Okay well I know I've been gone for a couple moths guys but I've been really busy. But that is no excuse you all deserve better and I am sorry for not providing that so for all the wait I made you endure here is my longest chapter yet. But before that I want to respond to some comments.

There is a reader who signs in as a guest all the time and gives me amazing reviews. If that's you than thank you very much, your comment made me want to push out this chapter even faster. See people this is why comments are good.

Olaf74:ive read many of your stories and many were inspiration for this and I'm glad you like mine I hope you keep reading thank you.

God people,Jd9393, Epic reads, Drake and many more of you thank you so much for reading and commenting I always love opening those reviews. They keep me writing and make me happy.

Monkey Epoxy: Its very simple if you don't like the story then move on no one is forcing you to read it. a lot of people seem to like it, the fact that you don't maaters nothing to me.

Okay well I've kept you long enough remember to keep reading everyone. There is still a long way to go on this story arc and I can guarantee you that we have not even scratched the surface.

Lucario and Garchomp had been flying for about half an jour before Lucario finally spoke up.

"We are getting close, now would be a good time to go over the plan."

Garchomp nodded and begun looking around the forest with hopes of spotting Ash.

"When we find him I will need you to land a safe distance away, I will go try to calm him down and get him back to camp though it may not be that easy. The moment I am gone I will need you to head back the way we came, your mate and her mistress are looking for us and our master and if they find us they could get hurt. When you find them get them back to camp and wake Faith up, tell her it is an emergency and to be ready" explained Lucario.

Garchomp nodded his head acknowledging he understood the plan and continued to search for Ash. Suddenly an explosion went in the forest drawing their attention.

"Over there, ready?" asked Lucario.

Garchomp nodded and begun to descend until he landed in the forest. Lucario immediately jumped off garchomp back and looked in the direction were the explosion occurred. Garchomp begun getting ready to once again take off until Lucario spoke up.

"Garchomp."

The large dragon immediately turned and looked at his friend seeing worry in his eyes.

"If I fail find him, and save him" said Lucario.

Brief and simple words but Garchomp understood. He walked up to Lucario, place his right claw on Lucario's shoulder and nodded. He then turned around and took off into the sky to complete the tasks his friend had set for him.

Lucario looked towards the direction Ash was in and closed his eyes. He needed to conceal his aura as much as possible so he could get close to Ash and try to calm him down. After a few seconds he reopened his eyes and quickly jumped up to a tree and begun jumping from tree to tree towards Ash's direction.

"Ingrates!" Ash yelled as he punched a tree until nothing but twigs were left.

He could feel his anger building up more and more with each passing second. He hated them to no end for it, he wanted to make them feel real pain. He would make them feel real pain and no one would stand in his way. Suddenly he stopped and begun looking around, he could feel someone's energy close by. He quickly honed in on the energy signature and hurled an aura sphere towards it. The sphere exploded but Ash still felt the energy emanating from the intruder.

"I know you are here, stop being a coward and face me!" Ash yelled out.

Almost immediately a large blue sphere came out from the trees headed straight towards Ash. The sphere exploded mere inches in front of Ash and caused dust to fly up and cover him.

"Is that the best you can do?!" Ash yelled out.

He turned around quickly when he felt the same energy behind him. Instinctively he blocked the many punches and kicks that were thrown at him before the mysterious figure jumped backwards separating itself from Ash. A few seconds later the dust cloud dispersed and revealed Lucario standing across from Ash with a bright blue staff in his hands. Lucario looked at Ash and felt all the emotions that his master had tried to suppress for many years radiating from him. This was not his master, not at the moment.

"You must stop this now, clear your head and let me help you" stated Lucario.

"I don't know who you are or what you want but you will not stop me"

"Then I have no choice, I made a promise and I will hold to it" said Lucario as he assumed a battle stance.

"So be it, I will teach you not to meddle in my business" Ash declared as he suddenly became engulfed in black energy.

Garchomp flew through the sky thinking about what Lucario had said. Ash had gone through this before and Lucario had been able to help him, why would this time be any different. Garchomp believed in Lucario he knew he would be able to help Ash. He shook his head to clear his thoughts and picked up speed hoping to find Cynthia and his mate soon.

The fight had only been going on for a few minutes but the area around both Ash and Lucario told a different story. The ground was shattered in many places and there were craters scattered around. The forest had nor fared any better. All around them lay charred and broken trees. Yet none of this seemed to phase either of them.

"You are a skilled fighter, you would do well to join me" Ash called out.

"I already have a master and I made a promise to him to stop you" Lucario responded.

"Then you will fail" Ash stated as he rushed towards Lucario.

Garchomp kept trying to find any sign of Cynthia and her Garchomp but was unsuccessful until he suddenly heard a roar not far off from where he was and rushed to see if it was them. Suddenly he heard another roar but it sounded different. He looked around until he saw something down in the forest. He saw his mate and her mistress but they were in trouble. A pair of Tyranitar had them trapped, and Cynthia's Garchomp looked exhausted and injured and her mistress was unconscious. Garchomp quickly dived down towards the ground and landed in front of them making the ground shake and then looked at both Tyranitar and unleashed a ferocious roar. Both Tyranitar roared as loud as they could but could not measure up to Garchomp's roar. Both Tyranitar then sent dragon claw attacks toward Garchomp. When he saw this he immediately reacted and brought up the fins on his arms to block the attacks. As soon as both attacks hit, Garchomp pushed one of the Tyranitar off and fired a dragon pulse towards it and then quickly hit the other with a brick break attack sending them both tumbling backwards. Both Tyranitar got up and begun charging hyper beam attacks. Garchomp responded by giving a loud roar and became engulfed in purple energy. He then rushed towards both Tyranitar who were now ready to fire their attack. The twin hyper beam attacks hit Garchomp but did not slow him down in the slightest. Suddenly Garchomp collided with both pokemon making a big explosion. The dust cleared and Garchomp could be seen looking down at both Tyranitar and after a few seconds he walked back to his mate leaving both pokemon on the ground unconscious. Garchomp begun looking over his mate to find out if she was okay and then asked her what happened. According to Cynthia's Garchomp, while they were looking for him and Lucario they stopped to take a break when suddenly the two Tyranitar had attacked without warning. Her mistress was knocked unconscious and she tried to protect her and hold the Tyranitar back. Eventually they overwhelmed her and became injured.

Garchomp listened to her whole story and when it was over he walked over to Cynthia and place her on his back.

"Go inside you pokeball and get some rest, ill take you two back to camp and we can help you there" Garchomp declared.

Cynthia's Garchomp nodded and walked over to her pokeball on Cynthia's waist but before pressing the button she asked.

"Is Ash okay?"

Garchomp looked at her with worried eyes and responded.

"I don't know."

"You could have joined me, but instead you chose to fight. I will give you one final chance to give up, I advise you to take it" Ash stated.

Lucario was struggling to stand on his own, his whole body ached and he did not know how much longer he could continue. All the training he went through, all the pain he endured, had it all been a waste. Lucario then looked at Ash noticing he was fairing better than him but had not walked away unscathed. No, he made a promise to his master and he would die before breaking it.

"I will never give up!" yelled Lucario as his aura flared around his body and he regained his battle stance.

Ash looked at the jackal standing across from him and declared.

"Such a waste of power, you had so much potential but if you will not surrender than you will die."

Ash dashed towards Lucario and threw a punch towards his head which the jackal narrowly dodged. Lucario countered by kicking Ash on his left side and followed up with a barrage of punches to the midsection. Ash quickly recovered and began to block the majority of the punches and once he saw his opening he attempted to sweep Lucario off his feet. Lucario quickly noticed this and jumped backwards to avoid it. Without using time to catch his breath Lucario vanished from the spot he was in and instantly appeared behind Ash. He sent another kick into Ash's midsection and vanished again repeating the process. Every time Lucario disappeared Ash tried to focus on where the next attack would come from but Lucario came and went too quickly and the more damage he took the more effort it took to focus. Lucario continued his barrage of attacks hoping that Ash would go down soon because he knew he could not keep this up much longer, fatigue and all the damage he had taken would eventually catch up. Then from out of nowhere lucario felt it, he appeared yet again hoping to take Ash by surprise but immediately felt an immense pain on the side of his body and that small window was all Ash needed. He turned and punched Lucario on the side of his head and then proceeded to knee him in the stomach. He followed by launching an uppercut onto Lucario's jaw and sent him flying backwards into one of the few trees left standing. Lucario desperately struggled to stand up but it was to no avail, he collapsed and was now sitting against the tree clutching his side. Ash took a few seconds to recover from the attacks he had just endured and then turned his head to see the jackal sitting at the base of the tree. Slowly he walked over to him and before reaching him he said.

"Its over."

Ash then ruthlessly grabbed the jackal by the neck and lifted him up pining hin against the tree.

Lucario heard Ash footsteps draw closer and closer by the second until he stopped and heard .

"Its over."

He then felt Ash's hand wrap around his neck and felt himself being lifted and shoved against the tree, but despite all that he had only one thought going through his head. He had failed his master, he had failed his friend.

"Last words before I end you life" Ash ordered coldly.

Lucario could only think of one thing he wished to say at this moment. He opened his eyes and looked into Ash's before he said.

"Master I know you can hear me and I am sorry but I have failed you, thank you for saving me it was an honor to be by your side."

As soon as he finished he let tears flow out of his eyes and quickly closed them as he awaited death. He waited and waited but it did not come. He opened his eyes and looked down at Ash seeing him struggling. His aura was flaring wildly but then he noticed it was starting to become a bright blue again and suddenly the hand around his neck released him making him fall to the ground. He righted himself and looked over to see Ash kneeling on the ground with his head down and arms to his side and a bright blue aura illuminating his body. Ash then lifted his head slightly and looked at Lucario before saying.

"You did not fail, you saved me, thank you my friend."

Ash then collapsed on the floor and became unconscious.

Garchomp had arrived at camp with Cynthia on his back and was now in the process of waking someone up. He was looking around hoping to find her quickly and after a few seconds finally spotted her. Garchomp walked over and shook her awake.

"Faith wake up I need your help" Garchomp pleaded.

A beautiful Gardevoir stood up and looked over at Garchomp. She had light blue coloring in place of where the green usually was on one of her species and spoke with a gentle motherly voice.

"What's wrong. What happened?" she asked.

Garchomp led her to Cynthia and then grabbed her Garchomp's pokeball and released his mate.

"They were attacked and injured can you help them?" asked Garchomp.

"Yes of course but you better go tell our master his mate is here he will want to help" she stated.

At the mention of Ash Garchomp became visibly worried once again. Lucario and Ash had not returned yet and he was beginning to fear the worst. This did not go unnoticed by Gardevoir as she walked over to Garchomp and asked.

"What's wrong."

She then looked over to the spot where Ash usually slept and when she saw no one there she turned to Garchomp.

"Where is our master and where is Luca?" she asked alarmingly.

Garchomp bowed his head and responded.

"Ash lost control again and headed deep into the forest, Luca and I found him but Luca told me to go back and find Ash's mate and mine. He said he would try to bring Ash back here and told me to tell you to be ready."

Gardevoir quickly became worried, she had seen this happen once and it was disastrous but she knew all she could do was wait and hope for the best.

"I am going to go find them and I'll bring them back" Garchomp stated.

Gardevoir nodded and then looked at Garchomp and said.

"Please bring them back safe."

Garchomp nodded and took off into the sky as fast as he could. Gardevoir then walked over to Cynthia and her Garchomp to begin looking over their injuries.

Minutes later

Garchomp was beginning to arrive at the place where he had dropped off Lucario until he noticed that not far away the forest looked destroyed. Tree were split, broke, and shattered. The ground was filled with cracks and craters but there was no sign of Ash or Lucario. He descended and landed in the middle of the destroyed part of the forest. He looked around until he finally saw something near the trees that were still standing. He hurried over and looked at the ground to see Ash and Lucario laying there unconscious.

Garchomp quickly took action and leaned down and picked up Ash putting him on his back. He then saw Lucario and did the same adjusting him on his back. Garchomp quickly adjusted himself and gently took off into the sky.

Cynthia had woken up to see someone tending to her. She saw a combination of white and blue and then realized that the person treating her was a Gardevoir.

"Where am I?" Cynthia asked groggily.

"You are at our camp, Garchomp brought you here after he found you two" Gardevoir answered.

"Is my Garchomp okay?" she questioned.

"Yes she's right over there resting but will make a quick recovery" Gardevoir stated.

Cynthia sat up noticing she was back at Ash's camp and saw Garchomp laying down over by the campfire.

"Wait where's Ash we were looking for him and then we were attacked" Cynthia stated.

"It is not for me to explain only Lucario can tell you the whole story" Gardevoir said with a hint of worry in her voice.

Immediately after saying this a loud roar was heard in the distance. Gardevoir quickly stood up and looked up at the sky attempting to spot the large dragon. As the seconds passed Gardevoir and Cynthia became even more worried until they spotted Garchomp in the sky above the camp. Garchomp gently landed and called them over. Cynthia and Gardevoir quickly rushed over to him but quickly stopped and gasped when they saw both Ash and Lucario laying unconscious on Garchomp's back. Gardevoir quickly recovered and headed over to Lucario picking him up with her psychic abilities. Cynthia followed by going over to Ash and carefully bringing him down from Garchomp's back. Gardevoir took Lucario over near the campfire and laid him down. Cynthia followed and placed Ash next to Lucario and sat next to him holding his hand. Gardevoir was working on treating Lucario's injuries until he stirred and opened his eyes.

"Help our master, I will be fine" he said to her.

"but Luca you're hurt…" she started.

"Go help him I will be fine" he commanded.

Gardevoir hesitantly left Lucario laying there and walked over to Ash. She began looking him over and noticed there weren't any grave injuries but he was not unharmed. She bandaged him up where necessary and cleaned him off a bit. When she was almost finished she heard Lucario's voice behind her.

"Is he stable?" he asked.

"Luca you should be lying down you're hurt too" she reprimanded.

"Like I said I'll be fine but thanks for the concern" he said while clutching his side.

He then walked over and sat next to Ash. Lucario closed his eyes and begun to concentrate making the appendages on his head rise. After a few seconds his right paw became surrounded by blue energy making it glow brightly. He then reached over and place his paw on Ash's forehead causing the glow around his paw to spread through Ash's body until it fully surrounded him. Lucario then removed his paw and collapsed on the floor but was still conscious. Gardevoir quickly rushed over to him and helped him. She then proceeded to look over his injuries and heal them as best she could. When she was done Lucario sat up and leaned against one of the logs placed around the fire. He looked over at his master and saw Cynthia sitting next to him holding his hand. Lucario smiled and looked to his right to see Gardevoir sitting next to him. He looked at her and smiled. She smiled back and put her hand on top of his and whispered.

"I'm glad you're safe."

Raichu, Lucario, Gardevoir, Cynthia, and both Garchomp were now gathered around the campfire waiting for Ash to wake up. Lucario then looked towards Ash and Cynthia and spoke up.

"I heard you were attacked, are you okay?" he asked.

Cynthia quickly figured out the question was directed at her.

"I'm okay, its him I'm worried about" she replied looking at Ash.

"He will be okay but I figured you would have many questions, it is one of the main reasons I had Garchomp bring you here" Lucario stated.

"On that note, thank you for saving us Garchomp" Cynthia added.

Garchomp slightly nodded in a way of saying 'no problem.'

Cynthia then turned to look at Lucario once again and said.

"There's so many things I want to ask but I don't know where to begin."

"I will tell you everything, you deserve to know but it is a long story" Lucario warned.

"I have time" she replied as she looked at Ash.

Lucario nodded and begun to tell Cynthia the whole story.

(Note: this next segment will be mostly told through Lucario's POV, he will be narrating the whole story to Cynthia.)

It had been a week since he had departed from his old life. He had left everything behind but the clothes on his back and the pokemon he had taken with him. He didn't know what he would do, he was just a boy who felt lost without a home, lost in this vast world. But in a way I like to think that everything that happened was fate and in a way it was, because had he not been lost I would not be here today. I was a young Riolu back then, only two days old so therefore I was very curious about the world around me. I remember my mother, she was a kind and honorable Lucario. I remember hearing her everyday while I was still in that egg telling me about the many wonders of the world. It was then that I hatched and when I emerged she looked at me with a mixed expression. I saw love in her eyes but I also saw worry. Of course I did not know that at the time and all I saw was the person who had taken care of me. I did not know why but my mother kept me a secret from as many people as she could, but it is impossible to hide forever. Two days after hatching I wandered off hoping to see more of the majestic world I had been told of. Then it had all happened so quickly. I was grabbed and brought back to the place where we all resided. My mother had been looking for me and saw me being dragged away. She looked at the other Lucario with anger and commanded.

"Let go of my son."

The other Lucario only glared at her and stated.

"I must take him to the elders, you know this."

The Lucario then told to others to restrain her while he took me away. I could see my mother struggle as I cried out for her to no avail. I was taken into a cave where the elders resided and was place in front of them. The three older Lucario looked at me with emotions that back then I did not recognize, but now I know they had looked at me with anger, worry, and fear.

"Who does this child belong to?" the three bellowed.

"He is my son" said a voice coming from the mouth of the cave.

I turned around to see my mother running towards me. When she reached me she took me into her arms and hugged me tightly.

"Why did you not bring this to our attention?" asked the first elder.

"Because I know what you would do!" she yelled.

"You know what we must do! You know why it is necessary!" the second one reprimanded.

"You can't I wont let you!" she cried.

"I am sorry Solana but it will be done, with or without your approval" the third one declared.

My mother was now crying a river of tears and hugging me even tighter. She looked down at me and then said.

"Please let me have at least one more day with him."

The three elders looked at each other before they nodded and the first one spoke.

"You may have the rest of today and tonight but it will happen tomorrow, a guard will escort you wherever you go to assure he does not escape."

My mother cried even more before she turned and begun walking out of the cave with me still in her arms and a guard following close behind.

Back then I had no idea what they had meant but today I know very well why they had looked at me the way they did and why they wanted to take me from my mother. You see there are many pokemon in this world that even to this day have a warped way of thinking. As you can see I am not an ordinary Lucario and many pokemon see this as a sign of something wicked. Many people think that all pokemon are peaceful and do not have the same flaws humans do. But the truth is we are not different at all, we have the same flaws as well and one of those happens to be prejudice. Many pokemon believe that one such as me with a different physical appearance than the rest is an incarnation of evil. They believe Arceus made us look different as a way to identify the ones who strayed from the path he chose for us and instead chose a path of evil. Many deal differently with this. Some exile the pokemon, some just resent it for the rest of its life. But me, I was sentence to death and was given a name to reflect what they called "the sins of my heart" a name that to this day very few people know.

I was only one day away from loosing my life and I did not know it. My mother had spent the rest of the day with me trying to make me as comfortable as possible but o could see sadness in her and couldn't help but feel the same. Toward the end of the day we got to our home and my mother sat me down and said.

"My son you are my pride and joy. There is nothing in this world that would make me happier than seeing you grow into the great person you will one day become. We will get through this trust me."

She then walked behind the guard that had followed us all day and while he was distracted she knocked him unconscious. She then held out her paw toward me and I took it without hesitation. We ran toward the forest as fast as we could but before entering it I looked back at the place I had been born in but felt nothing. I then turned and began running with my mother right next to me.

We had been running all night and I was tired and hungry. My mother noticed this and stopped to give me time to recuperate but it was short lived. In a moments notice she took me into her arms and begun running. I asked her what was going on and she simply looked down at me and responded.

"The bad people are here and they want to take you from me."

I was scared now, I did not want to loose my mother. She kept running as fast as she could but in the end we reached a small clearing and they surrounded us. They had finally caught up and were now looking at us with anger in their eyes. My mother stood in front of me protectively and yelled.

"You will not take him, you will have to go over my dead body first!"

"The five Lucario glared at her until one spat out.

"You would give you life for this thing."

"With pleasure." she stated before she rushed towards the group of Lucario.

In mere moments the scene around me changed. There were no five Lucario fighting my mother and I could do nothing to help her. At first my mother's determination to protect me was enough for her to hold her own against the other five but slowly her strength and stamina began to dwindle and the other Lucario were gaining the upper hand. Then suddenly my mother was sent flying towards me and landed next to where I was hiding, I was worried and ran to see if she was okay. I looked at her and saw the fatigue that plagued her body and I couldn't help but feel obsolete. I then looked into my mother's eyes and saw a sea of emotions and I realized what was going through her mind. We wouldn't make it out of this. The other five Lucario begun to approach us ready to attack at a moments notice. I stood up and walked in front of my mother spreading my arms sideways.

"This is my mother and you will not harm her, I will protect her with my life" I declared.

One of the Lucario snarled and readied an aura sphere in his right paw. I closed my eyes and waited for the attack but none ever came. I slowly opened my eyes and saw a small yellow rodent in front of me with cheeks sparking. Then from behind me I haerd a single word.

"Thunderbolt."

I then saw the Pikachu fire a bolt of lighting that split and hit all five Lucario making the back up. I quickly turned and saw a human standing behind my mother and me glaring at the other five Lucario. My mother slowly began to stand up and looked at the human before she nodded her head in appreciation. She then ran over and joined Pikachu's side. I looked on as my mother fought with renewed vigor next to that Pikachu until eventually they began to get overwhelmed once again. One of the Lucario grabbed Pikachu and beat him relentlessly before throwing him toward the human. Then without hesitation they converged on my mother and fiercely attacked her until I saw her collapse on the ground now only an inch from death. I begun crying and attempted to run out to her but the human held me back. The other Lucario picked up my mother and held her up before one spoke.

"Human this is not your fight, give us the child and you may walk away, interfere any longer and we will not have any choice but to eliminate you all."

"You will not take him and you will not harm her, I will stop you" the human declared.

"So be it you have made your choice" the Lucario said as he walked up to my mother and fired a point blank aura sphere at her sending her flying toward a tree.

Tears began flowing from my eyes as I called out to her but there was no answer. I collapsed to the ground crying until I felt something immense. A wave of energy washed over me but this was no normal energy. I was young but even then I could tell this energy was full of anger, pain, and hatred. I quickly begun looking around the clearing until my eyes stopped on the human behind me. He was surrounded by a dark energy an energy much like the one I had seen my species manipulate but this one was dark and it was very strong. What I saw next I would never forget. In the blink of an eye the human was in front of ll five Lucario and began fighting them. I could not believe what I saw, one by one each of them fell on the ground unconscious until all that was left was the human. It took me a couple of seconds to recover from my shock but I quickly ran over to my mother to check on her condition. I saw her laying there battered and bruised as she struggled to open her eyes and spoke her last words to me.

"Go with him my son, he will protect you, I love you."

Her eyes then slowly closed and she stopped breathing. Once again tears flowed from my eyes and fell on my mother. I then looked back to see the human on his knees before he fell on the floor unconscious.

Aura is the energy flowing throughout everything in this world. Everyone in the world is capable of harnessing the power of aura but very few choose to do so as it requires immense amounts of dedication. Should anyone choose to harness the power of aura they would need to awaken the power within them first. There are three ways to awaken the energy inside of yourself. The first way is by training. Many aura guardians use this method to awaken their aura as it is the safest and most controllable way of doing it. The second way is by being in a life or death situation. It is know that some have awakened their aura in an attempt to save themselves in a life or death situation. If awakened this way aura can take longer to fully control. Finally there is the third and most dangerous way, emotions. There are few emotions powerful enough to make this happen and none of these emotions are good. Once the person's aura is awakened in this way anytime they feel extreme anger, hate or emotional pain they are consumed by those emotions making them unpredictable, uncontrollable , and very powerful. This is what happened to our master on that day many years ago and tonight as well. When I lost my mother that day I believe he saw himself in me. He saw himself loosing his mother and being betrayed by the people he trusted most all over again and his aura awakened through all the emotions flowing through him. When he saw his old companions again tonight something must have happened and those emotions overtook him. But now that he can expertly control his aura he is near impossible to defeat when that darkness takes over him. Only by being able to control that power will he be free from that darkness and finally have mastered the aura within him. But until then I will be there to help him ward off the darkness.

(End of Lucario's POV)

Cynthia was speechless from what she had just heard. She felt guilt build up inside her because she believed all the feelings and emotions Ash held down were partly her fault. With Ash's head now on her lap she stroked his hair and leaned down to give him a soft kiss before she whispered.

"I'm sorry."

Lucario saw this and spoke up.

"I hope that answered any questions you might have had."

Cynthia nodded and then resumed stroking Ash's hair. All pokemon that had listened to the story were no returning to the spot where they regularly slept knowing their master would be okay tonight. Lucario then slowly got up and walked over to sit next to Cynthia.

"Everyone here has been told this story at one time or another but you are the only human to have heard the whole story" Lucario explained.

Cynthia was shocked, she could not believe they trusted her so much considering she had only met them a few days ago.

"I see you are shocked to hear this but we trust you and so does he. He talked about you a lot all those years he was gone, how he hoped that one day he would see you again and in all those years I have not seen him happier than when he is with you. He respects you and would risk his life for you and so would we" explained Lucario.

"You've had a rough past Lucario and I am sorry about your mother but I am grateful that you trust me enough to tell me" said Cynthia.

"My true name is something I have not told anyone but my master and Faith but I trust you enough to reveal it…." Lucario began to say.

"Lucario you don't have to tell me, whichever name they gave you all those years ago does not reflect what you are today. I see a loyal and honorable Lucario that I am proud to call my friend." Cynthia stated.

Lucario looked at her and smiled, to him Cynthia was so much like his master and he was happy they were together. Lucario got up and before walking back to Gardevoir he said.

"My name is Despair, thank you for your kindness mistress."

Cynthia was now frozen at what she had heard. Lucario had called her mistress and told her his real name. she felt honored but mostly she felt like part of the family. She looked down at Ash, smiled and slowly drifted to sleep.

The sun had arisen and was shinning brightly in the sky. Cynthia woke up to see Ash's pokemon partaking in their daily routines. Carefully she got up as to not wake Ash up and went over to the pond to wash her face. She looked around to see if she could find her Garchomp when suddenly she heard a beeping in one if her pockets.

Preliminary match

Red Satoshi vs. Oliver Stone

Arena #5

Starting in 10 min.

Cynthia quickly realized this was the reminder she had set so she would be in time to see Ash battle today. But Ash was in no condition to battle and she knew if he didn't show up he would be disqualified. She had to do something she had to do something, she had to get the match postponed. She frantically began looking for her Garchomp and saw her on the other side of the clearing. Quickly she ran over to her and pleaded.

"Garchomp I need you to get me to the arenas fast can you take me."

Her Garchomp quickly nodded and got down to let her climb on. As soon as Cynthia was on they immediately took off towards the arenas in hopes of getting there before Ash match started.

Five minutes later

"Come on where is it, where is it" Cynthia said to herself as she attempted to find Charles Goodshow's office.

After another minute of searching she found the name she was looking for stamped on a door and quickly rushed in without knocking.

Charles Goodshow was looking out of the large window in his office when he suddenly heard the door burst open. He turned around and saw the beautiful blonde champion of Sinnoh standing there.

"Cynthia what are you doing here?" he asked.

Cynthia wasted no time and responded.

"I need you to postpone the match please.'

""Whoa slow down, you want me to do what?" Goodshow questioned.

Cynthia realized that if she didn't explain herself she was not going to get anywhere.

"One of the trainers cannot make it to this match you need to postpone it at least until tomorrow." she explained.

"Cynthia you know I cannot do that even if I wanted to" Goodshow stated.

"Charles this is Red Satoshi we're talking about he's a top competitor" Cynthia added.

"And what happened to young Ash Ketchum?" Goodshow questioned.

Cynthia immediately went into shock, the knew as well maybe even longer than she had. Tons of questions began to fill her head until she spoke up again.

"How did you know?" Cynthia asked with shock.

"Scott and I have known for some time but decided to keep quiet about it" Goodshow replied.

Cynthia turned her head to see a man in a Hawaiian shirt and khaki short sitting on the couch to the right.

"I'm actually the one that sent Ash the invitation to come" added Scott.

Still shocked at the revelation that both men knew of Ash's identity she slowly tried to gather her words.

"Okay so you both know how important this is to him, he's in no shape to battle so wont you postpone the match" she begged.

"Why, he look just fine to me" Scott said as he looked out onto the field from Goodshows office.

Cynthia ran over and looked down to see her boyfriend standing across from his opponent confident as ever.

"That man never ceases to amaze me" she said to herself as she saw Ash pulling out a pokeball.