Chapter 20 Ash POV

Year 2. The mark of Mirclex Hawkamudu

Ash:15

*yawn* Oh shit is the thing on me? Ahh it's been so long since it's been on me. By the way how does it work? I know my thoughts and actions are being translated to some network in a separate dimension… but how do they do it? Like has Arceus been stalking me my whole life?, does he have a trans dimensional focal camera? That translates everything I think and do to word form and uploads it to another dimension? You know what fuck it I spent so many sleepless nights trying to ponder how it works so I'll leave it to my other dimensional readers… or viewers… to figure that out.

Anyways shortly after the end of the last chapter, Uk'crac sent me a well not really special but I cherished it package. It contained some guns coming from a grandmaster like Uk'crac I figured the guns were advanced and future tech from the get go. A needle rifle with regenerative crystals dyed black, I got Alkira to dye it blue black is such a deathly color blue is much better…. You know imagine you're a Sawsbuck one day you're minding your business, taking a shit, eating cereal, doing another Sawsbuck, killing a deerling in order to do its mother because- that went terribly wrong very fast. Ok imagine you minding your own business and bright blue ass needles just flying at you and impaling your chest- ok I'm gonna stop with the needles now I biffed that one. He got me a lever action shotgun with a rifled barrel and 12 guage slugs it was slightly sawed off leaving a good 3-4 inches of the barrel outward of the handguard, all my weapons have an ammobelt or ammosling I don't know what their called just a belt of bullet on the side of the gun.

I can load the leveraction from a port on the bottom just infront of the trigger guard. It had a futuristic steel grey look with very angled cool (cool as in cold, not cool) futuristic feel to the gun from how the metal always seems to be cold at all times, to the butt-stock yes the butt-stock. The all important butt-stock was a solid frame carrying the cool future metal theme, what made it so distinguishable was an etched likeness of Dawn in one of her bikinies. I was working under the assumption that Uk'crac already told Dawn he was her father this one etching proved me wrong, so either Uk'crac is incestual or Dawn sent me this using daddy's credit card. Moving on, the last weapon was a sawed s/s double barrel shotgun, the barrel was sawed off right to the handguard so I'm guessing this will be my secondary. Nothing really special about that except the part it was a double barrel. Remind me to write back to Dawn thanking her and how I figured out her trickery in around 3 sentences. Anyways so much paragraphs so little dialogue forward!

"Oh look Cilan!" A rather excited feminine chimed. I looked down I had been camping out on a branch for the last 6 hours the herd of Sawsbuck was here, it was mating season so the males were off fighting each other to see who has the bigger dick. I looked slightly to the right and saw the two. There was a black girl with massive wild hair with a… pokemon?, hanging out, she stood next to a green haired boy in a waiter's…. tuxedo?!, I have no clue what that is called.

Anyways the two were admiring the Sawsbuck herd I had been stalking the past week. That wasn't a good idea the bulls were very horny and angry this time of the year, they were in danger. A bull Sawsbuck did just that he snorted out vapor in the cold air. A kicked his legs and lowered his head, this wasn't good…. I unsling my bow and took an arrow pulling the arrow back I aimed for the pokemon's neck. Sawsbuck were in winter time morphs. My Braviary flew down and perched by me yes my Braviary it had been stalking me for so long I guess I domesticated it. Not a pokeball but a mutual friendship connected us, not much to explain after that he's a great hunting partner though.

"Oh my, Cilan!" The girl yelled at Cilan as the two turned around and high tailed it out of there charging Sawsbuck behind them. I took careful aim and released my arrow, it flew off with a whistle, Chuck as I call him instinctively flew off with the sound of the arrow, practice makes perfect .

The arrow landed in the pokemon's hide stopping it's charge. Chuck flying by and clawing at the pokemon's head and eyes as it thrashed around. Instinctively I had another arrow lined up and it impaled the Sawsbuck's head just as fast. I jumped down from the tree laser sword in hand. Distracted by chuck I thrusted the sword into the Sawsbuck's neck, it was resistant at first but it died quickly. The pair had stopped their running and was now looking back at me confusingly. I grabbed Chuck's leg and threw him off the Sawsbuck if he starts eating without my consent than he'll become wild again pretty soon, he perched himself in a tree. I drew my hidden blade and rotated it grabbing the handle on the now knife.

"You lived a good life brother, sorry it had to be this way, I wish you happiness in the great mother's embrace." I whispered cutting the Sawsbuck neck just after it took its last breath.

"What are you doing!" Cilan yelled, as he and the firl ran up to me trying to get me off the Sawsbuck. I threw them off easily the last winter had definitely strengthened me. Cilan got me with an armlock and half tackled me.

I butt his face with the back of my head, faceplate activating with a metallic thud. I turned around punched him in the stomach sliding out my hookblade and pulling his left leg towards me causing him to fall over. My hookblade was located on my left bracer retracting from the top of my wrist in opposite position of the wrist balde located on the same hand. Most of my actions have been translated to instincts so instinctively again I leapt onto his fallen body hidden blade ready to end his life. Offcourse I stopped myself from carrying on can't really kill someone in cold blood even if you live in the middle of freaking nowhere. What seemed like hours passed by as I read the boy, he could only see my eyes and even that scared him shitless. He was probably around my age maybe a year or two older but that's it. Finally I decided to get off him retracting my blade. I walked over to the Sawsbuck and started gutting it. I had become a lot more quiet the past year either I grew up or Kairi clubbed it out of me I don't know. The two were more reluctant to stop me now.

"Why are you out here?" I asked them Tomahawk out now as I butcher the body. They were even more reluctant as Chuck flew by and perched on my shoulder I fed him a bit of meat.

"Well we… were just taking a walk enjoying the scenery, and out of nowhere you-" Cilan tried to say before I cut him off.

"No not you, the girl." Hah see I told you I'd cut him off. The Natio Cervux was in a feud with the Dragon village, I figured that she was from that village through her clothing and that axew in her head. They didn't tell me why they had a rivalry with the dragon village, probably something stupid I'm sure that's how all feuds starts.

"Excuse me?" Was her replied.

"Don't think I didn't see that raiding party a mile behind you." I said, it was true I did see a raiding party behind her I recognized their battle armor of dragon type scale suits. She remained silent.

"Iris what is he talking about?" Cilan asked worried, so her name was Iris that famous Iris that travels across the region winning tournaments and somehow getting caught in the crossfire of every legendary Unovian pokemon that decided to duke it out.

Probably should have figured out that part from the fact that the boy's name was Cilan but I wasn't thinking about that at the time. By the way where was Kash Letchum and his faithful Eevee? I'm actually big fans of the group partly by the fact that their adventures coincidently mirrored mine.

"Iris, Cilan there you are!" A boy in a black hat ran up to us an Eevee on his shoulder, he looks, acts, and even sounds like me…. Arceus dammit cliché characters. He noticed the dead Sawsbuck and immediately took distaste. I summoned Alicia my fire Zebstrika which shocked them all.

"Good afternoon master." She greeted I patted her head and slung the gutted corpse onto the arch on her neck, and mounted her. The fire didn't hurt me but it definitely cooked dead meat well a nifty ability.

"If you wish to discuss this… misshap with the elders than you are welcomed to join might aswell bring your other friends aswell I'm sure they will like a reunion." I said to her.

"Iris what is he talking about?" Kash asked confused. She didn't answer him.

I threw Chuck off of me and he flew through the tree line. I rode slowly so they could keep up. I spotted a rustle in the tree right of the path we took, I unslung my needle rifle and fire at the tree. Everyone gasped as a man in dragonscale armor fell out of a tree needle in his stomach.

"I suggest you get up mate and tell your friends hiding in those bushes that there is plenty more where that came from." I said picking him up with a hookblade to the neck as Cilan and Kash helped him they appear to be saving their questions for later.

I group of men walked out of the bushes I pointed out. I took out my lever action and readied it for confrontation, I have complete faith in my abilities to fight them off. Pfft it was only 10 against 1. Chuck flew over us should his last name be Norris?, get back to me on that. We rode until I reached a warm sight, the snow covered gates of the village. We rode to the central campfire where we were met by Lance and Desmond. The village has gathered to see our newcomers, they gave me warm welcomes even though I wasn't a full citizen yet they sure treat me like one. Warriors readied their bows and spears as our guests dropped there weapons Kash and Cilan were scared shitless. Lance observed our guest by the looks of it he figured out why they were here.

"Why are you here?" He asked, way to contradict me man. They gave to my surprise a complete explanation. My hunch was right atleast. We weren't sure what to do with them.

"Well since you have clearly broken the agreement of our cease fire, we will have to hold you here until we can sort this mess out." Desmond said. They reluctantly agreed, we stripped them of their armor and gave them normal cloths, which translates to Sawsbuck skin pelt. Cilan and Kash were most distraught by this.

Later that night.

I had just finished writing a letter to Dawn with the prerequisites I had mentioned at the beginning of the chapter I tucked the letter in a carrying case I strapped to Chuck's back. I sent him off as he flew towards the sunset. Now I was left sitting with the guests I've found and proceeded to answer their questions or more like Kash and Cilan's questions Iris was still a little pissed at me.

"Who are you?" Cilan asked.

"Ash Ketchum." I said.

"You mean that Ash Ketchum… holy shit I'm your biggest fan!" Kash exclaimed excitedly . Yay he's my fan too!

"Why are you here, I mean out of all places for you to go missing you end up in a tribe out in the middle of a forest?" Cilan asked (I'm sorry I'm not gonna do that personality he has that compares everything to food and taste [ It may be ok to you guys but to me it just pisses me off]) I just showed them my robotic arm, that should be enough explanation.

We continued with the question, the rest of them were irrelevant you know the gift I'm making for Dawn, who Grimlock is, how I'm gonna get out, how I'm gonna get back to Sinnoh, how I even domesticated Chuck, and how I got 12 guage shots and slugs when I live in the middle of the forest, if there will be a sequal, the major plot twist, Siearra's romance with another character, you know pointless stuff. =).

Dream sequence.

I have mastered the art of talking to readers while unconscious so this is how I will subconsciously think while my thoughts get translated to words. Note this is all a dream.

I black mist enshrouded me, a shadowy Dawn appeared before me. Naturally I would reach for her.

"Dawn!" I weakly said reaching for her. She phased away a few imaginary yards away from me. That stopped me in my subconscious tracks. Her eyes were glowing a bright orange now as the shadows flowed off of her.

"You hold this… female close to your heart… a little too close." She said in an ancient masculine voice echoed by the voice I remembered of her. I didn't answer.

"You don't have to reply I already know what you are thinking." She said. Alicia appeared she was eating a levitating apple, being bound to my soul gave her a lot of presidence in my dreams.

"You may know who I'm, I'm what you know as Mirclex Hawkamudu my child." I know he was using Dawn's image but it felt weird having Dawn's form calling me child.

"Why are you in my dream?" I finally asked.

"By now I am sure you know that you have been chosen as my disciple. Unfortunately the only way to figure that out is to burn your hair so it is unclear whether you are worthy of my gift or not." Mirclex said the worthy or unworthy part revoked dreadful memories of I might die proportions.

"There is not much I can say to you the legendaries are tracking me as we speak… How…. Awful it is to never be able to speak to your children for more than 5 minutes. My accursed mother damned me to this life at my birth, yea you had sex your gonna conceive a child." Dawn rambled on.

"*sigh* Anyways-" I felt a burning sensation in the palm of my left hand.

"My mark Ash…. Consider it a gift." Mirclex said holding up my arm, and then it all faded away.

End dream sequence.

"Master!"

"Master! Wakeup!" I woke up in a sweaty mess to the face of Siearra's worried face.

"Master! My Arceus I was so worried." She cried hugging me, I felt an intense pain in the palm of my hand. This time it was enough ti make mne cringe in pain. Everybody looked at my hand.

It was a central eye surrounded by a four piece circle, eache circle was segmented into quarters around the eye with a space between them. The spaces were directed in the cardinal directions. At the edge of each segment was a single small black line pointing outward into the cardinal directions aswell. There was a half circle encasing the left side of the central one it has a jagged design. To the right was a half square one full line which curved 90 degree downwards to another full line. The entire mark was jet black in color, and the central eye was pulsing a strange color I had no clue what it was. Everybody looked over my mark with a gasp.

"It has begun."