A/N: 3 chapters in one day. Dang. I hope you enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own pokemon.

Ash was in the middle of the cruise when he made two changes.

First, he distorted his face into something that was pleasant to look at, but not recognizable as him. Then, he changed his clothes to a hooded robe that covered his body. While he felt unnatural in this state, he knew it was going to be essential to hide his identity.

Soon, he heard the horn blast once more. This frightened a good deal of his pokemon, as was evident by the enormous jumps some of them made. Ash just chuckled. He soon became serious, however, as he knew that he was soon going to see people he had no desire to see ever again.

Scott was waiting by the dock when he came out, but that was rather overridden by the fact that everyone was staring at the guy who had about 770 pokemon following him.

"Hello. I see you decided to accept my offer."

"Yes, I did," Ash said, adopting his accent once more.

"Before I say anything else, I have to ask: what is your name?"

"Saito."

"Please, Saito, follow me."

Ash, along with his pokemon, walked with Scott until they reached a house.

"This is where you will be staying until further notice."

Scott then took him to a store.

"This is a poke mart, where you can buy items like pokeballs." Scott turned to Ash. "Do you know what pokeballs are?"

"Yes, and there's a specific reason I don't use them."

"Oh? If I may ask-"

"You may not."

Scott was taken aback. "O-okay then."

He then proceeded to walk to the pokemon center. "This is a pokemon center, where you-"

"Heal your pokemon, Nurse Joy, blah, blah, blah." Ash waved his hand. "Let me just get to the point, Mr. Scott. I wish to participate in your league."

Scott, by this point, was quite amazed at 'Saito,' so he said, "Which one?"

"All of them."

"The problem with that is you need the badges for the 8 gym leaders, and you can't possibly get them all in time for the leagues. Besides, all of them are held one after another, and it would be far to exhausting-"

"I think you'll find that I can more than handle the challenge. As for the gym badges, here."

Scott looked down and saw 6 badge cases. He opened them up and saw 8 badges respectively.

"Mr. Saito, I have to ask how you got these."

"I didn't always live in seclusion, you know." Although his tone was light, Scott heard a warning not to ask any questions about them.

"Alright, then all you need is a pokedex. You need to see professor Oak for that."

"I'd rather not see him. Is there any way that he could transport it through mail?"

Scott was taken aback by this. Surely anyone who had gotten all 8 badges knew about the famous professor Oak? "Y-Yes, but it's encouraged that-"

"You know what, I'll just do it myself. Wait here for 5 minutes."

Ash then proceeded to teleport to pallet town.

Scott blinked. "Where did he go?"

Ash materialized in pallet town, to the surprise of one child. "Who-"This question was quickly cut off as Ash looked at the girl, who proceeded to freeze mid-sentence.

"Is professor Oak here currently?"

She nodded.

"Then please show me his lab."

She pointed to a large building.

"Ah, I see the man did some renovation. Well, thank you."

The girl stared after the hooded figure. Who was he?

Meanwhile, ash had just walked through the doors. The effect was immediate, as all of the professor's aides stopped working and stared after the hooded figure. Ash, however, went straight for professor Oak.

"Scott gave word of me, I assume?"

"Y-Yes," Oak stuttered.

"Then can I please receive my pokedex?"

Oak stared at him for a bit, then slowly drew out a pokedex from behind him and handed it to Ash.

"H-Here."

"Thank you. Oh, and one more thing-"

At this point, Ash leaned in and dropped his accent.

"Good to see you again."

And with that, Ash teleported away.

Professor Oak stood there for a moment, and then felt a smile forming on his face. He's not dead.

Ash teleported back to Scott and said, "Done," holding out his pokedex.

Scott stared at him for a bit, then asked, "What are you?"

Ash chuckled. "Good question. I'll leave that up to you to find out."

With that, Ash walked back to his house.

Scott was dumbstruck. But after standing there for a moment, he reached into his pocket and called someone.

"Yes?" A certain blonde champion asked.

"Cynthia? I have someone here that I think you'd like to meet. His name is Saito."

A/N: I feel like this chapter isn't up to my standard. Can you let me know if this chapter is good? Please R&R, and stay frosty!