Chapter 6: An Abyssal Encounter

As they are training in Route 2, Ash and Nora are training together. "Zubat, use Poison Fang." The Zubat tries to bite at Eevee, but Ash says, "Eevee, dodge it with your Quick Attack."

Eevee swiftly dodges the bite and slams from behind, causing Zubat to fall downs on the ground fainted. "Oh man, just how did you train to be this strong, I don't think I can compare to you..."

"Well, I am glad that you think I am strong..." Ash frowns a little as Lillie and Gladion knows what is going on. Nora asks, "What's wrong, brother?"

"Nora, I told you that mother and I was captured by the Cult of Darkrai, right? Well, you see, there is something that happened before they come..." Ash says.

Then he proceeds to say how he and Gladion battle together and Gladion is the one that wins, making him the first Alola Champion in the history, and when he gets back home, how his friends betrayed him and saying that he is weak, not only that, some of his Pokemon are also taken by them.

"When I was captured by the Cult of Darkrai, I have been having the same nightmares over and over again, and they are about that time that happened. I am glad that the ones aren't there are Lillie and Gladion. They are the only ones that still trust me even after this fiasco..."

Lillie smiles, "Of course we will stay by your side, after all, you saved us a lot of times and they are the ones that are wrong. And I don't know what they are thinking, I mean Mallow and the others, how dare they think like that."

Gladion says, "Indeed, he is a good opponent, if my Lycanroc didn't use Counter, I would have lost as well."

Emily says, "Even I know nothing about it, I learned from the timeless that you are a great trainer and they are just blinded by greed. You will get your revenge eventually and we are staying by your side."

Nora says, "Emily is right, we Ketchums don't give up because of those accidents. We'll prove them wrong."

"Thanks guys." Ash says, but suddenly, Celebi and Marshadow pops out of the Pokeball and they make the group hide into the shadows. Emily asks, "Marshadow? What are you doing?"

"Same here, Celebi, what's going on?" Nora asks. Before the two pixie Pokemon can answer, they see three people with blue uniforms running past and they recognize the uniforms.

"I remember the uniforms, they are Abyssal Cultists!" Emily says.

"You mean, the same ones that tried to kill Augur Jaern back then?" Ash asks as they nod.

"And judging from that direction, they are heading towards the Ancient Ruins." Nora says. After noticing that they are gone, they quickly get out of the shadows and chase the group.

As they head north, they see the ruins surrounded by two ponds, and they enter the ruins to find a lot of Lucario statues around there.

"Lucario?" Gladion asks. "Why are there a lot of Lucario Statues?"

"Well, it is said that this temple has a Lucario that can Mega Evolve on its own without trainer." Emily says. "But that is only a legend."

"Does that mean...the Abyssal Cult is going after that Lucario?" Ash asks.

"Well, I don't think that Lucario is what they are after considering they are more interested in Water Type Pokemon. But that doesn't mean there isn't a high possibility." Nora says.

As they continue to get inside, they see the several Abyssal cultists surrounding a Riolu. The one in the middle says, "Bwahaha...we have you cornered, Riolu, there is nowhere to run!"

Riolu looks panicked and he tries to run, but the cultists keep blocking his way until he is cornered.

"Just stop running, Riolu! You are ours now!"

"Hey! What are you doing!" Nora yells, much to everyone's surprise. "Can't you see you are scaring it?"

"Huh? Who daaaares stand in the way of the Abyssal Cult?! Can you guys deal with them? We have a Riolu to catch!"

Then the five members start to trap the 5 people, they send out Bruxish, Horsea, Skrelp, Corphish and Totodile.

"Scraggy, I choose you!" Ash sends out the Bush Pokemon.

"Silvally!" Gladion yells as he sends out the artificial Pokemon.

"Trevenant!" Emily yells as the ghost tree Pokemon appears.

Nora says, "I need your help, new partner." She sends out a Honedge, who she just caught back at Midna Mines.

"You too. Lileep!" Lillie sends out the Fossil Pokemon, she had the fossil and with Celebi's Tesseract, it gets revived and becomes her Pokemon.

The five of them each deals a Pokemon, and they win the battle easily thanks to Arceus' help to boost all their stats powers. Scraggy also evolves into Scrafty after this battle.

Delta Scrafty: The Bush Pokemon: Grass Type. Evolved from Delta Scraggy at LV:39. The tuft of grass on its head is surprisingly heard; it can be used to break through rocks.

"Hmph, how on earth could you lose?" The one that gives out orders says, "You five have the best Pokemon we have to offer! Why do I always need to clean up after your mistakes? I'll deal with them myself in a second. For now..."

She turns to the Riolu. "I am after this Pokemon!"

"Krrr..." They hear a rumble and a Lucario breaks through the cave and lands in front of the Riolu.

"Mama..." Riolu says in delight.

"Aww...how sweet...but your mother won't rescue you!" She turns to the grunts, "Now quick, grunts! You've heard the rumors about this Lucario! You know why we're here! We need to catch it quickly, before it-"

Lucario starts to glow white and it mega evolves. "Oh no..."

Everyone in Ash's group are amazed at the sight of the evolution. The commander says, "How...that's impossible! That shouldn't be able to happen! Quick, let's get out of here! We can't handle a Mega Lucario!"

Then the cultists just run off, leaving only the five of them inside the cave. Lucario then poses his battle stance and says, "Are you with them? I will not let you take my son away!"

He tries to blast an Aura Sphere, the five of them barely dodges. Nora says, "What power..."

"Now she thinks that we are associated with the Abyssal Cult!" Emily says. "What should we do?"

Then the Lucario tries to attack them one more time, the sphere is charging towards Lillie.

"No! Lillie!" Ash jumps in front of her and reaches out his arms.

"Ash!" Lillie gasps, but a miracle happens as Ash absorbs the attack into the body.

"What just happened..." Ash looks at his hands, who are now glowing blue. Lucario sees this and says, "That glow...it can't be...are you an Aura Guardian?"

"What is an Aura Guardian?" Gladion asks.

"An Aura Guardian can sense the auras and even control them..." Ash says. "And our ancestor, Sir Aaron from the Rota Kingdom is the strongest Aura Guardian in the history."

Lucario gasps as she hears the name, Nora says, "Wait, I have read a lot of books about Sir Aaron, but he is our ancestor? No way..."

"It is true." Ash says. "That is a long story, but he has a partner Lucario as well, and he was trapped in the staff until I freed him. But he follows Sir Aaron to be the sacrifice of the Tree of Beginning..."

Everyone notices the frown on Ash's face, and then Mew pops out of Lillie's Pokeball. Lucario notices the New Species Pokemon and she quickly bows. "Lady Mew..."

"Lucario, they are not bad people like them. They are the chosens of us Legendaries, in other words, they are the Timeless."

"The Timeless?" Lucario bows and says, "Forgive me about my mistake."

"Don't be, I know you just want to protect your son." Ash says.

"But why is Abyssal Cult trying to capture Lucario? I thought they were like Team Aqua from Hoenn. They were trying to capture the Legendary Pokemon Kyogre."

"Are you for real? Team Aqua? That is just great."

"Judging by the words, I assume that you know Team Aqua?" Emily asks.

"Yes. When I was traveling in Hoenn, I had also encounter them a lot of times, and I even saw them summon Kyogre." Ash says. "But they were stopped."

"Wait, they were stopped?" Nora asks.

"Yes. We destroyed the Blue Orb." Ash says.

Lucario says, "You...I can sense your aura is powerful..." Ash is confused. Lucario turns to Riolu. "Why don't you take care of my son?"

"Me?" Ash points to himself. Riolu nods and goes towards Ash. "Your aura is similar to his, I think you can have a great aura partner."

"If that's the case...welcome to the team, Riolu." Ash says as Riolu is being caught. After releasing him, Arceus appears out of the Pokeball, much to the other's confusion.

"You have reached the next step of the prophecy, Ash. Therefore I am going to give this Riolu a new strength."

This causes Lucario to nod, then Riolu starts to glow and looks really Egyptian.

Delta Riolu: The Embalming Pokemon: Dark Type. It practices sanitizing and preserving the bodies of the deceased, showing them one final form of respect.

"Thank you for giving my son a blessing." Lucaro says.

"No problem." Arceus says. Then Lucario leaves them alone.

Nora then says, "So that is a Mega Evolution... I have heard of it before. I don't fully understand it, but it seems to be a form where Pokemon becomes even more powerful than before. But I remember reading that it requires a close bond between trainers and Pokemon. I wonder how that Lucario was able to do it, then?"

Ash says, "I have met a lot of the Mega Pokemon that doesn't need trainers in fact." This causes them to look at him. Ash says, "Well, Mewtwo, Diancie, Latios, Latias and Rayquaza."

"They were all Legendaries, and they can mega evolve?" Emily says in amazement. "Well, the world sure is mysterious."


Unknown to them, Lucario walks back to the cave and she bows in front of a person, the person asks, "How is he doing?"

"I have trusted him with my son, mistress. But do you think it is a good idea to have him handle it?" Lucario asks the person, which turns out to be Cynthia, the Sinnoh Champion.

"I know Ash longer than you do, Lucario. And I know how he cares for his Pokemon." Cynthia says with a smile. Just then, Alain and Aria come to her and Cynthia asks, "And what are you two doing here? Didn't I tell you to stay at the Crystal Caves?"

Aria says, "We are sorry, mother. We heard the news that there is a Mega Lucario in this place, and Alain here wants to search it for Professor Sycamore's research."

"But it turns out that it doesn't exist...and you just hid in the shadows to perform the Mega Evolution..." Alain says with a little frown.

"I guess it can't be helped. But remember, we have to help Ash as much as we can, even though you aren't a member of the timeless, Aria..." Cynthia says.

"Don't remind me about that. It doesn't matter if I am or not, he is my cousin and I want to help him out." Aria says.

Cynthia nods and says, "Then we should go back to the Crystal Caves, your father is going to be worried." As they are leaving, Cynthia is still worried about her sister Delia, as they have no idea where she went along with her husband Adam.


Here is a new chapter, and this time Ash captures a new Delta Pokemon, a Delta Riolu. I hope you enjoy this chapter and they will go to the Suntouched City in the next chapter.