A/N- Well, I'm back! This chapter starts out with the continuation of chapter four, with Ash and Red.
"speech" 'thought' 'telepathy'
That being said, please enjoy and review!
Chapter Six
"Hey you!"
Ash threw out Gallade, Lucario, and Glalie as Red and his Pokemon started in surprise.
"Glalie. Freeze 'em and you two cover the Espeon!"
Red scrambled for his poke balls while Espeon jumped up, but the sun Pokemon was shoved back down and knocked out with a nightslash from Gallade.
"Glalie!" Glalie shot a thin beam of ice at Red that froze him up to his neck.
"!" Red grunted as he felt his body go cold with the ice. He fumbled, and he dropped his poke balls when the ice encased his hands. As the ice worked it's way up to Red's chest, Ash recalled his Pokemon and slowly walked over to him from the shadows.
Red stared in shock "You?! Ho-" He quickly shut his mouth, remembering his usual method of silence.
Ash said nothing also, and made his way over to the man encased in ice, before asking barely above a whisper, "Why?"
Red gave him a look that said, not a chance, then wriggled in the ice, unable to move away from the man he kidnapped.
Ash sat down on a box in front of Red.
"Don't play dumb with me." Ash said quietly "You know exactly what I want. I want to know why you kidnapped me during the best moment of my life. Why you took me away from everyone, and everything that I love. Why you gave me to the worst scum on the planet!"
Red snorted, and turned his head as best he could. He decided a few words couldn't hurt "Let me go. Don't want me angry."
"Angry?!" Ash screamed, aura flaring about him "No! You don't want to see me angry!"
He threw a ball of aura into one of the computer screens, shattering it into a million pieces.
"Now tell me why!" Ash raged.
Red huffed, and shook his head.
Ash ran up to him and pulled his head back with his hair "Tell me, NOW!"
Once again, Red shook his head, infuriating Ash.
He threw a wild right hook into Red's jaw followed by a knee to the chin, enough to cause searing pain, but not enough to break anything.
Red spit out blood before looking up at Ash with a crazy grin.
"Now you've done it."
Red seemed to glow red for a second before the ice encasing him shattered, and Red jumped up with a roar.
Ash launched an aura sphere at him, only for Red to launch a red aura sphere back at it, tearing Ash's apart, causing him to duck out of the way.
"What the?" Ash was astonished. He had never met another human who could use aura besides Riley, and he was an aura guardian, with blue, not red, aura. "How do you know how to use aura?" Ash stammered out.
"Wouldn't you like to know." Red teased, insanity creeping into his voice "Now play nicely like a good little boy." Red then fired a series of red aura spheres, aiming to kill.
Ash managed to throw an aura shield up just in time before the red balls of aura hit, almost destroying his shield, but not stopping them from pounding the shield into Ash's body. He grunted in pain, then dissipated his shield with a flick of his wrist. He charged at Red with an aura imbued fist with a yell of anger. Red responded, and held his glowing arms in a protective X position in front of his chest, letting Ash smash into it. Ash stumbled back, holding his hand, as Red stood there, not even seeming bothered by the powerful attack. Ash yelled again, and this time, brought his hands up, forming a blue rapier made of aura. Red watched, and smiled as he created his own aura sword, but in the form of a long sword in place of a rapier. Ash charged Red and swung an overhead swipe aimed at Red's head. Red parried, and knocked him aside with a small aura sphere. Ash flew across the room, hitting the wall.
He groaned in pain, and mumbled in rage before getting up and deciding to go with a different approach. Thinking fast, Ash dissipated his sword, and dropped two objects on the floor before he started to run.
"So how are you so powerful anyway?" Ash yelled as he ran over to some stairs leading to small loft where electronic equipment was stored, attempting to distract the bloodthirsty man.
"Red aura has always been stronger than blue aura." Red stopped walking next to the Ash hole in the wall "It's just been mastered by a very small amount of people. Did your master teach you nothing?"
"I didn't have a master." Ash crouched behind some boxes "My Riolu taught me all I know."
"Riolu?" Red laughed "That explains why you're so weak!" He shot another sphere, hitting a crate near Ash. "If you had a proper master, you would be stronger, and be able to fight with red aura properly. I haven't even mastered it yet." He gave a little bow "If I had, at least I wouldn't have to waste my time with you." He mumbled before launched another, hitting just beside Ash. "I'm done messing around now."
'Now guys, attack!'Ash ordered through his aura.
"What are you talki-?" Red was cut off as two lights flashed and two Pokemon materialized next to him.
Lucario and Gallade immediately sprang into action, Lucario wielding an aura bone rush, and Gallade using his sword like arms to attack Red. As Red battled with Ash's Pokemon, Ash himself quickly readied for the battle. He manifested two swords, one in each hand, before springing into battle beside his partners.
Red spun around, countering, slashing, and jabbing like a whirlwind, fighting for his life against his three assailants.
"Gahhhhh!" Red yelled as Ash slashed his upper arm. He roared in anger before pumping aura into his hands, and shooting a quick aura sphere that exploded, screening the room with a hazy smoke.
Ash and his Pokemon stumbled before falling down, coughing from the smoke. Ash and Lucario closed their eyes, sensing for Red without the use of their sight.
'Something is wrong master.' Lucario told Ash 'I sense nothing. He just… vanished.'
"I agree Lucario." Ash stood up and picked up Gallade and Lucario's poke balls "He's gone. And it makes no sense. How could he have disappeared like that?"
'It must have been the Espeon, master.' Gallade reasoned 'It is highly likely that the Pokemon regained consciousness, and teleported the man away while we were distracted by the smoke.'
"Must've been." Ash agreed "I can't think of another way he could've gotten away so quickly, without a trace." The young Team Rocket agent held up the poke balls "Oh well. Thanks for your help guys."
'It was nothing, master.' Gallade and Lucario bowed as they were sucked into their respective balls.
"Uuhhh." Ash stretched his back before limping his way out of the computer room. "They're gonna kill me for this."
"What were you thinking!" Domino ranted as she bandaged Ash's arm "You could've gotten yourself killed! How could you leave me out there by myself, while you went in to fight alone! You idiot!"
Ash had been "escorted" from the base by a livid Domino, who had insisted on treating him herself. They set up a temporary camp along the way when it became clear that Ash needed immediate medical attention
"Ow," Ash grunted as Domino applied the bandages a little harder than necessary "I don't know why you're so mad. It's not like either of us were alone. You had Pikachu and your Pokemon, and I had mine. How was I supposed to know that the guy would be a psychopath with aura abilities much more powerful than mine? Anyway, it turned out alright, didn't it? I'm fine after all."
"This is kinda funny." Meowth whispered to Pikachu "Who do you think did more damage, her or the crazy guy?"
"Pi!"
"Haha! I think so too."
"That's no excuse!" Domino stopped another part of Ash's arm from bleeding "I wish he had hurt you more! You deserve it you numb skull!"
"Wow, thanks Dom," Ash pouted "that really makes me feel better."
"Good!" She fumed, before sighing "I just want you to be safe, is all Ash. It's hard when you go off and pull the crazy stunts you do."
Ash ran a hand through his hair "I know Dom. I can't help the way I am. You know that I'm… changed.
You know why I'm so reckless."
"I know why," Domino put her hands on Ash's knees and looked him in the eyes "But I need you to stop. It's been five years Ash, you've got to move on. You have new friends now, and you have me now. And I don't know what I would do without you. So you need to stop with the recklessness. Please, for me."
Ash returned her look and gave a sigh before standing up "I'll try Dom."
He gave a mournful look before stumbling over to the woods, desperately wanting some time alone with his thoughts.
Domino watched him walk away before burying her head in her hands.
"Uhhhhhh. Why is he so stubborn Pikachu?"
Pikachu rubbed his head against her leg "Pika pi chu."
"I know that Pikachu." Domino patted his head "I was just hoping that, that he might open up to me. He really does mean a lot to me. I have… some kind of feelings for him."
"It's okay lady boss," Meowth told her "the boss really likes you too. Just give him time."
"I don't know Meowth." Domino told the scratch cat, while heading to her own tent "I just don't know anymore."
Ash walked along the trees, in deep thought over his past, and mostly, his present situation.
His past was still an extremely sore subject with Ash, one that still gave him the occasional nightmare.
Wrestling with these thoughts, Ash called out his longtime confidants, Gallade and Lucario.
They materialized out of the red poke ball beam, and were confronted with a familiar picture: Ash, alone in the woods, appearing distressed.
'Master,' Lucario said 'I sense that you are in dire need of comforting. While I am not fully capable of understanding the complexity of human emotions, I think that I am well versed enough to provide an excellent shiatsu style back rub and scalp massage that should ease your internal suffering. I will require the pelts of three Bidoof, the extract of a Tauros horn, and a Torchic beak. If you would just lie down on that fallen log over there and remove your shirt and jacket, I think that I can help your-'
Lucario was interrupted, however, by a leaf blade to the face courtesy of Gallade.
'I am sorry master,' Gallade bowed 'I know that my partner's bad jokes must cause you additional pain. They certainly always cause me pain.'
"Don't worry about it Gallade." Ash helped Lucario up "I know that this is just his way of trying to cheer me up."
'I know master,' Gallade said 'that what you need now most, is someone who will listen to you.'
"Thank you Gallade," Ash sat down on the fallen log "and you too Lucario. I know that you both just want to help, but I really just need to be alone for now. I need some time to think about what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna think about how we're going to escape from Team Rocket."
Both Gallade and Lucario jumped in surprise.
'Escape!?' They psychically yelled together.
'How can we escape without our friends being hurt?' Lucario asked Ash 'Team Rocket still has them locked up in the main HQ.'
"That's what I'm trying to figure out guys." Ash sighed "I don't really know how we're going to be able to do it without anyone getting hurt."
'It is okay master,' Lucario comforted Ash 'we know that you will come up with a plan good enough to get everyone back safely. We do not like Team Rocket anymore than you do.'
"I'll try you guys." Ash stood up and pulled out their poke balls "But I really do want to be alone right now. Thanks for trying though."
Lucario and Gallade bowed in sync before the poke ball beam sucked them into their respective balls.
"Man," Ash rubbed his face "this is a real mess."
Ash laid back and looked up at the stars.
"I just hope that May's okay."
Meanwhile, a few miles from the destroyed Galactic base...
"Uhh." Red groaned as he stirred from his unconsciousness. "What happened?"
'I teleported you here.' Espeon rubbed her head against his cheek 'You know that you aren't supposed to use your aura ever again. You know very well that it could hurt you, and others around you. Luckily, I woke up in time to get us out of there before you killed Ash's team or was killed by them. You need to fight the aura, not give into it.'
"I know Vee." Red sat up, clearly in pain and exhausted "I don't know what did it. I think seeing Ash, and the guilt and anger, the latter made worse by him hitting me, was just too much to handle. I don't know what I'm going to do. I might just have to end it all once I take down Team Rocket. After all, no aura guardian would willingly supply half his aura to a red aura user. They hate us too much."
'There's no room for such talk,' Espeon informed her master 'I won't have another dying on us. Not after Blast died. We'll get through this.'
"I hope so Vee" Red sighed.
A/N- Well, sorry it's short, but I'm having a little writer's block as I said earlier. To keep this short, I don't know when the next update will be because, unfortunately, school starts tomorrow. However, there will be one once or twice a month.
See y'all later
DarkLucario98