Chapter 8: Suntouched Gym

In the Pokemon Center, Ash and Nora are ready to take part of the first gym, but just as they are about to leave, they see a green haired person with a cap standing in front of the counter where Nurse Joy was at. Ash immediately recognizes the man and he asks, "N?"

The said person hears the voice and he gasps in surprise, "It can't be..." He turns around and says, "Ash? Is that you?"

"Wow, it really is you, N." The two of them shake hands, then Ash introduces the group to him.

"By the way, N, what are you doing here?" Ash asks the green haired boy.

"Well, before I answer that, do you know about the Timeless?" N says.

"Timeless? What is that?" Gladion asks.

"I heard of it, it is said that Timeless is a secret group where members are the chosens from the Legendary." Emily says.

"Yes. In fact, you guys are also members since you all are chosen by the Legendaries. Especially you, Ash. Your family are all members."

Ash is surprised, then Nora asks, "Wait, you know our parents?"

N says, "Yes. Adam and Delia are one of the strongest members in the Timeless, but they are missing and we are searching for them all over the world."

"I see..." Ash frowns.

"And by the way, Ash." N says. "You do know that you have been declared dead in the other 7 regions?"

Ash nods and says, "Lillie told me about it, and I would have been if it wasn't for Lillie and Gladion to save me. I was kidnapped by the Cult of Darkrai, my mother also, but I didn't find her anywhere in the base."

"I know." N says. "In fact, we, the Timeless and the International Police decide to keep the fact that you are still alive a secret. Since you are the Chosen of Arceus, the Insurgence Pokemon, we have to keep you as safe as possible."

Ash nods, then he asks, "So does that mean all the members know what Professor Oak and my so called friends were doing?"

N says, "Well, there are some of them that becomes the members of the Timeless because they want your forgiveness..."

"Who are they?" Ash suddenly turns cold, much to everyone's surprise.

"Well, there is Dawn, and then Serena and Bonnie..." N sweat drops.

"Did you say Serena?" Ash's anger is start to get out of control, but Lillie squeezes his arm and says, "Ash, please calm down."

Ash looks into Lillie's eyes and softens his gaze. "I am sorry for making you worried, Lillie." He turns to N, "Which Legendary choose that heartless...bitch..."

"Um...Diancie?" N says with a little fear in his voice.

Nora asks, "Who is Serena? And why is brother really angry?"

Arceus comes out in her human form and says, "I should explain about this. You see, Serena is Ash's crush." Everyone widens his eyes and Lillie starts to frown that Ash likes someone else.

"When traveling in Kalos, the two of them are inseparable, and she even gives him a kiss before their departure..." Arceus frowns. "But then in the betrayal, she also betrays Ash, which breaks his heart. According to her, the kiss is a break up kiss and Serena thinks him a failure that holds her back."

Everyone is shocked and then Ash bursts out into tears. Lillie sees it and thinks, "Poor Ash...it must be hard for him to suffer...I promise I will repair the love of yours." Lillie then hugs Ash and also cries, much to their surprise.

"Lillie?" "I am sorry, Ash. I can't believe that you have to suffer that..."

Ash is surprised that Lillie really cares for him. He starts to think that maybe Arceus is right, Serena is not his love, but Lillie is. Ash says, "It is fine, Lillie. It is in the past."

N says, "Ash, so what are you going to do with them?"

Ash says, "If you go back, tell them that I forgive Dawn and Bonnie, but not for Serena. I don't care if she is chosen or not, she broke my heart and there is no way to repair it."

N nods and sighs, "Okay, I will tell them about it."

Gladion says, "But N, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, you see, I am going to retire from the Timeless since the Legendary that chose me is going to have another new partner." N says.

"What? Really?" Ash asks in surprise once he and Lillie break from the hug.

"Yeah, and because of it, I am asked to train him until the time comes. And the gym leader is the one that was chosen."

"Cool. I am going to partake the gym as well." Ash says. "Why don't we go together?"

"Sure." N says as they walk towards the gym.


When they get inside the gym, they see a lot of sunlight and the flowers. Nora says, "I have heard that Orion's gym is themed around the light of the sun, but wow..."

"You're right, it really looks warm and nice." Lillie says.

Then they pass through the flowers, they see the orange haired boy talking to a rock.

"Hey, N!" Orion sees them and waves his hand.

N says, "Hello, Orion. How is your friend?"

"Great. We are getting along quite well. So who are they behind you?"

"Oh, this is Ash Ketchum and Nora Ketchum, then Lillie Aether and Gladion Aether. And this is Emily Eve. Ash and Nora are going to challenge you for the badge." N says.

"Challengers, huh?" Orion says. "Well I should introduce myself. I am Orion. I'm the leader of the Suntouched City Gym. I am pretty good with the Fire- Types, and all my Pokemon work together under the light of the sun! That was the hint by the way."

"A hint you say?" Nora says. "I'll keep that in mind. Brother, why don't you go first?"

"Sure." Ash says as he and Orion go towards the battlefield. Lillie asks, "So what is that Rock by the way?"

"Oh, this rock, everyone mocks me for being a friend with this rock, but it's alive! I just know it." Orion says.

N says, "We know, Orion. I gave you that rock, and they already know. So can you just start the battle?"

"Oops, sorry, N." Orion says as the Referee yells, "The Match between the Gym Leader Orion and the challenger Ash Ketchum is about to begin. Each trainer will be using 4 Pokemon, while the Challenger can switch his Pokemon. Now let the battle begin."

"You won't stand a chance with this, go! Vulpix!" As the fox Pokemon comes out, the sun starts to turn harsh.

"What? It is so bright..." Emily says.

"The ability is Drought I see..." Lillie says.

"Muk, here is our first battle." As the Pokemon appears, Orion says, "A Delta Pokemon? You experimented your Pokemon?"

Ash groans and says, "Why does everyone thinks that I am like a cultist or what? No, I didn't I was blessed this Pokemon by a friend of mine."

"Okay...then Vulpix, Flamethrower!" Orion yells.

"Minimize the damage!" Ash yells as the Pokemon then shrinks into the ground. "What, where did it go?" Orion asks in surprise.

"Now, Bulldoze!" As the Pokemon appears behind him, Orion says, "No you won't! Hypnosis!"

Ash widens his eyes as Muk falls asleep before he can use any attack.

"Return!" Ash says as he returns his Muk. "Go, Axew!" As the Pokemon appears, Orion says, "A Delta Axew won't stop me, Hypnosis again!"

"Quick, Water Pulse on the air!" Ash says, much to Orion's confusion. But gasp as the water attack goes straight down to the Pokemon and now he is fully awake.

"No way..." Orion says.

"Did he just use the Water to neutralize the damage?" Lillie asks.

"That is really awesome." Emily says.

"Energy Ball!" Orion yells as the Grass attack comes to Axew.

"Block it and then use Aqua Jet!" Ash yells as the Pokemon starts to charge, it spins around to dodge the attack, and then it hits the Pokemon, causing it to faint.

"Vulpix is unable to battle!" The referee says.

"That is one down..." Ash says while wiping his sweat.

"Here goes nothing, Larvesta!" As the Pokemon appears, he says, "Use Bug Buzz!" As the Bug Pokemon splits out the sound, Axew is forced to cover its ears.

"Hang in there, Axew!" Ash yells.

"Now it is our chance! Giga Drain!" Orion yells as Axew's last energy is sucked.

"Axew is unable to battle!"

"Now that is a draw..." Gladion says.

"Ash! You can do it!" Lillie yells.

"Return, Axew." Ash says, then he turns to his buddy. "Do you want to battle?"

Pikachu nods and jumps into the field. "A flying Type, huh?" Orion says. "Then use Hidden Power!"

N says, "Larvesta's Hidden Power is Ice, which will become super effective."

"Oh no..." Nora says.

"Dodge it and then take Larvesta to a fly!" Orion gasps as Pikachu not only dodges the attack, he also carries the bug into the skies.

"Shake it off, Larvesta! Bug Buzz!"

"Now drop it to the ground with the Sky Drop!" Ash yells, then Pikachu drops before the bug starts to yell, and Larvesta crashes into the ground badly and it faints.

"Larvesta is unable to battle!"

"I underestimated you, Ash." Orion says, "But time for my Ivysaur!"

As the Pokemon comes out, the match continues and Orion says, "Give him a super effective Sludge Bomb!"

"Dodge it, Pikachu, then use Air Slash!" Ash yells.

As the Air Slash hits the Pokemon, Emily says, "It is super effective."

"Not so fast, Synthesis!" Then the Pokemon is healed up, much to Ash's surprise. "Then use Sleep Powder."

"Again with the sleep?" Ash groans as Pikachu now drops into the group falling asleep. Orion says, "Now finish it off with the Solar Beam!"

With the sun still shines, the attack becomes more powerful and it defeats Pikachu.

"Pikachu is unable to battle!"

Lillie says, "Poor Pikachu..."

"Even though Orion is a new Gym Leader, his skills is not to be underestimated..." N says.

"Eevee, take care of Pikachu, will you?" Eevee nods, then Ash sends out the Muk again.

"You do know that Ivysaur is a Grass Type, why sending out a Ground Type?" Orion asks.

"Type advantages aren't everything." Ash says.

"Well, then. Solar Beam again!" Orion yells.

"Dodge it with Dig!" Ash yells, then Muk goes into underground and then gives him a sneak attack.

Don't worry, Synthesis!" Orion yells as Ivysaur is recovered. Then Ash in now panicking.

"If I attacked him, it will use Synthesis to recover...what should I do..." Ash thinks. But then Muk coughs out something, and then a dead body of a Magby appears in his mouth.

"What are you doing? Muk?" Ash asks in confusion, but the ones in the stands are not feeling well.

"Isn't that the Magby he ate for breakfast?" Lillie asks.

"Is he going to spit it out? Yuck..." Emily says.

"Wait..." Nora says. "Muk's ability..."

Then when Muk fires an Earthquake, the ground starts to have fire and it burns the Ivysaur.

"What happened?" Orion gasps in shock.

"Of course...the ability is Regurgitation! After the attack, since he has a Magby in his mouth, so he can give an additional Fire Type Attack!" Nora says in excitement.

"Awesome..." Ash says. "Now, use Flamethrower!" Then the attack hits the Pokemon, and then Ivysaur gets a lot of damage.

"Hang in there, Ivysaur! Solar Beam!" Orion yells.

"Flamethrower again!" Ash yells. The two attacks collide, until it creates an explosion. Once the dust are gone, both Pokemon are unable to battle.

"Wow, now they both have one Pokemon each!" Emily says.

"Yeah..." Gladion says.

"My final Pokemon, Fletchinder! Come on out!"

"Lycanroc! I choose you!" As the Pokemon appears, N says, "What is that Lycanroc? I have never seen it before..."

"That is a Dusk Form Lycanroc, it only appears within the Green Flash." Lillie says.

"Lycanroc, Accelrock!" The Wolf Pokemon charges and then hits the Pokemon.

"Roost! Then use Acrobatics!" Orion yells as the Pokemon heals himself and then starts to give out constant attacks.

"Damn it..." Ash says, "Then Stone Edge!" Lycanroc fires some stones and it hits Fletchinder, causing him to fall and Orion's shock.

Ash then activates his Z Ring and yells, "Continental Crash!"

Emily and Nora are confused. Emily asks, "What is he doing?"

"That is a Z move..." Lillie says while she sweat drops. All they can see is a giant boulder that can block the sun. Orion says, "What the..."

Then the giant boulder crashes into Fletchinder, causing him to faint.

"Fletchinder is unable to battle, Lycanroc is the winner, which means Ash Ketchum is the winner!" The referee says.

"I win!" Ash cheers with his Lycanroc. Nora says, 'Wow...Z moves sure is awesome..."

"I know." Gladion says.

Orion recalls his Pokemon and says, "I lost...but what a great battle that was..." He walks towards Ash and says, "Well, that wasn't bad at all! What a great battle!"

"Thanks." Ash says as Orion takes out a badge from the referee's hands. "Here you are! Congratulations! This is the Thermal Badge, you earned it."

After Ash takes the badge away, Orion says, "So Nora, you are next, right?"

"Sure." Nora says, but before they can start the battle, a blonde hair woman with the same age as Professor Sylvan rushes into the room. "Orion!"

"Harmony? What are you doing here? I am in the middle of my work shift...I am accepting challenges right now."

"Orion, we need to get out of here! I saw Cultists entering the city, and they were talking about you! I don't know what they're planning but we need to get out while we still can!" Harmony says in a worried tone.

The others gasp and Emily says, "Cultists? Now?"

Nora mutters, "Great, and I was going to have a great battle..."

"Are you serious?" Orion asks. "You're right. Can you help me carry this?" He turns to the others. "My friend is pretty heavy."

"Are you serious? We don't have time for this again!" Harmony looks like she is about to explode. "There are cultists coming, to attack you-or worse! That thing is just a rock! It's not real! Ditch the imaginary friend and let's get out of here! For crying out loud, this is why they shouldn't let kids be Gym Leaders!"

"It is too late." Ash and the others see a blue haired man with two Scientists in front of the entrance, and behind them is Kyruem.

"Kyruem?" N whispers to the name, but he didn't sense any controlled emotions from Kyruem

"Ahh...my apologies for the loud landing." The man says. "Legendary Pokemon are hard to control, you know."

"You controlled...Kyruem?" Lillie gasps.

"Oh, so you do know this beautiful creature's name is Kyruem. It is a very powerful Pokemon- its breath is said to be so cold it can freeze flames and electricity solid. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Taen Drandon. I work for the cult known as Perfection. We are not quite as...aggressive as the rest of the cults- we kind of do our own thing. But that doesn't mean you should take us lightly. We still have our goals and we'll stop at nothing to achieve them. Which brings us to why we're here."

"No way, I'm going to protect the stone. You're not going to take my friend away!" Orion yells as he steps in front of the rock.

"You? Are friends with a Rock?" Taen begins to laugh. "Do you talk to it, too? Are you BFF? That is soooo cute!"

"Listen, Taen, is it?" Nora yells, "You're not acting friendly here. Tell us what you want and leave!"

"Tell you what we want? Well, you know what? We want the kid's rock!" Taen then steps in front of Orion.

"No way! I'd die first!" Orion yells.

"It's been fun messing with you, kid, but now it's time for the adults to talk. Get out of the way." Taen says.

"Seriously? He is only the same age as us..." Ash whispers to Lillie, who nods back.

"Not a chance, leave us alone!" Orion yells. But then he is slapped to the ground.

"Insolent child!" Taen says.

"Did you just slap him? What's wrong with you? That's absolutely dis-"

N says, "Awake now!"

They see the rock starts to glow. "What is that?" Harmony asks.

"That, my dear girl, is the reason we wanted the rock. Just because I mocked him doesn't mean I don't know what it truly is.

Then the stone becomes to take a form of a dragon, and the dragon roars in front of them.

"Reshiram..." Taen says. "The being of truth. Many years ago, this Dragon, Kyruem and Zekrom used to all pieces of the same Pokemon. However, fighting and war eventually split the tree apart. Reshiram was sealed in the rock known as the White Stone, which seems to have had fallen to the kid's care.

"That is because I let him." N says. Taen sees the said person and says, "Oh my, I didn't recognize you, N."

"You know him?" Ash asks.

"I do, he is the Chosen of Kyruem. He was a member of the Timeless until he betrayed us, he joined the Perfection Cult." N says.

"And it is the best choice I could have at that time. Is this a way to treat an old friend?" Taen asks mockingly.

Nora says, "How could someone like you be chosen by a Legendary?"

N says, "I have no idea, but we will stop him once and for all." Then he and Reshiram flies outside the gym. "After them, Kyruem." Taen yells as they follow the two beings.

"Orion... I am sorry. I didn't believe you, but you were completely right. And now your friend is battling Kyruem..." Harmony says.

"It is fine, by the way, let me introduce you to my new friends." After Ash and his friends introduce themselves, Harmony says, "My name is Harmony. I am the Gym Leader of Sonata City."

"You are a Gym Leader as well?" Emily asks.

"Yeah, I specialize in Normal and Fairy types. I am sorry for interrupting your gym challenge, but can you please keep what happened today a secret? We could be in danger if this news gets out."

"Oh trust me, my brother, my friends and I have a few of our own secrets to keep." Nora says.

"I believe you. You should stop by Sonata City sometime, you can challeng-"

Then N flies back with Reshiram. Ash asks, "N, where is Taen?"

"He retreated after a Blue Flare." N says. "Orion, I trust you to take care of him, right?"

"Of course." Orion says.

"Orion, be careful, none of the challengers coming into the gym can see Reshiram: You'll never know who might spill the beans to the freaky blue-haired guy."

"I'll be careful, Harmony, I swear. Thanks for stopping by to help out."

"No problem, I need to get going." Harmony says as she bids farewell and leaves.

After Nora also gets the badge, Ash asks, "So N, are you sure you are going to let Orion keep Reshiram?"

"I am sure, since I am going to retire and there are no other choices." N says, "But what I want to know is what happened to Taen..."

"You said that Taen was a part of Timeless? But he betrayed us?" Lillie asks. "Why?"

"I don't know. He isn't the Taen I used to know..." N frowns. "I need to report this back to the Timeless, so I'll see you soon." Then they bid farewell and see N go.


Well, here is the first gym, and the last part I have made some changes. And I think you notice that Taen's last name is Drandon, and Drandon is one of Ash's Elite 4 member in the other fics, what does it mean? Find out in the later chapters.