he'll get for that pokeball prison torture Ash forced him into.


3 hours later

"I said I'm sorry numerous times. You know how it works Pikachu." said Ash to his yellow friend. Both of them were now high in the skies on Charizard's back with Mewtwo flying beside them. Ash and Mewtwo both wore they usual stealthy attire. And yes it was weird seeing a flying Mewtwo in his cloak.

"Pi pikachu pika pika pi!" yelled Pikachu to Ash. Ash caught a few words. Most of them were swear words.

"Come on. You were there just for a second. Not even that. It can't be that bad." said Ash back to him. Their banter was going on for some time before it finally came to an end.

"Finally." thought Mewtwo and Charizard Ash's fight with Pikachu ended.

They were flying all around the Sinnoh Region for 3 hours already. They were nearly everywhere and Ash still couldn't register any Pokemon in the areas with his weird connection power. Maybe the thing with Gardevoir was a one-time thing. Maybe it has to do something with Gardevoir's telepathy and not his Aura abilities. They were ready to fly back to the frozen mountain but then Ash finally sensed someone calling out to him again.

"There! Someone is right there!" yelled Ash as he pointed to the fairly large pond inside the forest below them.

Startled at first, but when Charizard realized what was going on he slowly descended next to the pond with Ash and Pikachu. Shortly after, Mewtwo landed on the ground too. Ash and Pikachu jumped off the Charizard's back and looked at the pond. The pond in the middle of the forest looked magnificent. Clear water surrounded by a small sandy beach and trees all around the place. Definitely better-looking pond than the one where he found Gardevoir. But this time, he sensed that the Pokemon was in the water. Somewhere in the middle of the pond. "Damn. Should have brought the bathing suit. Do I even have it in the bag? I should really look into the bag when I come back." thought Ash to himself.

"Buizel. I choose you." said Ash as he unclipped one of the 20 pokeballs Ash brought with himself on his belt and threw it in the air. The weird thing is he didn't yell his signature phrase as he always does. He said it in his normal tone to keep his low profile.

Ash said to the sea weasel Pokemon that there is someone in the middle of the lake. Buizel jumped into the water and was waiting for Ash. Ash then slowly undressed with only his boxers on and hesitantly began walking into the cold water. Ash was going deeper and deeper into the water with each step until the water reached a critical part of his body. "Sorry, Ash junior. I hope you won't turn into an icicle when I'll do this." thought Ash as he looked at his crotch area. Then suddenly a log hit him in the back and he was thrust into the freezing water without mercy.

"You could have been a little softer with that throw you know." said Pikachu to Charizard at the grassy field near the small sandy beach around the pond.

"We would be here all day if I would be 'softer' with him" replied Charizard to Pikachu.

Even though the water was freezing, Ash got used to it pretty quickly. Ash then looked at smiling Charizard with an angry expression. But. Charizard didn't care in the slightest that Ash was angry. And so Ash and Buizel swam to the center of the fairly round pond leaving Mewtwo, Pikachu, and Charizard on the grassy field near the pond.

Ash with Buizel was now in the middle of the pond. After a few seconds, Ash felt someone calling for him again. It was coming from below.

"Buizel. I'll need you to bring me under water. I'll be pointing in the directions where I think the Pokemon is. OK?" said Ash to Buizel.

"Bui!" yelled excited Buizel.

In a matter of seconds, both of them were under the water. And it doesn't matter how many times Ash sees it but the sight of so many water Pokemon swimming underwater will always amaze him. This pond was very lively. And thanks to the clear water it wasn't hard to see under it. But what was hard was trying to keep his breath underwater. Ash had a well-trained lungs from all the traveling and swimming he did on his journey. But being in a freezing water for two minutes can tire even Ash. But they were really close to the Pokemon. And Ash could recognize this Pokemon already. But there was something wrong with the Pokemon. As they were nearing the Pokemon Ash could tell what was wrong. This fish like Pokemon had one of its fins greatly damaged. Not just damaged but this fin was much smaller than the other one. The Pokemon was swimming very slowly thanks to this. When Ash neared the Pokemon he just grabbed the Pokemon and gestured Buizel to swim back to the shore since Ash was running out of breath. The Pokemon they found didn't even struggle to break free.


Meanwhile outside of the water.

"So. Will you help me with our loverboy?" asked Pikachu.

"What is there to help with? Riolu should just show her he is the Alpha and he'll have her on her back screaming his name in no time." replied Charizard. That's how it worked for him anyway. Show the others you are the best and females will come. Easy as that.

"Yeah about that. I don't think that Gardevoir would find that appealing. Besides. You two are now the 'Alphas' in our cave and it doesn't look like you would give it up for Riolu. So that's out of the question." said Pikachu to Mewtwo and Charizard.

"Why won't he just tell her?" asked Mewtwo. These relationship problems are still new to him. And his opinion is that they are absolutely useless. Creating more and more problems.

"He doesn't have enough courage to tell her. And I don't think Gardevoir would say yes to him right away. Did you forget what happened when she came to our cave for the first time?" replied Pikachu.

Both of knew what Pikachu was implying. That experience scared Gardevoir of getting into these sort of things. If Riolu wants anything with her, he'll have to take it slowly. Before they could think about it more, Buizel with Ash and strange looking carp Pokemon were swimming their direction. A minute later Ash was on the land with Pikachu, Charizard, and Mewtwo. Buizel stayed in the water with newly discovered Pokemon.

"This is the one that was calling out to me guys." said Ash as he pointed at the beige fish in the water supported by Buizel.

The three remaining Pokemon were looking on the Pokemon with surprised looks. They thought that on this quest Ash would be catching strong Pokemon and making them even stronger. But this was a complete opposite of that. One of the weakest Pokemon and with a handicapped fin. Was this really the Pokemon that was calling out to Ash?

"That's... interesting." said Mewtwo to Ash telepathically as Pikachu with Charizard was just staring at the Pokemon.

"Is something wrong?" asked Ash his Pokemon.

"No of course not. We just thought that it would be someone stronger since we are going up against Team Rocket. We didn't except a disabled Feebas to be your next Pokemon." said Mewtwo to Ash.

"I don't care if he is strong or weak. He called out to me for help. I couldn't let him be there in this state. I'm going to make him as strong as my Charizard in no time. As I'll do with all of my other Pokemon." proclaimed Ash. And he really intended to do so. Ash knows that his team is imbalanced right now. That has to change. Some Pokemon he'll have to train harder than the others because of this. Now Feebas included. He needs every single one of them to be in top condition when the day D will come.

"OK, Ash. We understand. And it's a she, not he." said Mewtwo to Ash.

Ash chuckled and then smiled at Mewtwo. It seems like he knew from where he is coming from. Even Pikachu with Charizard smiled at him. Ash then turned back to Feebas and Buizel.

"Sorry for the kidnapping. My name is Ash and I think you were calling for help. Is that true?" asked Ash as he kneeled in the shallow water near the sandy beach to Feebas.

Feebas nodded to this. It was very hard for her to live like that. She was born with the small damaged fin and she learned to live with that to a certain extent. Her fin was keeping her down and she couldn't get stronger because of this. It was frustrating. She was sick of this. She wished that someone would help her from this. And then the help came to her in the form of this boy it seems.

"Well. I would like to add you to my team of Pokemon. I would train you to overcome your disability and make you stronger so we can do some good in this world together. What do you say?" asked Ash Feebas.

A trainer? When she hoped for help she thought that a Pokemon would help her. She didn't expect a trainer to hear and help her. Feebas isn't the most popular Pokemon catch from what she observed. Especially not the one with a disability. This trainer, however, seemed like the one who would help her achieved greatness. He asked her to join him after all. Feebas than took the offer and nodded her head once again.

"Great! I promise once we get back to our home I'll train you." said Ash. He then took one of the empty pokeballs from his belt he brought with him and tapped it on the Feebas's forehead. And just like this, Ash added another member to his family.


20 minutes went by and Ash and co were still at the pond. Mewtwo said that he'll get some food for them since lunchtime is coming. When Mewtwo teleported away Ash let out his Pokemon which consist of Pikachu, Charizard, Buizel, Riolu, Infernape, Sceptile and newly caught Feebas. Plus Mewtwo that wasn't here at the moment. Those six where training and trading blow near the pond releasing shockwaves through the forest with Feebas as spectator admiring the display of power before her. Pikachu vs. Charizard, Sceptile vs. Infernape, and Riolu vs. Buizel. Ash, on the other hand, was meditating in his now usual cloak with the grey scarf that covered his whole body. His skills were increasing constantly. It will take some time to perfect the meditation but it should be soon enough. He could even register that mark on his body now. It's just like Riolu said. Under his skin blue simple tribal mark. But it didn't serve a purpose as he was examining it. At least that's what he thought.

Ash wants to learn how to communicate with his Pokemon too. The link between him and Charizard was like a rollercoaster. Sometimes he can communicate with him sometime he can't, even if he wants to. With Riolu it is much easier since he is using Aura too and they have similar Aura. When he'll be able to communicate to all of his Pokemon through Aura link and understand their speech life will become much easier. As this was running through his head he was beginning to feel someone again. But this time they weren't the calls of need like the previous ones with Gardevoir and Feebas. "Another one." thought Ash to himself as his eyes shot open and looked at the direction where the Pokemon was. It was in the forest behind the lake.

"Guys. I think I found another one." said Ash to his Pokemon. They immediately stopped their training and went to him.

"OK. Pikachu, Charizard, and Riolu. You'll go with me. Sceptile, Infernape, Buizel, and Feebas you stay here if Mewtwo'll come back. OK?" asked Ash his Pokemon. Everyone nodded and Ash with his Pokemon went inside the forest.

After a minute or two of walking the group stopped. When they heard the rustling in the bush everyone was on alert. After few seconds a Pokemon emerged from the bush. He walked casually out of the bush and gave the group uninterested look. Then he resumed walking in the other direction of Ash and his Pokemon.

"Guys. That's him." said Ash to his companions as he felt a slight connection to the Pokemon again. As soon as he said this Riolu launched himself at the Pokemon with Aura Sphere at hand. But the Pokemon casually leaned himself on the right side and Riolu missed. He then turned to Ash and his Pokemon again. Riolu immediately after he missed jumped in front of Ash and was ready to fight. Pikachu and Charizard got into their fighting stances too. "Guess we'll have to do it this way. Thanks, Riolu." thought Ash to himself.

"OK Riolu. It looks like this will be our first match. Pikachu and Charizard don't intervene OK?" said Ash to his Pokemon as the two powerhouses in his team nodded. And with that a match between Riolu and Toxicroak began

Toxicroak's lazy attitude was gone and he launched himself at Riolu with his purple glowing claw on hand.

"Riolu dodge!" yelled Ash at his Pokemon.

Riolu immediately jumped out of the way. He was now above Toxicroak. But Toxicroak began doing his next move. Purple sludge was forming around him. It looked like he was in a blob. Suddenly part of this sludge was shot right at Riolu like a tentacle. Riolu and Ash were both too slow to realize what was going on and Toxicroak trapped Riolu in his Sludge Wave damaging the Emanation Pokemon.

"Riolu don't let it throw you off. Use Aura Sphere!" yelled Ash at his Pokemon.

Riolu landed on the ground with his eyes closed trying to prevent the sludge reaching his eyes. Riolu then located Toxicroak with his Aura sensing ability and used an Aura Sphere in that direction. It hit Toxicroak right in the head. But it didn't do much of a damage to him. But at least the Sludge Wave was interrupted.

"Riolu. Use Blaze Kick!" yelled Ash at Riolu.

Riolu jumped in the air and was prepared to slam his leg onto Toxicroak. But he was too slow. Toxicroak jumped and with Low Sweep attack, he slammed his own leg onto Riolu's stomach sending him to the ground.

"This Toxicroak is much stronger than I anticipated" thought Ash to himself. "Let's try this through Aura Link." thought Ash as he an Riolu reached out to another and were able to communicate through Aura.

"How are you holding up?" asked Ash Riolu via Aura Link.

"I'm just getting started." replied Riolu.

"Great thing to hear. Now Use Shadow Claw!" said Ash to Riolu.

Riolu slammed his paw into the ground and a Shadow Claw was now heading towards Toxicroak. Toxicroak confused by the lack of trainer's commands didn't expect this and was hit right in the chest. Toxicroak shook it off and immediately after this. Toxicroak was surrounded by the purple sludge again ready to attack with another Sludge Wave.

"Riolu dodge and use Blaze Kick!" said Ash to Riolu via their link.

Riolu jumped out way successfully dodging the sludge tentacle. But he didn't just jump mindlessly away. No. He jumped to Toxicroak and slammed his fire leg into him through his purple sludge blob around him sending Toxicroak to the ground. Finally, it looked like it did something to Toxicroak. But the battle was far from over.

Toxicroak got up and got his Poison Jab ready. Then he launched himself onto Riolu.

"Dodge Riolu!" yelled Ash through the link.

Riolu successfully dodged the jab when he jumped out of the way to the right. But ten Toxicroak's whole fist then turned black and Toxicroak turned around and punched Riolu right in the stomach with powerful Sucker Punch sending him to the across the field. Riolu now greatly damaged managed to get up. But it hurt like hell.

"Let 's finish this. I have an idea." said Ash to Riolu.

"Great. What should I do?" asked panting Riolu. Tired from the match already.

"OK. Use Aura Sphere!" yelled Ash.

Riolu then charged Aura Sphere between his hands and threw it at Toxicroak. Toxicroak anticipated and dodged the Sphere and run right at Riolu with his Sucker Punch ready.

"Riolu. Use Blaze Kick!" yelled Ash to his aura trainer still through the link.

Riolu then runs against Toxicroak with his leg on fire. When they were near each other Riolu slammed his leg onto Toxicroaks fist resulting in an explosion from this collision. Smoke covered the two battling Pokemon.

"Riolu. Use FORCE PALM!" said Ash. This was his trump card against any Pokemon battling against Riolu.

The collision didn't make much damage to either of them. But Riolu was now in great advantage. He could see where Toxicroak was. Toxicroak couldn't. When Riolu find where Toxicroak was. He jumped in the air doing a spin and from above and placed his palm on top of Toxicroaks head. Riolu then charged the energy into his palm and shooting it straight into Toxicroaks face pummeling him into the ground.

When the smoke cleared it revealed a still standing Riolu. But Toxicroak was getting up again from a small crater that was created beneath him.

"Riolu end this before he can get up. Use Aura Sphere one last time!" said Ash his last command via the Aura Link.

And Riolu did as Ash told so. He threw one last Aura Sphere and since Toxicroak was already on his last legs, he managed to hit him. This finally knocked Toxicroak down.

"Great job buddy." said Ash to Riolu normally. Ash then unclipped another empty Pokeball from his belt and threw it at Toxicroak. One ding. Second ding. Third ding. Ash caught him.

Riolu sat on the ground after the long match panting with exhaustion. He did it. He won his first battle with Ash. Ash then ran to his friend to look how is he doing.

"Well. Well. Well. That squirt sure has a potential." said Charizard to Pikachu as both of them were looking at their tired comrade.

"It's a Riolu who can use Aura Sphere. What did you expect?" said Pikachu to his orange friend.

"That he would get beaten up badly." said Charizard.

Pikachu sighed at this. Charizard is acting a little differently from the time they are in the cave. He knew why of course. But it would be great if he would be hopeful again. Charizard always believed in Ash's other Pokemon. Well not always exactly. Since their adventure on the Orange Islands. But still. He is a lot more pessimistic nowadays.

"Will you help me with him and Gardevoir at least?" asked Pikachu again.

"... Sure why not. But I don't know how. I already told you how I got a mate." said Charizard. If he has to live in a cave for three years, he has to keep himself entertained. This seemed like a decent option. He could train non stop but that what would remind him of the Valley to much. He'll take it easy here. And hopefully get two Pokemon together.

"Great! Now let's go and congratulate him on his first win." said Pikachu. And both of them went to the Riolu and congratulate him on his first win at Ash's side.

"You did a really magnificent job on your first battle Riolu. Take a good rest. Gardevoir'll take care of you when we'll come back into the cave." said Ash to Riolu.

Riolu blushed at Ash's words. Not because of his compliments. But the thought of Gardevoir taking care of him sounds very appealing.

"You cheeky bastard. That's why you jumped on that Toxicroak and provoke the fight didn't you?" thought Pikachu to himself as he was looking at blushing Riolu. "Smart move, Riolu... Smart move..." thought Pikachu to himself.

Ash then recalled Riolu and with his two remaining Pokemon, they headed back to the pond where Mewtwo'll meet them with a fresh food. Hopefully.

After another 20 minutes, Mewtwo brought lunch and discovered that Ash caught another Pokemon. But since he was tired from the fight against Riolu he didn't see him at the lunch. Neither he saw Riolu at the lunch who fought against that Toxicroak. After the lunch which consisted of Pokemon food for Pokemon and some sandwiches for Ash, they were headed back to the cave to let Toxicroak and Riolu healed and rest for a bit. Ash returned his Pokemon except for Charizard, Pikachu, and Mewtwo. Then Ash with Pikachu hoped on Charizard's back and took off with Mewtwo besides them leaving the forest behind them.


"Are you still cold from the trip to the Snowpoint City?" asked Ash Charizard teasingly. Poor Charizard. First, he had to fight through a blizzard at the Mount Coronet when they exited their cave. Mewtwo lifted the boulder blocking the exit with Psychic and the blizzard raging outside hit Charizard straight into the face. But they managed to get off the cave and Mewtwo managed to close the entrance again with a boulder. And right after that, they headed to the coldest place in Sinnoh besides the Mount Coronet. Charizard was shivering for almost an hour when they exited that frozen region in Sinnoh.

"Rarrr." growled angry Charizard at Ash

Ash just giggled at Charizard's behavior. He wants him to relax a little. He has become way too serious for his own good. The group was nearing Jubilife City on their way back to the mountain. That's where Ash again heard some calling out to him. "Are you kidding me? We were all around the Sinnoh and during the last hour they began to finally appear?" thought Ash.

"Guys. I have both good and bad news. Which one would you like to hear first." said Ash to his Pokemon in the air.

"Let's start with the good one." said Mewtwo answering for the other two Pokemon too.

"I think I found another one" said Ash to them.

"Great. And the bad one?" said Mewtwo to Ash.

"It's right in the city." said Ash to his flying crew.

"So. What now?" asked Mewtwo. Bringing Ash to a city could bring many troubles. If someone took off his hood even by an accident, their mission would go downhill pretty fast.

"Well. I can't just leave that Pokemon there. You should stay here in the air Mewtwo. I'll try to get this over with as soon as I can." said Ash to Mewtwo.

"Ash this is incredibly dangerous. If your hood will fall off everyone will recognize you. You are still all over the newspapers. I think we should leave." said Mewtwo to Ash.

"Mewtwo. You told me to always follow my gut and it'll be good. And my gut tells me to go there and find this Pokemon." said Ash back.

"... Just be careful Ash." said Mewtwo back.

"Don't worry. I'll be back right away." said Ash. "Pikachu go under the cloak. We don't want people to suspect a thing." said Ash to Pikachu. Pikachu did as Ash said and he was under his cloak.

"Okay. Charizard fly to that area of a city. The Pokemon should be somewhere around there." said Ash as he pointed to the north part of the city where the contest hall was located.

Around the contest hall were several Pokemon trainers training with their Pokemon in the training fields. When suddenly a big Charizard landed there. On top of the said dragon was someone in dark green cloak. Immediately when he landed he recalled his Charizard. He looked around himself. Like he was looking for something. And in the next instance, he disappeared as he walked into the city. Most of the trainers registered only the size of that Charizard. He was enormous for Charizard standards. But nobody gave it much of a thought.

Ash was now in dark alley in Jubilife city. He was slowly walking through this alley not to miss the Pokemon. That Pokemon is somewhere around here. He could feel it. And then out of nowhere, Luxio jumped from behind a trash can and tackled Ash down. Thankfully his hood stood in place. Luxio was now standing right in front of Ash. Ash slowly got up and looked at Luxio. "So it's you." thought Ash. Ash knew he has to make it quick. And this Luxio doesn't look so strong. So he looked around and when he found out that the coast is clear he quietly whispered to his shoulder.

"Pikachu. Use few Quick Attacks and end it quickly. We don't want to stay here longer than it's necessary."

Yellow blur then shot from Ash's cloak and hit Luxio. It hurt her but she was still standing. It took another 3 Quick Attacks to bring her down. She was still conscious but tired as hell. "W...What is this? T...This isn't a Pokemon. It's a monster." thought Luxio as she was standing on her last legs. Luxio thought that she could take this guy out and hopefully steal some food from him since she doesn't have any. But this? That Pikachu wiped the floor with her in a matter of seconds.

Ash then took a pokeball from his belt and threw it at Luxio. But to his surprise, Luxio got out. Pikachu was now in front of Ash and was looking at his trainer. Ash nodded. Pikachu then used Quick Attack for the last time and hit Luxio directly into the head. Ash threw the pokeball again. And this time he was finally successful. "Sorry for this Luxio." apologized Ash to Luxio for the beating. Pikachu then jumped back under the cloak and they were ready to get out of this place.

Ash then went back to the Contest hall training fields. Many eyes were glued to him. But he then recognized someone in the crowd. The red-haired coordinator that was rival to Dawn training with her Glameow. When Ash saw her he panicked a little. This is a person who could identify him in seconds if he won't be careful.

Zoey then stopped her training for a moment and looked at the mysterious figure trying to find out why everyone was looking in that direction. She examined the cloaked figure and got a vibe that she knew that person. So she decided to walk to him and try to find out who it was. But before she could reach him he released a gigantic Charizard and flew away.

"She just had to be there didn't she." thought Ash as he was nearing the spot in the sky where Mewtwo should be waiting. When they met up with Mewtwo, he told him everything and they were finally headed back to their new home.


"Everything here is worthless." mumbled Ash to himself. He was now finally running through his backpack in the cave. It was late evening when they came back from their journey throughout the Sinnoh region. Inside Ash's bag was an empty bottle of water, rotten sandwiches. "Ou look a sleeping bag. I completely forgot about." thought Ash. This bag was a welcomed and very useful surprise. And there then was his clothes. He can use them inside the cave at least. Okay, not everything was worthless. However, in the pile of Ash's clothes, Ash found a small flat blue box. He immediately remembered what is inside.

Flashback

"You must be Ash Ketchum. Pleased to meet you. I'm Steven. Champion of Hoenn." said Steven as he introduced himself. He wore his usual suit pants and boots. Looking classy as ever.

"P.. Pleasure is all mine Steven." said Ash to him. He was so nervous. He felt like a kid again meeting a Champion that he never met. He could scratch this off his bucket list. Meet the Hoenn Champion. Check. When Ash and Lucas arrived in the Celestic Town with the helicopter Steven was already at the landing place, on the roof of the Pokemon Center.

"Let's get right onto the topic at hand." said Steven as he pulled out a blue box from his suit.

"I don't have to tell you what to do with it and when to return it do I?" asked Steven. He discussed this with Cynthia to the tiniest details.

"Yes. I'll get it back to you by the end of the week. I promise." said Ash.

Flashback End

"This time I said I promise. How'll I get out of this one when I come back?" thought Ash to himself.

Ash then looked at the box. What to do with it? He can't deliver it back to Steven or even Cynthia. It'll have to wait. "I bet that the post would deliver it sooner. Maybe it would take a year, but definitely not 3." thought Ash to himself again. He then opened the box. And as Cynthia said. It was a tusk on the leather necklace. For thousands of year old necklace, it was in a great condition. He took it in the hand and examined it. Nothing special from what he can tell. Tusk and old leather necklace. "You have interesting hobbies Cynthia." thought Ash. But as soon as he thought about Cynthia, her naked image appeared in front of him. Startled by his own thoughts Ash then quickly put the necklace back inside the box and left it near the fireplace. He then went to meditate to try to forget about naked Cynthia. But Ash hadn't realized that deep down, he doesn't want to forget a single inch of Cynthia's naked body.

As Ash was going through his stuff Ash's Pokemon were all over the place doing different stuff. Some trained, some were sleeping, some were just chatting with each other. But right now the most important thing that was happening was with Gardevoir. She already healed Toxicroak with Heal Pulse when they came back around a half hour ago. Toxicroak then just got up and walked around the cave with a releasing few croaks along the way. He then found a place next to Snorlax where he lied down and fell asleep.

Kingler was enjoying the display of Gardevoir's healing abilities too. She was really talented in this department. But then he then looked back and saw lonely Feebas in their cave pond. He then went to the Feebas in the pond trying to make a new friend, since everyone was ignoring her. Kingler was now in front of her looking at her. It was the look of a creep. He isn't very good at making friends unfortunately. But thanks to Ash he has some at least. Even though nobody really talks to him. They are forgetting him most of the time. When Feebas registered Kingler she was a little spooked out by the look he gave her.

"Hi." said Kingler to the fish Pokemon

"H... Hi." said startled Feebas back. After this a dead silence followed. Kingler didn't thought this through it seems.

"Uhmm... So... What are you doing here?" asked Feebas trying to break the uncomfortable silence between the two water Pokemon.

"Hnnn. Ou. Yeah. I just thought that you were a little lonely here. So I thought that you would like a company. And become friends? Maybe?" said Kingler as he went inside the pond.

"F...Friend?" asked Feebas. That would be probably the only friend she would ever get. Nobody wanted to be associated with a crippled Pokemon in her previous pond.

"Yes? Ou. Ok. I get it. I'll be on my way." said Kingler as he was getting ready to go out of the pond. He was used to this. He could be weird sometimes. He knew that. So he isn't surprised when someone doesn't want to be in his company.

"NO! No. No. It's not like that. It's just... I never had ... friends." yelled Feebas to Kingler.

"Ou. I'm sorry." said Kingler as he was still getting out of the water.

"I... I want to be your friend... Please?" pleaded sad Feebas.

"Ou. OK. Then we are friends!" said Kingler as he swimmed excitedly to Feebas once again.

"So. How long you're with... Ash was his name right? Our trainer." said Feebas.

"Ou Yes Ash. Hmm...Well it's 1124 years already." said Kingler to Feebas.

"Kingler. That's a little overboard don't you think. 1124 YEARS?" said Feebas as she laughed a little at this.

"What. I didn't said years. I said days. Wait. Did I said years?" said Kingler as he rubbed his orange spiky head with his pincer.

And just like that Feebas found the first friend ever. They were talking about Ash and Kingler mostly. Kingler tried to ask Feebas about her life, but his question were weird most of the time or just a little dumb. Those type of questions made Feebas laugh a little. Kingler didn't mind. He is just glad that his stupidity can make at least someone laugh.


Meanwhile, with everyone else, Gardevoir was now finishing patching up Luxio. Luxio herself was watching Pikachu during the healing process the whole time. He was just casually talking to Totodile and Corphish like nothing happened. He humiliated her with that defeat and now he was acting like nothing happened. How could he be so strong? That just doesn't make sense to her. She doesn't like losing. That's not her style. And definitely not losing like this.

"Okay, Luxio. You should be fine by now. You can go." said Gardevoir to Luxio.

"Thank you for healing me." thanked Luxio. She then got up and slowly made her way to the Pikachu's group with her eyes still locked on the yellow mouse Pokemon.

"...and then Charizard threw a small log on Ash and he fell into the cold water face first." said Pikachu to his two water Pokemon friends. Both of them began laughing hysterically and Pikachu chuckled too as he was telling them the story. These two weren't hard to impress with stories.

"Hey, Luxio. How are you holding up? You okay now?" asked Pikachu when he realized that Luxio was behind him.

"Y...Yes. I'm fine now." said Luxio to the yellow rodent. He was surprisingly friendly. When you consider the beating she received from him it was surprising this attitude of his.

"Glad to hear that." said Pikachu. He then scratched the back of his head sheepishly before continuing.

"I... I want to apologize for what I did earlier. We were in hurry to get back here and I got carried away a little. I know that doesn't really justify what I've done but still... I am sorry." said nervous Pikachu to Luxio. He went a little overboard with that battle.

"I... It's OK. But. How did you do that? I... I didn't even see you. You were so fast. I was so... helpless. Could... Could you teach something like that?" asked Luxio. She doesn't want to be humiliated like this ever again.

"W...Well. I don't have a problem with that. I could teach you a few tricks. But that depends on Ash too." replied Pikachu. He didn't except Luxio to want to train with him after what he did to her. But somehow she wanted.

"Ash? Who is Ash?" asked Luxio.

"You don't know him? He is our glorious trainer of course." replied Totodile cheerfully who finally stopped laughing with Corphish. Pikachu, Corpfish, and Totodile then told everything Luxio needed to know about Ash, his quest, and all that jazz. After absorbing so many and crazy information, Luxio went to process her thoughts and lied next to the big fireplace in the middle of the grassy cave.

"Pikachu. Pikachu. Pikachu..." said Corphish to his yellow friend.

"What?" asked hesitantly Pikachu as he broke away his gaze from Luxio and looked back at Corpfish.

"I think that you two are going to be much more than training buddies." teased Corphish. He then winked at Pikachu.

"Oh shut up Corpfish." said Pikachu as he left Totodile and Corphish there alone.

"More than training buddies?" asked clueless Totodile when Pikachu left.

Pikachu didn't take what Corpfish said seriously. He knows that having a mate isn't really for him. He has to keep an eye on those 3 horny idiots and Ash already. Too many responsibilities. And he isn't looking for something like that. At least not right now. But who knows. Maybe in the future. But then he spotted a Pokemon that does look for love. He ran to him as soon as he saw him.

"I have to say. I'm impressed. You took a beating like that just to get close to her. Really smart." said Pikachu to the sore and beat up Riolu who was sitting there watching Gardevoir preparing herself for another injured Pokemon.

"I..." Riolu tried to deny it but then just sighed instead. He just sees through everything. "How do you know all of this?" asked Riolu.

"I know you for some time Riolu. You would never just jump on Toxicroak without a reason. I had to just put two and two together and it was clear as day." replied Pikachu to him.

"Is it worth it though?" asked curious Pikachu. He knew his answer already. But what exactly he'll say that is what Pikachu is interested in.

"I would take a beating from this whole cave and it would still be worth it." replied Riolu looking at Gardevoir the whole time. Pikachu was just smiling from ear to ear. That's the answer he was hoping for.

"Is there anyone else who needs to be healed?" asked Gardevoir in her soft voice the group in front of her. Riolu wanted to go but he hesitated. He just couldn't bring himself to go there for whatever reason his head was telling him. How is he going to talk to her during this? Won't he just make matters much worse? Thankfully for him, Pikachu saw this from a mile away.

"Don't worry Romeo. Your wingman Pikachu is here to help." thought Pikachu. He then began pushing Riolu to Gardevoir. And before Riolu could protest he was in front of her.

"Riolu took a pretty bad beating from Toxicroak as you can see. Please, take good care of him." pleaded Pikachu the Gardevoir when he managed to push Riolu to her.

"I... I'm fine. R... Really." said Riolu. He now realized the horrifying truth. He didn't think this through at all.

"I don't think so. And I bet Gardevoir thinks the same as I do. Am I right?" said Pikachu.

"Of course I do think the same. God Riolu. Just look at yourself! You have bruises all over you. You need to be healed as soon as possible! And you may be poisoned from Toxicroak too! Lie down on Ash's towel and let me take care of the rest." said Gardevoir in a slightly harsher tone. Riolu then saw that he couldn't escape this. So he lied down and let Gardevoir do her job.

Riolu was now in panic mode. He should just stay away from the Toxicroak. Okay. Calm down. Calm down. He can work it out somehow. Okay. Just remember what Pikachu told him about Gardevoir before they left. Unfortunately, he caught only one thing from Pikachu before they left on their search for Pokemon. "OK. OK. OK. I can do this. Remember what Pikachu said. Tell her that you respect that she isn't a fighter and it'll work out fine. It'll be okay. It'll be okay. Baby steps. Baby steps" repeated Riolu to himself over and over again. As Gardevoir was using her Heal Pulse through her hands, she asked Riolu.

"Does it hurt? If so just tell me. Okay?" asked Gardevoir Riolu.

"I'm in agony." thought blushing Riolu. Of course, he wasn't in physical pain. Or he at least didn't feel it. But the other kind of pain. Phew. That was a different story. "I... It's OK. You are doing great G...Gardevoir." replied stuttering Riolu to Gardevoir. He just lied. Well. Technically he didn't. The bruises she is healing doesn't hurt. So he is still keeping his honor. At least he hopes it works like this. But the fact that she had her hands all over him didn't help him to calm down. Quite the opposite. He was panicking more and more. Okay. Deep breaths. Deep breaths. Time to try to give her some compliment.

"Uhmmm... You are really good at this. You know that?" said Riolu to her. That could be a decent start. At least he hopes so. He doesn't have a clue what he's doing after all.

"T...Thank you. But I... I'm nothing special. I can't attack and a lot of Pokemon can heal others." replied surprised Gardevoir. She was caught off guard by Riolu complementing her. Riolu often spent his time with Ash and wasn't very talkative from what she saw. It warmed her heart that there was another guy who thought that she isn't completely useless.

"W... Well. A lot of Pokemons can attack too. There is nothing special about them too. And... You are healing me now. You are pretty special to me right now." replied Riolu. His logical mind was completely shut off now. He just said what was on his mind first. Which was unusual for him. He hoped that he didn't mess it up with her by this.

"I...I... Thank you... Riolu." replied blushing and stuttering Gardevoir. This was just so nice to hear. She couldn't tell him anything else then simple thanks. She was speechless. This duo than just fell into a complete and awkward silence.

"And you said he'll need our help. Look at him. That was smooth as fuck. He's natural at this. I'm 100% sure that the tables will turn and we'll need his advice about females in the near future." said Charizard to Pikachu.

"In the future? I'm already taking notes just in case." said Pikachu to Charizard. If Pikachu will ever want to find significant other, he already knows who'll be helping him with that.

After minutes of awkward silence, Riolu was finally healed.

"Y...You can go now. You are fully healed." said Gardevoir with a cute stutter in the beginning.

"T..Thank you. You are a magnificent healer." said blushing Riolu as he bowed out of respect and made his way back to Pikachu as fast as he could. He thought that he totally screwed it up. She wasn't talking to him since he said his second sentence. Not a good sign. But if he would look behind he would see stunned, embarrassed, blushing and most importantly happy Gardevoir standing there like a statue.

"P...Pikachu, Charizard. I... I think I ruined it. W... What did I do wrong? How can I make it right? Will you help me?" asked Riolu his friends frantically when he made it to them.

"Man. You are so dumb it actually impress me how much. Sit down kiddo. I'm going to teach you few things about females." said Charizard. That's the biggest idiot Charizard has ever seen. Then Charizard and Pikachu gave Riolu lecture about his supposed "failure" with Gardevoir.


Two days later

"Pika pika pikachu pi pi pikapi." said Pikachu to Ash.

Ash flew all around Sinnoh region one more time but he didn't find any Pokemon with his connection yesterday. So today they took the trip to Hoenn region to find some new Pokemon. And when they entered Hoenn Region Ash, in his stealthy outfit, felt the connection immediately. The bad news was it was coming from the spooky castle. So our heroes were now in the depths of the ruins looking for some Pokemon with Ash holding out a lighten torch that he found outside of the castle. Insides of the castle was as they excepted. Cobblestone and moss everywhere. The old wooden door which slowly rott. And millions of halls in every direction. This all caused Pikachu to be anxious and he said to Ash in his pokespeech that he wants to get out of this place already.

"Hang in there Pikachu. He's near." said Ash.

As soon as these words left his mouth a Shadow Ball was shot on them. Thankfully Mewtwo, hidden in his cloak, destroyed it before it could reach them. Ash then turned to the direction where the Shadow Ball came from. He saw a small purple Pokemon who was smiling from ear to ear and laughing hysterically. This Pokemon then got up and threw another Shadow Ball at them. This time Pikachu destroyed it with Iron Tail.

"Guys. Let this guy handle it. I haven't used him for battle in a while." said Ash as he unclipped a pokeball from his belt. Mewtwo and Pikachu nodded and let Ash have another battle.

"Gible. I choose you." said Ash quietly. When Ash released his Gible Ash's shark Pokemon bite Ash's head. He hadn't done it in a while so he was enjoying it very much.

"Come on Gible. Not now!" yelled Ash as Gible was chewing his head in the hood. Gible, fortunately, listened to Ash and let go of his head after a minute. But as soon as he landed he was hit by Shadow Ball from his opponent.

"Come on! That's just wrong!" said Ash to the Pokemon.

"Hihihi" laughed Sableye back at Ash and Gible.

"Gible of and use Dragon Pulse!" said Ash.

And as Ash said, Gible formed a blueish, greenish ball and shot it at Sableye. But Sableye used Shadow Ball again and countered Gible's attack.

"Gible. Use Dig!" said Ash.

Gible then disappeared under the ground destroying the cobblestone floor. However, Sableye didn't just stand there. No. His diamond eyes glowed in light green color. When Gible attacked from bellow Sableye dodged the attack with ease. And right after that Sableye's gem on his chest glowed and shot a powerful beam of energy at the Gible sanding him across the hall in the ruins.

"What happened?" asked Ash. He had a suspicion. But he wasn't sure if it's right.

"Sableye used Detect and dodged Gible's Dig. Then he used a move called Power Gem that charges the gem in his chest and shoots a powerful blast of energy." explained Mewtwo to Ash.

Gible got up again thankfully. But he has been beaten up pretty badly already. Another attack and he's down. And he had could use only 2 moves. If Gible would use Dragon Meteor than this whole place could collapse. And Rock Smash would have no effect against Sableye. Maybe Ash should choose another Pokemon.

"Gible!" roared Gible showing Ash that he isn't going down that easily.

"Okay, buddy. Let's win this! Use Dragon Pulse!" said Ash.

But unfortunately for Ash and Gible, Sableye used Power Gem. This attack overpowered the Dragon Pulse and hit Power Gem hit its target. Gible was now down breathing heavily. He was still conscious at least. Gible slowly got up back on its feet with all the power he was left with. Gible saw as Sableye formed another Shadow Ball and threw it at him. "Not like this!" thought Gible to himself. Gible then faces the attack head-on. He was stopping the Shadow Ball with his own body but energy thanks to which he still stood was leaving him. Then with one last roar, something amazing happened. Gible started to glow in a bright white color. He was evolving. It took a few seconds but the Shadow Ball that collided with Gible disappeared and then a new Pokemon stood at the place where Gible stood just seconds before this.

"Awesome Gible you evolved!" said Ash.

Immediately after his evolution, newly evolved Gabite ran to the Sableye with his claw shining in a bright white color. And during his run, the claw doubled it's size too. When Gabite made it to Sableye he tried to hit Sableye, but Sableye was using Detect again. It took some time but Sableye's detect finally came to an end and Gabite smashed his claw to Sableye's chest. But the attack never connected with Sableye's body. It went straight through Sableye

Most people would be glad for Gabite to learn a new attack. But right now it wasn't what he wanted. He had 2 attacks which he could use and now he has only one. Rock Smash and Slash won't do anything and Draco Meteor would destroy this place. This will truly test his limits as a Pokemon Trainer. Win a battle with using only one move is nearly impossible.

"Dig!" yelled Ash.

Gabite then immediately disappeared under the ground again. After dodging Gabite for so long with Detect, Sableye wasn't able to use it again right away. And thankfully Gabite was fast enough to perform Dig attack and landing a hit on Sableye.

"Dig again!" yelled Ash.

This time Sableye was prepared. When Gabite attacked Sableye from the underground he again dodged it and was charging his Power Gem attack.

"Gabite, use Slash to protect yourself from the Power Gem then use Dig!" said Ash.

And this time Sableye's Power Gem didn't work. Gabite set his claws with Slash attack directly against the Power Gem attack and all of the gem's energy was dispersed in multiple directions. When the attack ended Gabite disappeared into the ground leaving a hole behind. When Sableye finished his Power Gem attack he looked around only to find nothing. He looked at the hole in front of him and wanted to use Detect again. But it was too late. Gabite jumped from the ground and attacked surprised Sableye. However, Sableye didn't give up and got a hold of the ground dragon. Holding Gabite in place Sableye summoned several small blue flames that were circling around Sableye. And before Gabite could react these rotating flames were released on him throwing him back. "Damn. This Sableye is really annoying." thought Ash. And as Ash was thinking about this, Sableye charged another set of Will-O-Wisps and shot it at Gabite. Thankfully, Ash just got a brilliant idea.

"Gabite use Spin Slash combination!" said Ash. Hopefully, it'll work. He never did this before with Gible. And how could he? Gabite learned Slash a few minutes ago!

Gabite hesitated at first, but in the end, he listened to his trainer. He jumped directly into the Will-O-Wisp attack and start spinning. With his white glowing claws in front of him, he looked like a drill in this form. And he worked like a drill too. He has torn through the Will-O-Wisp and was surrounded by blue flames of the attack themselves. Sableye only looked at the terrifying attack heading to him and tried to use Detect. But even when he dodged the Slash attack, he was still hit by the Will-O-Wisp that was surrounding Gabite.

"Now Gabite. Finish it up with one last Dig!" said Ash to Gabite trying to take the opportunity when Sableye was off balance. With the empowerment by the Slash/spin combo, Gabite drilled a hole in the ground so fast that in the mere second later he was out, still enveloped by the Will-O-Wisp attack and hit Sableye before Sableye could muster what is going on. "This is it." thought Ash. He unclipped an empty pokeball from his belt and threw it at Sableye. It wasn't a surprise that Sableye didn't come out. He should be completely drained. And just like this Ash caught another Pokemon to his family.

"Gabite you were great!" said Ash as he ran to his Pokemon congratulating him on evolving and thanking him for the great battle he participated in.

"Great. Now let's get out of this place. It creeps me to no end." thought Pikachu.


"Mewtwo? I was wondering. How will we know that we have all the Pokemon we need? Did Arceus tell you something about that?" asked Ash. The usual group was now high in the skies of the Hoenn Region again when Ash asked the question.

"No, he didn't unfortunately. I guess we'll have to take a guess. It'll be similar to what we did in Sinnoh in my opinion. When you won't feel any connections we'll move to another region." said Mewtwo through telepathy.

"I hope you are right..." said Ash back.

They were in the skies for about an hour. They were now above the beautiful flower field shining with all the colors you could imagine. It was one of the prettiest places Ash has ever seen. And right on that field, Ash felt something again. It didn't feel like calls. More like roars. Roars of anger. And it was much stronger than the previous connections he had before.

"Charizard. Land in the flower field below us, please." said Ash.

"Another one?" asked Mewtwo.

"Yes." replied Ash.

As Charizard was slowly descending to the field they found out that the field was full of grass and bug type Pokemon who were enjoying another warm day in Hoenn region. Every single one of them was enjoying their time there. But when Charizard landed it scared some of the smaller Pokemon there. It isn't every day you see Charizard this big.

Ash hopped of Charizard with Pikachu and headed to the direction where Ash felt the Pokemon. As they were walking there were less and less Pokemon around them. When they reached a small elevated hill that overlooked the flower field not a single Pokemon was in the close area.

"So this is the reason why no one is in this area." said Ash as he looked down slightly from the hill. Clashes and explosions were heard from this place as two Pokemon were fighting against each other. And both Pokemon looked tired as hell. And injured too. And not just regular injuries. Bruises and scratches were all over their bodies. Some of the scratches leaked even blood. Their legs were shaking but both of them still attacked each other. It seemed like a battle to death. Ash now got a picture what was going on. It wasn't just one Pokemon calling out to him. They were two. Those two.

"Charizard. Stop them before they'll kill themselves like this." said Ash sadly to Charizard. He would ask Mewtwo, but his attacks wouldn't work. Both of those Pokemon are Dark type Pokemon. Absol and Weavile to be exact. And so Charizard flew there and landed right between them when both of them used Night Slash. Charizard caught Weavile's purple claws and Absol's purple horn with each of his hand before they could clash. Slowly the purple glow disappeared.

"OK kids. What's going on?" asked Charizard.

"I'm not a kid! And let me go so I can kick some ass!" yelled angry Weavile as she was struggling against Charizards grip. And since she was tired and had her hands both in Charizards grip, there was nothing she could do to free herself. The fact that Charizard was holding her in the air didn't help either.

"Pfff. You wish. I would have pummeled you into the ground if this motherfucker didn't intervene!" replied even angrier Absol. She too was struggling against Charizard's grip but to no avail. He held her in the ait by her horn with a painful grip.

"Watch your tongues you two and ANSWER MY QUESTION! I WON'T ASK TWICE!" roared Charizard to intimidate those two loutish Pokemon. If someone else called him motherfucker they would regret the day they were born. But since both of them are in this poor state, he'll let it slide. He isn't a bully after all. And the intimidation worked. At least a little.

"Simple. I claim that I'm the strongest on this field and that four-legged bitch claims that I'm not. Long story short, fight emerged. Now LET US GO SO WE CAN FINISH THIS!" yelled Weavile as she was struggling against Charizards grip once again.

"How did you call me? Say that again I DARE YOU! ONCE YOU SAY IT AGAIN I'LL RIP YOU TO PIECES YOU STUPID FEATHERHEAD AND I SWEAR THAT TO ARCEUS HIMSELF!" yelled Absol at Weavile as she was struggling against Charizard grip too. But in the end it was pointless. Charizards just tighten the grip.

"SHUT UP! BOTH OF YOU!" roared Charizard stopping Weavile in her response. This roar was much bigger than the last one. It could be heard miles away from the field and it scarred dozens of smaller Pokemon in the area.

"I should have send you Pikachu. Everybody'll know we are here if it'll continue like this..." said Ash as he was looking at the exchanges between those 3 Pokemon.

"Pikaaaaaa..." answered Pikachu to Ash. He really should used him instead of the overgrown lizard.

"Great now that it's quiet here let's settle some things. First of all, about the battle. If you guys want to measure who has a bigger dick then I am clearly the winner." said Charizard. But before he could resume his lecture Absol interrupted him.

"We are females you idiot!" yelled Absol.

"Exactly my point. So shut up and listen." said Charizard to both of them.

"Second of all. If I wouldn't stopped this both of you would have died here. So. What do we say to a guy who saved your life?" asked Charizard the two Pokemon in his hand.

"Moron." said Weavile.

"Dickhead." said Absol.

"Ok. I ran out of patience. Let's take a trip ladies shall we?" asked Charizard with evil grin. Both females look at him confused. Charizard then spread his mighty orange/blue wings and with a few flaps he was high in the air still holding Weavile and Absol in his hands.

"What is he doing Ash?" asked Mewtwo.

"I have an idea. Just watch and enjoy the show. You'll find out in a moment." said Ash back as he was looking at the area Charizard flew in.

"I am going to ask one last time. What do we say to a guy who saved your life?" asked Charizard as he was flapping his wings high in the air.

Both dark type Pokemon were still confused by Charizard's actions. He just took them in the air in mere seconds. They were at least one whole kilometer above the ground. That was incredibly fast! Slowly the confusion transformed into fear. They were never this high in the skies. And when you are your whole life on the ground, this isn't something you want to experience. None of the females knew what to say. And that was very unfortunate for them.

"Well since I didn't get the answer..." said Charizard and then he released both Pokemon from his grip.

Weavile's and Absol's eyes widened. He did it. Now both of them were falling at an incredible speed to the ground. They were totally screwed. It took some time. But after a few seconds of falling, they began screaming. And loudly. Charizard took this as a signal to fly to them.

"That wasn't a proper answer. But I am a good guy. I'll give you one last chance. So. Let's try this one last time, shall we? What do you say to a guy to a guy who saved your life?" said Charizard in a relaxed tone as he was flying with them to the ground.

"THANK YOU! THANK YOU! JUST CATCH US!" yelled both females frantically when they were halfway through the fall.

"Hmmmm... I don't know. Do you really want to be saved by a dickhead? Or a moron?" said Charizard to them calmly.

"OKAY! WE ARE SORRY! SO SORRY! JUST SAVE US! QUICKLY! PLEASE! PLEASE!" again yelled the two dark type Pokemon scared to death.

"Was it that hard?" asked Charizard unfazed by the fact that the ground was only about 100 meters away.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" yelled Absol and Weavile as they lost their eyes. They wanted to just yell out quick No. But when they saw the ground coming, the quick no transformed into the desperate scream of no.

Absol and Weavilel the felt someone catching them. But they didn't dare to open their eyes. After a few minutes, they finally opened their eyes after few seconds. They were still in one piece. Thankfully. When they looked around they saw two cloaked figures one of the figures had a Pikachu on its shoulder. And right beside one of the figures stood that fucking Charizard. Even though they were super angry at him, they knew that they can't anger him more. It could be much worse than the fall that they went through just a few seconds before. Besides. They are still tired and in a bad condition from their fight.

"Glad to see that Charizard knocked some sense into you too. I'm Ash by the way." said Ash to them.

They didn't answer. Just turned their heads from Ash angrily. Ash then chuckled and continued. They were stubborn as ever. Looking for strength to defeat the other and nothing else. This'll be easy.

"If you want I can help you get stronger. I trained this Charizard you know. So If you want to beat your rival, I can help you with that."

Absol and Weavile then looked at Charizard. To their shock, Charizard nodded, approving what Ash said. Then in a matter of seconds, both of them jumped to Ash. When they realized that both of them want to go with him, they got into the fight again.

"Hey. Hey. Take it easy. I can train both of you. That's not a problem." said Ash as he was calming down the small fight.

"Here. If you want to join me, go inside. My Gardevoir'll take care of your injuries in my cave and when you'll be better, we can start your training." said Ash with a warm smile on his face as he pulled two pokeballs out of his belt. Fortunately, that smile Ash tried to give them was covered by his scarf.

Absol and Weavile then without any thinking whatsoever tapped the pokeballs and let themselves be caught inside.

"This'll be so annoying." thought Charizard as he was thinking about the life with those two in the cave. After Ash added 2 new members to his Pokemon family, the group was back in the skies, roaming through the Hoenn Region, looking for more Pokemon to add to their family.


Hoenn search came to an end today. They were all around the region but they couldn't find more Pokemon to add to Ash's family. So right now, they are in the cave again. Ash was again trying to meditate with Riolu overlooking his training. Everyone was already healed and everyone was doing different things. And boy the new Hoenn crew in the cave was causing so many troubles. First, there was Sableye. Who decided to just provoke Ash's Infernape as long as he could. The fact that Infernape has the shortest temper out of all Ash's Pokemon just added to Sableye's joy of joking around him.

"SABLEYE! IM GOING TO TEAR YOU TO PIECES FOR THIS! WHERE ARE YOU YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" yelled Infernape. He was being heard by everyone in their gigantic grassy cave.

"Hihihi." laughed Sableye who was hiding on the ceiling of the cave. He just poured a can of black paint on Infernape. So Infernape had a nice colored makeover. And to add the salt to the wound, everyone was just laughing at him.

"Shouldn't we get him down for Infernape?" asked Staraptor his flying friend Swellow near him. Both of them were in a small hole above the rest of Pokemon's 'rooms' since they like heights. Staraptor thought that Infernape deserved a little revenge on the Darkness Pokemon.

"Do you want to end up like him?" asked Swellow his best friend. Those two spend most of their time together. They were like brothers. When they met at the lab they immediately just clicked. Being the only two bird Pokemon in the lab, if we exclude the lone wolf Noctowl who likes to be alone, they naturally became best buddies.

"What?! Of course, I don't want to." replied Staraptor to Swellow.

"Then just let him do what he's doing. Because next time it would have been us, if we would get in his way. If we'll be lucky enough, he'll be pranking just Infernape and not us." said Swellow to Staraptor.

"Yeah good idea. I like to keep my feathers clean anyway." said Staraptor. But unknown to them. Sableye's next target are those two birds.


"HE'S MINE! DONT'T YOU DARE TO GET NEAR HIM!" yelled another Pokemon in the cave. And this one was one of the newest. It was Weavile.

"HAH! WHO WOUL'VE WANT TO BE WITH YOU ANYWAY. SCREAMING DUMB POKEMON LIKE YOU COULD NEVER END UP WITH HIM!" yelled another new Pokemon. This time it was Absol.

"YEAH?! WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT! JUST WATCH AND LEARN!" said Weavile as she was in away from Absol. This was the second trouble. These two are just at each other's throats since they arrived here. First, the fight was about strength and now it looked like they were arguing about some male.

"OH NO. YOU ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!" said Absol as she jumped at Weavile and their little fight began.

"Shouldn't we interrupt it before they got themselves hurt again?" asked Luxio a new friend she made, Quilava, from afar.

"Don't worry. We have a guy for the situations just like this. Just watch a pro in action." said Quilava to her friend.

As the two females were fighting, they were wrapped by something. Before they could think about what is going on, they were torn from each other and were in the air again. This time however they were wrapped by some vines it looked like.

"Hey. Let us down!" yelled Weavile when she saw a Pokemon holding them.

"Not until we'll settle this. What is going on here?" asked the Pokemon that Ash had for the longest time. Besides Pikachu of course. The veteran of the group, Bulbasaur.

"Fine. If you won't let us down willingly..." said Absol as she charged her horn with white energy and was ready to shoot Razor Wind attack at Bulbasaur. Weavile, on the other hand, formed a Hidden Power between her hands and was ready to shoot it at Bulbasaur too. Bulbasaur expecting something like this just lined the two Pokemon against each other to shoot the attacks. "Every. Single. Time." thought Bulbasaur. It was always like this at the ranch when he was ending the conflicts.

When the females in the air realized what could happen they canceled their attacks.

Suddenly Bulbasaur felt something clinging on his bulb. And sucking the liquids that his bulb was generating for the seeds that he can shoot from it. Everybody knew what was sucking his bulb. Sorry not what but who it was. "Goddammit, Heracross! Not NOW!" yelled Bulbasaur. And since he had his vines occupied by restraining the two females he had to improvise. He took Weavile and slammed her into the Heracross sending him few meters back. Thankfully Heracross went away when he did that. But on the other hand he angered Weavile.

"WHAT THE HELL! WHY DID YOU USE ME AND NOT HER! THAT'S NOT FAIR!" yelled angry Weavile. Absol was just laughing her ass of.

"Sorry. It's nothing personal. I have a better coordination in my left vine then the right one. That's why. But that's not important. What were you two arguing about again?" asked Bulbasaur. As Bulbasaur asked this question both females looked at one specific Pokemon. It was Charizard. That strong Pokemon who caught their attacks like it was nothing. His strength was just so godddamn hot to them. Bulbasaur realised what was going on pretty quickly.

"Ahhhhh. So Charizard is the reason for this fight. Heh. I'm sorry to tell you ladies but Charizard already taken." said Bulbasaur to them. His friend came a long way. From a little Charmander to the female magnet as a probably strongest Charizard in this world. "We have been through a lot." thought Bulbasaur. He missed his original elemental trio. Good old times. But now? Squirtle is gone, leading his new Squirtle squad and Charizard isn't who he used to be. It's a little depressing.

"WHAT?!" asked Absol and Weavile.

"Ahhh. Yes. He has a mate in Charisific Valley. She is already carrying his cubs. So you'll have to find someone else." said Bulbasaur as he finally put them back to the ground before continuing with his story.

"Ladies. Let Charizard go. He is pretty devasted by the fact that he can't see his mate and his future cubs already. He would throw both of you on the wall if you would suggest anything perverted you two have in mind. It's not just about him and strength you know. We all are here for a very important reason. I'm going to explain everything to you so you better listen. It's long and crazy story." said Bulbasaur as he explained everything to those two fiery Pokemon. And at the end of Bulbasaur's story, both of them were silent. Calmed down.

"Amazing. He's like the wise grandpa of Ash's Pokemon family." said Luxio in awe to Quilava when she saw Bulbasaur calming both Pokemon down.

"Yeah. Except he isn't that old." said Quilava to Luxio. It was known that Bulbasaur is very wise. But he isn't as old as everyone make him to be. It is a running joke in Ash's group that Bulbasaur is older than professor Oak himself.


Two days later

"I never thought that I'll come here again." said Ash.

"Pikaaaaa..." said Pikachu back to him.

"You've been here before?" asked Mewtwo.

"Yeah..." said Ash. Ash, Pikachu, and Mewtwo were walking through the caves of Mount Silver in Johto region. Similarly to Sinnoh, when they tried to find new Pokemon in Hoenn days later, Ash didn't fell the connection a single time. So they decided to go to another region. Johto. And as soon as they neared the Mount Silver, Ash felt the connection again. And the connection was coming from the heart of the dangerous mountain.

After some walking, the group registered a small trembling in the ground. They stopped for a moment. Another trembling. This time slightly stronger. Ash told his Pokemon to get ready for battle. Then another tremble. Stronger again. Something big was coming towards them. After some strong trembles in the ground, a group of Pokemon was revealed to them as they were marching through the cave. And they weren't ordinary Pokemon. It was a herd of Tyranitars marching through. When they saw Ash and his Pokemon, they didn't look like they appreciate their presence in the mountain. All of them got into the attack stances and were ready to fight. All of them except one. This one Tyranitar immediately stepped between Ash and the herd, and was saying something wildly to the herd.

"Pika!" yelled the yellow mouse and jumped out of Ash's shoulder and ran to the Tyranitar between him and the herd.

"Pikachu?" asked Ash. He knows Pikachu very well. And this is nothing like his ordinary behavior. And he didn't catch what was Pikachu saying, unfortunately.

Pikachu then jumped on the Tyranitar's shoulder and extended his paw for high five. The Tyranitar immediately took the chance and high fived Pikachu's small paw with a smile on her face. She then looked at the two cloaked figures. Even though Ash was covered in a cloak, he could never hide his scent. And this Tyranitar knew how Ash smells. She began running to Ash's direction with arms wide open with a desire to give him a big, nice and bone-crushing hug. And before Ash knew it, he was enveloped in a big bone-crushing hug comparable to Delia's when he came back from a journey.

Mewtwo was ready to attack, but Pikachu signaled him not to when Tyranitar was running at Ash. Whatever was going on here, it had a rich history, that's for sure.

Tyranitar then let Ash breath for a moment and looked at him. He was a little taller than the time she last saw him. And he definitely changed his wardrobe. He looked like a creep to her.

"Pikachu! Chu pika pi!" said Pikachu to confused Ash. It took him some time but he was finally able to process what was going on and what Pikachu was saying. It all made sense now. Why the connection felt familiar when he registered it in the air. And why this Tyranitar was so affectionate towards him. Ash was her adoptive father after all.

"Larvitar?!" asked Ash.

"Raaaaaaaaar!" roared Tyranitar with a smile afterward.

"My god I can't believe it's you who was calling out to me! This is amazing! I am so glad to see you again!" said excited Ash to Lar... Tyranitar.

It felt like yesterday when he received Larvitar's egg from professor Elm at the Marine Pokemon Laboratory. And now? 2.5 meters high Tyranitar was standing right in front of Ash's eyes. From a simple green egg to a fearsome Tyranitar. "Time flies fast." thought Ash.

"Raaaaaaaar!" roared happy Tyranitar again. She was so glad that he came here. She is no longer that weak little Larvitar she once was. She no longer needs the protection of her family. Don't get her wrong, it was great that her mother raised her here. But. She wants to go on an adventure with Ash again. Life here is pretty boring. If he would just accept her back and added her to the team it would be great.

"So. These guys behind you are your friends and family?" asked Ash.

"Raawr" growled Tyranitar as she nodded her head.

"P...Pleasure to meet you guys." said nervous Ash as he was going to the herd of at least 20 Tyranitars. When Ash finally made it to the herd, he was already terrified to bits. Not a single one of them had a pleasant look and their face. And Mount Silver is known to host the strongest Pokemon in Kanto and Johto. Scary even for Ash.

"I promise that I won't do anything to you. I would be pretty stupid if I would don't you think?" said Ash with a chuckle trying to lighten up the mood. Ash received growls in response. Hard to tell if they were friendly or not.

"A...Anyway. I.. I would like to take Tyranitar with me." said Ash nervously. Angry growls responded to Ash's statement.

"D...Don't worry. I... I won't hurt her. I was the one who brought her here after all." said Ash. To the group. Suddenly the whole herd wasn't on their 'on alert' mode, and were much more relaxed. One Tyranitar especially. She made her way through the crowd. This Tyranitar was now standing in front of Ash. And she was smiling at the cloaked trainer. Then she took his hood off revealing his face to her.

As this happened, Ash's former Larvitar made her way to Ash and the herd again. With Pikachu on her shoulder and Mewtwo beside them. Mewtwo himself was on the edge whole time. Especially when that Tyranitar took of Ash's hood. You never know what a wild Pokemon can do. Then Ash's former Larvitar growled something to the Tyranitar that took of Ash's hood. They were discussing something.

"I would take her with me if she would want of course. I don't want to take her away from you if she doesn't want to. You're her mother after all. Am I right?" asked Ash the question.

"Raaar" growled and nodded the Tyranitar. Confirming Ash's theory. After a discussion between those two Tyranitars in front of the whole herd of them, Ash's former Tyranitar hugged her mother and growled something again to her for the last time. Ash's former Tyranitar then looked at Ash with a happy look and nodded.

"Welcome back, Tyranitar." said Ash as he unclipped another empty pokeball from his belt and offered it to Tyranitar.


"Riolu use Aura Sphere. Tyranitar use Dark Pulse!" said Ash.

After Ash caught Tyranitar, they walked out of the mountain to the rocky clearing before the mountain. It took some time because Mount Silver is a pretty big mountain, but they managed. And Ash wanted to test Tyranitar's skills and abilities in a little sparring match. Riolu volunteered for this match. Of course. And thus it began. Riolu was already pretty beat up. Tyranitar was just too god damn strong for little Emanation Pokemon. Nevertheless, he still stood up. Asking for more.

And he received more. Tyranitar's Dark Pulse overpowered Riolu's Aura Sphere without a problem and hit Riolu. Worthless. That's how Riolu felt even through the pain. He was training like a madman when he wasn't overlooking Ash's training. And it still wasn't enough to be on par with this Tyranitar.

"I think this should be enough. Goo..." said Ash. But he was interrupted by someone.

"No! Not yet. I can still go!" yelled Riolu through his Aura link with Ash.

"Riolu. You are beaten up pretty badly. You've put up a good fight. You should rest up. This isn't a life or death match. Take it easy buddy." said Ash.

"Don't you dare to stop it, Ash. I still want to fight!" said Riolu in a harsh tone to Ash. One hit. That's all he asks for. Give him one hit and he'll give it up. He doesn't want to go down like this.

"... Okay, Riolu. But when the next attack hit you we are ending this fight without a debate. Is that clear Romeo?" said Ash with a sigh. Stubborn as ever.

"Fine. And why is everyone calling me Romeo? I don't like it and it's a stupid nickname." said Riolu via the link.

"Sure Romeo. I'll explain it to you later." said Ash teasingly to Riolu. Riolu just sighed inwardly.

"Riolu use Blaze Kick! Tyranitar use Dragon Claw!" said Ash to his two Pokemon. He was impressed how Riolu was holding up. But more importantly, he was impressed by Tyranitar. That Pokemon is a beast! Riolu doesn't even stand a chance and Riolu as a big type advantage. Don't get Ash wrong, he trusts Riolu, but his Tyranitar is on a completely different power level. And Riolu is much more inexperienced in battles then Ash's other Pokemon. "I surely don't want to anger Tyranitar up." thought Ash.

Even though Riolu tried his hardest with the Blaze Kick, he was no match for Tyranitar's Dragon Claw. Riolu was sent to the ground for the last time. At least that's what it looked like. When Ash was going to stop the training, Riolu got up again. Legs wobbly but he still pulled himself up. With a roar he let everyone one know that he isn't done yet despite his injuries. Riolu then began to glow in a bright white light. "Well. Well. Well. I am certainly glad that I let him take that last attack" thought Ash. After a few seconds, a new Pokemon emerged from the yellow light. The Aura Pokemon, Lucario.

"Well, congaratulation. How are you feeling? Lucario." asked happy Ash to his newly evolved Pokemon.

"Taller. Stronger. Refreshed." replied Lucario.

"Well. Let's see how much stronger the evolution made you." said Ash. And even though he didn't give Lucario any command Lucario ran to Tyranitar with a long bone like the staff in his paws. "I've seen this before. That's Bone Rush." thought Ash. Tyranitar then used Dragon Claw to block this attack. Both Pokemon then exchanged a few blows with Bone Rush and Dragon Claw until Tyranitar gave a big punch to Lucario's bone staff and it forced him to slide back few meters when he blocked it.

"Magnificent job. But next time wait for my command OK?" said Ash. Both Pokemon nodded to Ash and Tyranitar even gave Ash another big hug. After the hug finally ended Ash was able to breathe and say something.

"You should squeeze me much more next time Tyranitar. I would love to have my bones crushed by you know." said Ash with sarcasm. Embarrassed Tyranitar just nodded to this.

"What do you say we'll end our trip for today. I think it's time for a little break and then we can fly back home. You both earned it." said Ash proud of his Pokemon. Tyranitar could be easily categorized as one of his 7 strongest Pokemon right now. And Riolu's evolution to Lucario was an amazing surprise and he was able to even trade some blows with Tyranitar. This was a huge step forward.

During this whole time, they were watched by a certain Pokemon from an elevated rock. He watched in absolute awe what was happening there. The fight between Tyranitar and Lucario was a sight to be held. He wants to be able to do that too. But he is just soo... clumsy. He misses attacks and falls on his face constantly. Which is surprising since he has the ability to levitate and has nothing to stumble over. Talented individual he is. Just not in a field he would want to. And his clumsiness was demonstrated again. He wanted to get closer, but he forgets that he is on an elevated rock and fell from the rock. And he was falling right into the crew that was training there.

When Ash stopped the training and made his way to his Pokemon he felt the connection again. And it was awfully close. He looked in the direction where it was coming from and saw a Pokemon rolling right towards him. Thankfully Mewtwo lifted Ash with Psychic just in time to avoid the collision. Mewtwo let Ash down and together they went to inspect the Pokemon that rolled to them.

"That was awfully close. Thanks, Mewtwo." said Ash.

"You are welcome, Ash." said Mewtwo through telepathy.

They were near the unexpected guest right now.

"Guys. I think this is another future member of our Pokemon family." said Ash.

Pikachu, Tyranitar, Lucario, Mewtwo, and Ash were both looking on the ground where the Pokemon lied. It was a Pokemon made entirely from blue metal with red eyes and two hands. Ash saw this Pokemon before. Morrison has the same one. Metang. The Iron Claw Pokemon. Metang then pulled himself up and looked at Ash. What followed were various sounds coming from Metang as he was approaching every single Pokemon there.

"Mewtwo? What's going on? Did he hit himself on the head? Wait. Would it affect him like this if he would? Does a Metang have a brain inside?" asked Ash. He was overthinking this a little bit. But really. Does a Metang have a brain inside of his metal head? Or is there something else?

"Ash. I don't know how Metangs work. But I can say that he is apologizing to everyone for the mess he made." replied Mewtwo.

"Ooo. Ok. But still. Somebody should get on that. Anyway. Metang?" asked Ash.

"Tang!" Metang then appeared right in front of Ash again bowing his head frantically and apologizing.

"Hey. Hey. It's OK. It's fine. Nothing happened. Well, not to us anyway. What about you? Are you okay? That fall must've done some damage to you." asked Ash this clumsy Pokemon as he was trying to calm him down.

Metang furiously shook his head, telling Ash that he is completely fine. Then he looked into the ground in shame. He screwed up again. Sadly. Everything he does is screwing up.

"Don't be sad buddy. It was an accident. It happens." said Ash.

"Tang. Met. Metang." said sadly Metang.

"Mewtwo?" asked Ash. Clearly for translation.

"Metang is ashamed of himself. He said that all he ever does is screw things up" said Mewtwo to Ash.

Then Ash's other Pokemon began talking to Metang. Pikachu, Lucario, and Tyranitar were all around him saying some soothing words to him. After a few minutes of conversation, Metang looked happier. It's hard to tell due to him not having mouth, but Ash could see it in Metang's crimson eyes.

"Metang. I need you." said Ash to now happy Metang.

"Tang?" replied confused Metang. Him? Why on Earth would he need him? He is a clumsy mess on a Pokemon. There are hundreds of Pokemon in this area. This doesn't make any sense.

"It'll be hard to understand this, but hear me out. I have a special power. This power grants me some kind of connection to a few Pokemon in a wild. I think that these Pokemon are destined to fight by my side and become stronger. Stronger than anyone can imagine. I need help with every single one of those Pokemon to purge this world from an evil organization that is trying to take over Kanto Region and maybe the whole world. And you are one of those Pokemon." said Ash.

Metang looked at Ash with even more confused look. Special power. Connection to some pokemon. Making them stronger. Purge the world from evil. It all sounds good and dandy. But a little unbelievable if you ask him. There is just no way this could be real. Metang's eyes then looked at the 3 Pokemon before him. Pikachu and Lucario just nodded. Tyranitar just stared at the whole situation in disbelief. Nobody told her that too. But it didn't bother her that much. She is just glad that she is going on an adventure.

"So. What do you say Metang? Care to join my quest?" asked Ash.

Metang put a deep thought into this. Taking this guys offer is very appealing. If he could make him stronger and not so utterly useless it would be great. But on the other hand. It seemed like a very dangerous idea. Taking down criminal organization is most likely no joke. It seemed very serious. So. What will it be? He looked at Ash's Pokemon one last time and was decided right there. He doesn't have anyone after all. So why to waste time here all alone. He could make friends, get better at fighting and all that. It is dangerous. Of course. But it'll be worth it. He looked at Ash with his and nodded his big metal head.

"Awesome. Now just get inside, and I'll let you out when we'll be home." said Ash to Metang as he unclipped another Pokeball off his belt and let Metang get inside.

"You are really good at making friends with wild Pokemon Ash." said Mewtwo through telepathy to Ash. It was magnificent to watch him talking them into them joining him on his mission. Yeah, his battles were entertaining, but just watching him bonding with them like this. It's a very pleasant sight. And it feels somewhat right too.

"Heh. Thanks. It's kinda my thing I guess." replied Ash.


Everybody was excited to meet their newest members of family. Metang was trying to fit in and make some friends. It was successful so far. He hangs out with Torterra now. They both have an experience with being clumsy. So Torterra serves as some kind of mentor to the clumsy Metang. On the other hand, Tyranitar was greeting her friends from the past. And in the end, she was hanging out with Bayleef. Talking about Ash's adventures in the past.

The group arrived at a cave an hour ago and one Pokemon was hiding from the others. More specifically from one female Pokemon.

"Why are you hiding from her?" asked a yellow rodent

"What do you mean why? Look at me. I am a completely different Pokemon!" replied the Aura Pokemon.

"You do realize that she'll find out in a few hours." told Pikachu.

"I know. I just. Have to think this through." said Lucario to Pikachu. When Charizard and Pikachu talked to him about females and that he didn't screw anything up with Gardevoir, he became much more nervous around her. He was now in a confused state about her. How'll he know that what he is doing is right? He didn't recognize it last time. And Pikachu with Charizard told him that you can't understand females unless you are one. Great advice. Yeah, they gave him advice on how to compliment her and what females like. Like flowers for example. But that's it.

"Oh hell no. When it comes to females you function best when your logical mind is completely shut off like you told us last time." said Pikachu to his hopeless friend. "GARDEVOIR?! COULD YOU COME HERE PLEASE?" shouted Pikachu in a cave.

"Wait! What are you doing! She can't see me like this! Not yet! I'm not ready!" yelled Lucario angrily at the yellow mouse.

"If you hadn't realized it yet I'm helping you out. Ou look. Here she comes." said Pikachu calmly.

And as Pikachu said, Gardevoir was coming to their view. And yes she looked gorgeous. At least to Lucario. He was trying to get away, but Pikachu's tail suddenly glows in a bright color. He slammed the tail near Lucario's foot when he tried to walk away.

"You are not going anywhere, Romeo. I'll get you to her one way or another. And trust me. You don't want to lie in front of her when I'm done with you. The choice is yours." said Pikachu.

Lucario gulped. He was now again in a corner. He likes fighting, but if Pikachu would go all out on him. Boy, he would end up like Luxio, when Pikachu met her. And he certainly doesn't want to lie in front of Gardevoir in that state. Choice he said. That isn't choice at all.

"Hi, Pikachu. What is going on" asked Gardevoir when she saw Pikachu and a new Pokemon in a cave.

"Is this one of the new guys? Nice to meet you I'm Gardevoir. I heal others here." she introduced herself politely.

"Ooooh. OK. Yeah, he's a new one. What do you think about him" asked Pikachu. He's going to play a little game with those two. Let's see how it'll go.

"Hmm... He looks... nice. I.. I guess. But can't make my opinion on him when I don't know him. What's your name?" asked Gardevoir. She was curious who he is. He resembles someone but he is still quite different. And he really did look nice. And he looked... feral. It was her little secret but she really likes when male Pokemon looks like that. Or at least gave her a feeling like that. But they have to behave a little at least too.

"I... I'm Lucario. And... we already know each other." replied Lucario. God his brain was offline again.

"Really? I don't think I've seen you before." said Gardevoir. Even his voice was like from a wild feral Pokemon. And at this moment Pikachu went a few steps back to give them some privacy but still overlooking the whole situation just in case.

"W...Well, you knew me as Riolu. I evolved on the trip to Johto region." replied Lucario nervously. This was it. How'll she react?

"R...riolu?" she asked in disbelief as Lucario slightly and nervously nodded.. Now it makes sense. She didn't see him in the cave this whole time! She was even looking for him. She doesn't know why but she was. Now here he is. And God does the new look suit him.

"You... You got... hot" replied nervous Gardevoir. She was adoring his new look so much that she even made a slip of a tongue.

"H...hot?" asked confused Lucario. This isn't a response he was expecting.

"I have to go!" screamed shy Gardevoir and she quickly ran away. "I wanted to say tall! WHY?! Where did that come from?!" asked herself a blushing and embarrassed Gardevoir. She would rather dig a hole and die from embarrassment then meet Lucario again. How is she going to explain this?

"What's the matter Gardevoir?" asked Pikachu when he saw Gardevoir.

"N...Nothing! A... Absolutely n... nothing.!" she shouted frantically. And resumed her run from the embarrassing situation. Pikachu then looked to Lucario and went to him.

"So what happened. Tell me and I'll make it right. This is kinda my fault after all." said Pikachu to Lucario. Pikachu thought that Lucario screwed up somehow. But. Lucario looked more stunned than sad. Like he had no clue what happened.

"What do females mean when they call you hot, Pikachu?" asked confused Lucario.


Another two days went by and Ash's search came to an end. He didn't find any more Pokemon in Kanto region. And since he flew nearly all around these regions he decided to end his search for Pokemon. With these regions completely explored a new step in their mission will begin. And it is the most important step. This will determine if they'll succeed or fail. From now on they have 3 years. Three years to bring every single member here, in this cave, to a top condition. They'll have to endure a hellish training every day to be ready for their mission to succeed. He isn't looking forward to it. But. They have no choice. Lives of many people now rest on their shoulders.

"Mewtwo." said Ash. He now stood in the middle of the cave near the fireplace in his Sinnoh outfit. He'll have to wash it up soon. Now he has Pikachu on his shoulder and Mewtwo is standing beside him.

"Yes?" said Mewtwo.

"It's time. Bring everyone here. Serious training begins right now."


Author's note: Finally done. This chapter was so exhausting to write. It was a joy to write in the beginning but when Tyranitars came I was so exhausted from this. So these are all Ash's catches. And I know what you are wondering "But FapTime, Ash caught only 10 Pokemon where is the last one as you promised?" And you are right. He caught only 10. But since I was so exhausted from writing this chapter, I stopped at number 10 and number 11 is your choice. I'll create poll of 10 Pokemon that I can see in Ash's team. I'll choose some non-popular ones. I'm not saying the ones I'll choose won't be popular, but if I gave you the option for Eevee for example I know who would win the pole. So. Ash's last Pokemon will be the winner of the poll. I have no idea how I'll implement him into the team but I'll find a way.

Anyway. This chapter was all about bringing the team together. Next chapter will be much shorter. This was probably one time thing. I don't think I can make Ash's training montage 20 000 words like this chapter. Yeah and I'll be adding Ash's Pokemon and their moves under every chapter from now on. So you can see which attacks each Pokemon has. You could PM me some ideas for new attacks for some Pokemon. Maybe I'll choose some. We'll see.

And last thing. I changed the title from Hero from the mountain to Hero from the frozen mountain. Big change I know. But it sounded better in my opinion.

Ash's Pokemon in the cave and their moveset:

Pikachu (Male) – Thunderbolt, Quick Attack, Iron Tail, Volt Tackle

Luxio (Female) – Thunder Fang, Crunch, Volt Switch, Wild Charge

Bulbasaur (Male) – Vine Whip, Razor Leaf, Leech Seed, Solar Beam

Bayleef (Female) – Grassy Terrain, Razor Leaf, Vine Whip, Headbutt

Sceptile (Male) – Leaf Storm, Solar Beam, Brick Break, Double Team

Torterra (Male) – Leaf Storm, Energy Ball, Rock Climb, Synthesis

Totodile (Male) – Water Gun, Bite, Headbutt, Scary Face

Buizel (Male) - Aqua Jet, Water Gun, Sonic Boom, Ice Punch

Corpfish (Male) – Bubble Beam, Crabhammer, Vice Grip, Harden

Kingler (Male) – Water Gun, Metal Claw, Crabhammer, Hyper Beam

Feebas (Female) - Splash

Torkoal (Male) - Heat Wave, Overheat, Iron Defense. Rock Slide

Quilava (Female) – Flamethrower, Eruption, Aerial Ace, Swift

Infernape (Male) – Flamethrower, Flare Blitz, Mach Punch, Dig

Charizard (Male) – Flamethrower, Dragon Rage, Dragon Tail, Seismic Toss

Noctowl (Male) – Confusion, Sky Attack, Air Slash, Extrasensory

Swellow (Male) – Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Aerial Ace, Double Team

Staraptor (Male) – Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Brave Bird, Close Combat

Tauros x30 (Males) – Fissure, Take Down, Horn Attack, Zen Headbutt

Snorlax (Male) – Ice Punch, Rest, Hyper Beam, Body Slam

Donphan (Male) – Rollout, Earthquake, Take Down, Hyper Beam

Gliscor (Male) – X-Scissor, Fire Fang, Giga Impact, Stone Edge

Heracross (Male) – Megahorn, Sleep Talk, Focus Punch, Hyper Beam

Muk (Male) – Sludge Bomb, Body Slam, Mud Bomb, Acid Spray

Toxicroak (Male) – Sludge Wave, Poison Jab, Sucker Punch, Low Sweep

Glalie (Male) – Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Protect, Crunch

Gabite (Male) – Dig, Slash, Rock Smash, Draco Meteor

Sableye (Male) – Shadow Ball, Power Gem, Will-O-Wisp, Detect

Lucario (Male) – Aura Sphere, Blaze Kick, Bone Rush, Force Palm

Metang (Genderless) - Meteor Mash, Gyro Ball, Psychic, Flash Cannon

Weavile (Female) – Night Slash, Metal Claw, Hidden Power, Blizzard

Absol (Female) – Night Slash, Razor Wind, Attract, Fire Blast

Tyranitar (Female) – Stone Edge, Earhquake, Dark Pulse, Dragon Claw

Gardevoir (Female) – Teleport, Light Screen, Calm Mind, Heal Pulse

Mewtwo (Male) – Psystrike, Psychic, Dream Eater, Hypnosis

P.S: I know Mewtwo can't learn Hypnosis in games, but I gave him this attack anyway. He is most powerfull psychic Pokemon. So why wouldn't he learn that right?

That's it for now.

Reviews are appreciated.