This is the sixty-fourth chapter in the Pokemon Heroes story. I have decided to write a side chapter, showing Drew's life in The Dark Signers, but that will come later on. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the songs.

(Opening song)

A week after Ash's fight with Lance, the group continued to walk on. They knew it would take a while to make it to the next place, but they took their time. After a while of walking, they decided to sit down and rest. They passed by a small village before, so they got more food. Brendan started to make some lunch for the others as they waited.

"Hurry up," said Ash, "I'm hungry."

"You ate four hours ago," said Brendan.

"Yeah, and I'm hungry now," said Ash. Brendan sighed and began to ignore Ash as he continued to make them sandwiches. As Ash waited, he held onto his stomach. It began to hurt. When he said he was hungry, he really meant it, but he wasn't sure if he was hungry or getting a stomach ache. Brendan handed him a sandwich, and he immediately took a bite. When he did, he still didn't feel any better. May noticed his discomfort.

"Ash, are you okay?" asked May. Ash looked towards her.

"Yeah," Ash said plainly.

"Before you start to say that I poisoned the sandwiches, I didn't," said Brendan. Ash wanted to make a comeback, but his stomach started to feel more uneasy suddenly. He then realized that it wasn't his stomach that was the problem, but his aura. His aura was trying to tell him something, but what? It felt familiar, but he couldn't remember. He felt it again, and he suddenly turned back. He remembered. He knew what was there: A Dark Signer.

Bonds Severed

His friends noticed him turn around suddenly, and Ash started to slowly get off the log he was on.

"Pika," said Pikachu, suddenly becoming alert.

"Ash, what wrong?" asked Dawn.

"Nothing," said Ash as he got off the log and started walking into the forest. May could've sworn that she saw that Ash's eyes were blue.

"Stay here," said Ash, "I'll be back in a few minutes." Ash walked into the forest, and he should've known that his friends weren't convinced.

"I'll go watch him," said May as she stood and headed into the forest, followed by Pikachu.

Ash walked angrily through the forest, trying to find The Dark Signer in the area. He has been waiting to see one in a while, so that he could talk with them about Drew. He wanted to know about Drew's whereabouts, and he was going to force it out of them if he had to. As he walked, he heard noises, and stopped.

"I am so freaking done with that guy," said a familiar voice beside Ash in the forest. Ash froze already knowing who that person was.

"I'll just do this and get it over with," said Drew's voice again. Ash paid attention to listen. As soon as he heard another noise, he ran towards its source.

"Where the fuck is it?" said Drew again, and Ash heard it so close. He stopped and hid behind a tree. He took a deep breath and looked behind it, only to see Drew walking by in his Dark Signer clothes, with his hood down. Ash was quiet and still, trying to resist jumping out and grabbing Drew.

"There ya are," said Drew, and Ash looked out from behind the tree and saw Drew punch the ground, creating cracks. Flames developed inside the cracks, and Drew then stepped back. The cracks opened up, revealing an opening. Drew chuckled and started to walk down it. Ash couldn't take it anymore, and he jumped out from behind the tree.

"Drew!" yelled out Ash, and then Drew stopped. Drew looked back towards Ash, not really surprised that Ash would be there.

"What?" asked Drew. Ash's eyes were still blue, and his teeth began to get sharper.

"What the hell are you doing?" asked Ash. Drew looked away from him.

"None of your business," said Drew as he walked down, "Now get the hell away from here. I'm really not in the mood."

"Like I give a shit," said Ash, "You're coming with me."

"As if," said Drew as he started to walk down the steps. Ash silently growled and followed him down there. When he entered, he couldn't find Drew anywhere. He was confused. He had no idea what was going on here, and he really didn't want to find out.

"Where are you, Drew!" yelled Ash. He heard his voice echo throughout the place.

"Buzz off, Ketchum," said Drew. Ash heard the voice and ran towards its direction. When he did, he felt something click from under him.

"Fuck," thought Ash, and then he heard holes open up from the walls, and then darts started to shoot out from them. Ash tried his best to dodge them all. He got through the hallway and took a deep breath.

"Idiot," said Drew behind him, and Ash looked back to see him, "You were supposed to die there."

"Shut up," said Ash. Drew walked past him. Ash then understood that Drew was behind him this whole time so that Ash could get through it for him so he could walk through it easily.

"What the hell are you doing here?" asked Ash.

"Once again, none of your business," said Drew as he got farther, "And don't even think about following me. There are some crazy stuff going on through here, and you could die easily." Drew was out of sight now. Ash thought it over and looked behind him, thinking about how worried his friends were right now. He looked back at Drew and ran after him.

Ash chased Drew down many hallways, and Drew tried his best to avoid Ash, but the boy was too persistent.

"Get over here!" yelled Ash as he held onto branches that was rooting from the walls as he tried to stay on top of the ground, since there was no ground to begin with. He stepped on a trap that broke the ground, so he had to hold on for dear life.

"What's wrong Ashy?" asked Drew as he stood on a branch, "Having trouble?" Ash released a hand and created an Aura Sphere.

"I'm getting you down from there whether you like it or not," said Ash and he threw it towards Drew, who just kicked it away. It hit a wall, which began to break into pieces and fall into the abyss. The cracks were heading to their side as well, and the braches were about to fall.

"Nice going, Ketchum," said Drew, and he got off the branch he was on and onto another. He started running away.

"Damn it, Drew," said Ash, "You're more annoying than you were before." He swung back and forth and jump towards Drew's branch, but it then broke. He started falling into the abyss. When he looked down, he saw spikes. He also saw an extra branch and grabbed onto it. He watched as the broken wall fell in.

"That was a close one," said Ash, and he saw another branch and grabbed into it and started swinging back to the top. When he got up, he looked around for Drew. He saw ground and headed there. He made it back on land and still didn't find Drew. He looked back at the spikes.

"Now who the hell would want to put traps there?" asked Ash, and he looked further, "Must be something special to this place or something." He then felt the place shake. He then heard a roar.

"Shit," said Ash, "Drew might be in trouble." He then dashed forward.

"Don't worry, Drew," thought Ash, "I'm going to save you, whether you want to be saved or not."

As Ash ran, the place began to shake more, and Ash listened carefully where he had to go next. He heard grunting and headed in its direction. He saw an opening and went through it, surprising him to see a huge rock giant, and Drew fighting it.

"Get the fuck out of my way!" yelled Drew as he jumped up and threw his Chakrams, which didn't do anything to the giant. Ash saw the giant about to deliver a punch towards Drew.

"Watch out!" yelled Ash. Drew heard Ash and looked down at Ash.

"Shut up!" yelled Drew, and then he was then unexpectedly punched towards the ground hard. Ash looked towards the giant angrily.

"Son of a bitch!" yelled Ash as he materialized his Aura Blade and headed towards the giant. He jumped up and used his blade to cut off the giant's arm. The giant yelled in pain and punched Ash with its other arm, knocking him to the ground. Drew got out of the rubble and looked at the giant, who had one arm. He then saw Ash breaking out of some rubble and heading towards the giant again. Drew smirked and de-materialized his Chakrams.

"Thanks Ashy-boy," said Drew as he ran behind the giant and left.

"You damn traitor," said Ash and he moved out of the way to not get hit by the giant's huge arm.

"Move it," said Ash and he ran towards it. It threw another punch, and Ash headed straight towards it. He held his blade carefully and jumped up towards the punch. He swung his blade so that he broke through the punch, cutting the arm in half and he went down the middle. When he got to the elbow, and jumped up towards the giant.

"How do you like me now, bitch!" yelled Ash as he headed for the head and sliced its head off. He landed on the ground and watched the head fall to the ground. The body then fell. Ash then de-materialized his blade and continued after Drew.

"You better thank me for this later," said Ash.

Ash stopped running and walked slowly through the hallways. He hadn't found Drew in more than ten minutes, getting him curious.

"Now where would an idiot like him head to next?" asked Ash. Once again, he began to feel the ground shake. He then ran towards the noise, but then stopped when he heard Drew snickering. He found another doorway and entered through there, seeing Drew on a large podium in a large room. Drew seemed to have done the same thing he did before when he punched the ground, and Ash saw another podium come up from the ground and a blue stone come up.

"I found it," said Drew as he took it, "Now my mission's complete." Ash then realized that Drew was on a mission, getting an item to get a legendary. Ash growled.

"What is that?" asked Ash. Drew looked back at Ash.

"I didn't think someone like you would survive a giant that size," mocked Drew.

"Shut up and tell me what the hell that is?" asked Ash. Drew looked back at the stone.

"This is the blue Enigma Stone," said Drew, "Our plans failed when we tried to get Latias so that Latios would follow. But it seemed like Latios was too frightened."

"What the hell did you do with Latias then?" asked Ash, pretty much already knowing the answer.

"What do you think we did with it?" said Drew. Ash tried to resist the idea to attack Drew, but he just couldn't resist. Instead, he materialized his Aura Blade and pointed it towards Drew.

"I've got a mission for you, Ash," he remembered Lnoki telling him back in Pewter City, "Just like that kid, I would also like you to travel around to find the items."

"Why not start now?" thought Ash, "I'm taking that." Drew stopped looking at the stone and back at Ash.

"You're joking, right?" said Drew.

"Give me the stone, Drew, and nobody gets hurt," said Ash. Drew chuckled.

"Make me," said Drew as he materialized his Chakrams, "You do remember the last time we fought, right? I kicked your ass." They stared at each other for a while, and then Ash made the first move. He jumped towards Drew and tried striking him with his blade, but Drew blocked them with both his Chakrams. He pushed Ash back and was about to hit him with a Chakram, but Ash blocked it. He then got away from it and headed towards Drew to strike him through his stomach, which was wide open. He was about to, but stopped. Drew chuckled.

"Really?" said Drew, "You still don't have the guts?" He then elbowed Ash to the ground. He was about to cut Ash's head off with his Chakrams, but Ash got out of the way in time. He got up and threw a punch, but Drew blocked it with one hand.

"You're not even trying," said Drew as he kicked Ash so hard that he flew off the podium, and straight towards a wall. He fell down to the ground and tried to get up. He looked up at Drew, who de-materialized his Chakrams.

"If you're not gonna fight for real, then I should go easy on you," mocked Drew. Ash growled at the mock and ran towards Drew. He swung his blade at him, but Drew got out of the way and elbowed Ash on his side, making him stop for a second. Drew then grabbed him arm, and flipped him over, making him go down the steps. He hit the ground, and Drew started laughing.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Drew, "How the hell do you think an Aura Guardian like you has any chance against any of The Dark Signers?"

"Shut up," said Ash weakly as he tried to get up. He looked down at his feet, and surprised to see his feet covered in aura. It was spreading towards his upper body. He immediately stopped it, making it disappear.

"Aw," said the Aura Beast in his head, "I thought you wanted to have fun."

"Shut up or else," thought Ash, and he then saw his arm engulfed in aura, but he stopped it as well, and then his other arm.

"You can't stop me," said the Aura Beast, "You no longer have the potential to do so."

"Shut up!" yelled Ash again. Drew noticed that Ash was in trouble and whistled.

"You look like you're in a deep pickle," said Drew as he turned back towards the stone, "If you're not gonna do anything, then I'll be on my way." Drew walked towards the stone and tried to grab it, but it went right through his hands. He was surprised and tried again, but it went through again.

"What the hell?" thought Drew, and he tried again, but this time it disappeared. Drew thought for a few minutes, and then let out a huge yell. Ash looked up to see him breaking down the small podium and stomping his feet on the ground.

"Some asshole took the stone before me!" yelled Drew, "I was gonna complete my first mission by myself, but guess who got in the way of that! And how dare they even think about leaving a damn hologram in its place! Who the fuck does that!" While Drew yelled, Ash got a hold of himself and stood up. He looked towards Drew.

"Yeah, how do you like it when something is stolen from you," said Ash, "You deserved this. This is what The Dark Signers are doing, and you're just letting them do it. Stop it Drew, or else you're just gonna be just like them." Drew stopped and looked back at Ash.

"Be just like them?" said Drew angrily, "I am like them. I am a Dark Signer, and you're not gonna take that away from me, Ketchum." He materialized his Chakrams.

"Fight it, Drew," said Ash, "I know you're in there somewhere."

"Shut up," said Drew.

"I won't stop chasing you until you go back to your normal self."

"I SAID SHUT UP!" yelled Drew as he threw a Chakram towards Ash, who luckily dodged it, but it cut his cheek. The Chakram went back to Drew, and he began to spin them both.

"If you're gonna be chasing me around all the time, then you better be planning to dig out your own grave," said Drew and he ran towards Ash, with flames coming out of his Chakrams. He was engulfed in fire, just like the way he did when he defeated Lnoki. Ash looked at him with wide eyes.

"You're gonna regret ever coming after me!" yelled Drew as he crashed towards Ash, creating a huge explosion.

May walked through the forest ground, looking for Ash. She didn't know where he ran off to, and she was beginning to get worried. Pikachu was on her head, trying to catch the scent of its trainer, but it was having difficulties. They didn't know that Ash was underground, so they were getting extremely worried. Pikachu slouched down on her head.

"Pika," it said sadly.

"Don't say that," said May, "Ash went off somewhere so that we couldn't find him. It's his fault, not yours." When she finished that, they both heard a huge explosion. May hugged Pikachu by instinct. She looked over to where it came from, and saw smoke rising from it.

"What the hell?" said May. Pikachu began sniffing and jumped out of May's arms.

"Pika pi!" yelled out Pikachu as it ran off, finally picking up Ash's scent.

"Pikachu!" yelled May as she chased after it.

A huge crater was on the ground. Inside were the ruins that Ash and Drew were just in. Drew exited from the circle, coming out of the area, which was filled with smoke. Surprisingly, he had Ash over his shoulder. He put Ash to the ground. Ash was beaten, with his arm bruised up, signifying that he tried to block Drew's attack, but failed. The cut from his cheek was releasing blood, and his clothes were slightly burned. He was surprised to see that Ash came out with minor injuries from his attack, but it cost him his arm. His one arm. Drew looked down on the boy, amazed at his power. He continued to look, until he heard rustling in the bushes by them.

"Ash!" he heard May yell out, "Ash, where are you?"

"Pika!" he heard Pikachu yell out. He looked down at Ash again.

"I'll give you this one chance to survive this time, Ketchum," said Drew, "But next time, you won't be so lucky." He then jumped away, trying to getting away from May and Pikachu. As soon as he left, May and Pikachu came out of the woods. May was covering her face, seeing the smoke. She looked around and saw Ash. She gasped.

"Pikachu!" yelled out Pikachu as it ran towards its trainer. When it got by him, it looked around for the person who did this. May got by Ash's side and noticed his bruised up arm. She hugged his head and looked around.

"I thought you said it was nothing, Ash," said May, "You stinking liar." Drew looked down at them from inside a tree.

"Hmph," said Drew as he then stood up, pulled his hood over his head, and opened up a portal. He entered it, and then it disappeared.

Later on, May had brought Ash back to camp after healing him up. She bandaged his cheek and bandaged his whole bruised arm. With the help of Combusken, they dragged Ash back, shocking the others. Ash woke up later on, sitting on a big rock, looking up into the sky. He hasn't told his friends what happened back in the forest. He lied and said that he got into a fight with a wild Pokemon, but they didn't believe him. They were worried, but they didn't want to push it. As Ash sat on the rock, Pikachu sat by him. Ash petted its head. He didn't notice, but May walked up from behind him.

"Hey Ashy," said May. Ash ignored her and kept looking up.

"Are you okay Ash?" asked May, "You've been quiet ever since you woke up. Did something happen? Do you want to talk about it?"

"Nothing happened," said Ash, "I'm perfectly fine." May wanted to talk more, but she kept her mouth shut and walked off. Ash tried to think about Drew and what happened. He especially remembered what Drew said to him.

"How the hell do you think an Aura Guardian like you has any chance against any of The Dark Signers?"

Ash groaned, trying to forget it. If his father was dead, he would be greatly disappointed in Ash. He wasn't the strongest Aura Guardian, and he didn't know how he was even gonna become stronger, but he hoped he would soon. And he also hoped another thing.

"Drew," thought Ash, "No matter what, I'll bring you back to normal somehow."

(Ending song)

Next Time on Pokemon Heroes: With Ash's bruised arm, he can't really do much to help his friends that are in danger after they start to be chased down by some thieves. They are powerful thieves, not yet beaten, but an old motorcycle gang that Ash and his friends know might help them out. Will they beat these thieves, and who is this old motorcycle gang? Next Time: The Sniffers Return.

That was that chapter. If you have been on Ash emotions alert, than you must've noticed an emotion that goes on and off on Ash. If you don't know, look towards the end of the last chapter, than you might get an idea (Hint: It's about May). Also, you must already know who the returning motorcycle gang people might be, but if you don't, remember that their gang has the word Sniffers in their name. See you in the next chapter!

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