Ash's Pokemon Journey

Summary: This story is about how I think that ash's journey should have gone through, Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova. Smart, a psychic and an Aura user. I do not own pokemon.

Note: I am not doing the Kalos Region. So fairy pokemon and Mega Evolutions don't exist.

Chapter 106

Ash's Aura training

After leaving Pallet Town again, Ash and Pikachu were making their way to Rota. This time they were not going there just to visit it like last time. There were going there so that Ash could train his aura powers. Ash had no idea of what he was going to do to train his aura, but he did know that the training would be really serious. "Pikachu you and will have to be prepared for ourselves once we get there," Ash said to his starter "I mean I don't know how aura guardians trained their aura, but something tells me that the training is really hard. So we are going to have a rough time while we are in Rota". Pikachu understood and he hoped that Ash would be alright during this.

Soon they reached the town of Rota and they made their way into the pokemon center. Once they entered the pokemon center a young woman came up to Ash. "Excuse me," she said "are you Ash Ketchum?" "Yes I am" answered Ash. "Oh thank goodness," said the woman "my name is Annie and I work at the palace. I had been given instructions to bring you to the palace as soon as you arrived here". "So we're going to Cameran Palace?" asked Ash. "Yes and her majesty is waiting for you" said Annie. Ash and Pikachu couldn't believe it; they were going to Cameran Palace and see Queen Ilene again. "It's been a while since we last visited the palace" said Ash. Pikachu agreed.

So Ash and Pikachu went with Annie to the palace. Once they got there and entered the throne room they were greeted by Queen Ilene and Jenny. "It's nice to see you again Ash" said Queen Ilene. "I thank you for inviting me here your majesty" said Ash, bowing to the queen. "Ah so you are Ash" said a voice.

There was a man in the throne room with a Lucario by his side. He had black hair and blue eyes and he wore brown trousers, a black jumper a blue jacket and hat and black shoes. He also nearly looked like a reincarnation of Sir Aaron. "Are you Riley?" asked Ash. "Yes I am," said Riley "I had heard about you Ash, and Prof Oak was right about you having the power of Aura. I can feel it from you". Ash stared for a second. "Me too," he said "I feel it from you as well. I was told that aura users can sense and feel other aura users". "That is true Ash," said Riley "and I'm happy to know you know about using aura". "I must ask Riley," said Ash "training my aura won't stop me from being a pokemon trainer will it?" "Normally it takes years for someone to master their aura," said Riley "but your aura has already developed. So this training may not take a long as a year or so". Ash felt quite relieved because he didn't want to put off his journeys for a long time. Riley explained to Ash that they were going to stay at Cameron Palace to train Ash's aura. Ash and Pikachu were amazed they were going to stay in the palace; it would be living like royalty to them. Jenny told the men that she had two bedrooms ready for them, but she also warned them not to mess up the rooms and no battling either. Ash and Riley promised to be good while they stayed in the palace.

That evening Ash and Riley had dinner with Queen Ilene. The training was going to start tomorrow. "Ash, Queen Ilene told me that you have psychic powers as well as having the power of aura" said Riley. "That is true" said Ash. He explained about his ancestor Celeste and about how he discovered his psychic power at the Saffron Gym. "It was weird to me though when I first used my psychic and aura power because I never knew I had these powers until then" said Ash. "I understand Ash," said Riley "because I too didn't realize I had aura power when I was a little kid either. It was after I had grown up more that I realized my aura power. Sometimes it takes a while for people to unleash the power they had been born with". Through the rest of dinner Ash told Riley and Queen Ilene of how helpful his psychic had been to him like identifying bad people in disguises, stopping bad people from getting away and other things like that. He also told them how his aura power had helped him whenever he was lost. Riley thought that Ash had done very well with using his power.

After dinner was finished everyone went to bed. Ash and Pikachu were happy to be sleeping in a big room; it was living like royalty. "We better get a good night sleep Pikachu," said Ash "I feel we are going through a long day tomorrow".

The next day it was the start of Ash's aura training. Queen Ilene had allowed Riley and Ash to use the castle grounds and the forest to use for their training. Ash wasn't wearing his hat and hoodie. "Okay Ash the first thing we are going to do is meditate," said Riley "meditating will connect you more with your inner aura". So Ash, Riley and Lucario sat crossed leg on the grass to meditate. Pikachu just laid down on the grass to watch. "Concentrate Ash," said Riley "do not let anything, even the slightest noise, distract you". Ash did as he was told; he had meditated before and he knew how important it was to concentrate while meditating. "Good Ash" said Riley.

After the meditating was finished Riley decided to test Ash and his aura. "Okay Ash what you'll be doing now is walking your way through the forest to where there is a rock in the shape of a Pidgey and coming back again," he said "but you will be doing it blindfolded and you have to use your aura to see where you are going". This was to test to see how good Ash was using his aura to see where he was going. Riley placed a blind fold over Ash's eyes, and then he went off into the forest himself. Pikachu stayed behind with Riley and Lucario; he was worried about Ash, but he believed in him.

So Ash started to walk in the forest alone. With the blindfold over his eyes it couldn't see where he was going, so he concentrated to use his aura. "I can do this," said Ash "I know I can because the aura is we me". It was then Ash saw his surroundings, thanks to the aura, and he made his way to the Pidgey shaped rock and made it back to Riley, Lucario and Pikachu. "Phew," sighed Ash "that was quite a challenge, especially since I was blindfolded". "It's for a good cause Ash," said Riley "if you get lost in the dark or in the fog, your aura will lead you the way". Ash understood; after all, his aura had helped him in a cave and a building before. "Now Ash I will be doing more tests with you and something else," said Riley "are you willing to go through them?" "I am," said Ash "I made a promise to an old friend, before he died, that I would train my aura, and I will do it no matter how long it takes and no matter what it takes". Riley liked Ash's determination and promised him that they will be working hard.

So Ash got through his first day of aura training, but he still had more work to go through.

Over the days Ash worked hard on his aura training. After doing meditating with Riley and Lucario, Ash would be doing more practicing with aura. Riley still tested him with having to use aura to see where he was going blindfolded and he even had him use it to see where he was going at night time when it got pitch black outside with no moon to light the way. And when the foggy days came Riley also had Ash use his aura to find his way through the mists and fog. Ash was happy to be practicing this; he knew that this would be very helpful in the future like it had been in the past.

One day Ash and Riley were meditating again. "Today Ash you will begin learning a very difficult thing for aura users" said Riley. "What is it?" asked Ash. Before Riley could reply Pikachu came running up; he had been in the forest. "What's wrong Pikachu?" asked Ash. Pikachu started talking away in panic. "Sorry Riley," said Ash, standing up, "Pikachu said that a pokemon is in danger and I must help it at once. Lead the way Pikachu". Pikachu started to run into the forest and Ash followed him. Riley and Lucario followed too.

They came to a river, which was rampaging dangerously. Pikachu pointed to a small pokemon clinging onto a rock in the middle of the river. It was a black, blue and yellow pokemon and it resembled a lion cub. "That pokemon is a Shinx," said Riley "it must have fallen into the river". The river was too deep and dangerous to get to Shinx. Ash used his psychic power to get Shinx out of the water and to him. Riley and Lucario watched with amazement. "You weren't kidding about your psychic powers being useful Ash" said Riley. Poor Shinx was cold from being in the river and shivered in Ash's arms. "We need to get this little guy warm and fast" said Ash.

So Riley, Ash and their pokemon went back into the palace taking Shinx with them to take care of it. The maids got a warm fire going in one of the rooms and Jenny gave Ash a small warm blanket. Ash sat down by the fire and wrapped Shinx up in the blanket. "There we are now" said Ash, rubbing Shinx gently on the head. "You have a real way with pokemon Ash" said Riley. "I would never leave a pokemon when it's in danger or hurt" said Ash. Riley and Lucario could see how selfless Ash was with pokemon and it made them happy to see that. Ash stayed with Shinx until it was warm and better again. Shinx felt safe and happy being comforted by Ash and it liked it when Ash stroked its head.

When Shinx was better two days later Ash took it outside. "Now that you are better and well you can go home again" Ash said to Shinx. But Shinx shook its head sadly. "What's wrong Shinx?" asked Ash. Shinx told Ash, in its language, that it and two other pokemon lived with an old man who was their carer. But then the old man became seriously ill and died, so Shinx and the two other pokemon had no home anymore. Ash and Pikachu felt sorry for the Shinx. "Wait you said two other pokemon," said Ash "where are the other pokemon?" Shinx tugged at Ash's jeans, telling him to follow. Ash went back to Riley, who was still inside the palace, and told him what Shinx said. "Sorry Riley, I know this is interrupting the training but I must go and see the pokemon at once" said Ash. Riley understood and told Ash he could follow Shinx. So Ash and Pikachu went out with Shinx to find its friends.

Shinx led Ash and Pikachu up the same river they found him in; apparently Shinx and the other two pokemon lived near the river , but Shinx fell in and ended up where Pikachu found him. Ash hoped the other two pokemon were alright since Shinx had left them for two years. The group ran and ran until they came to an abandoned cottage. "Is that where you lived with the old man Shinx?" asked Ash. Shinx nodded yes. Suddenly a blue penguin type pokemon and a green pokemon that looked like a plant bulb came out of the house. They were a Piplup and Budew. "So they are Shinx's friends" whispered Ash. The Piplup and Budew saw Shinx and ran over to him, happy that he was alright. Ash was alright about the two pokemon being worried about Shinx. Just then the two pokemon saw Ash and Pikachu. Shinx told them how Ash saved him from the river and healed him back to health. Piplup and Budew were grateful to Ash and Pikachu; they had been worried about Shinx, and knowing that Ash was nice made them extra happy.

Since the mission of bringing Shinx back to his friends, Ash decided he and Pikachu should head back to the palace now. "Well Shinx I'm glad we found your friends," said Ash "but Pikachu and I have to leave now for the palace now. You three take care of yourselves now and I hope you will find a trainer who will care for you like the old man did". He and Pikachu said their goodbyes to the three pokemon and turned to leave. But then Shinx ran in front of them to make them stop and Piplup and Budew followed. "What's wrong?" asked Ash "do you guys want to stay with me?" Ash thought this was the case because he had been there before, and he was right because the three pokemon did want to stay with him. Ash smiled and held out his arms. "I'm your trainer now" he said. The three pokemon were delighted and they hugged Ash; they wanted to have a new home and trainer ever since the old man died. "How'd you like that Pikachu?" laughed Ash "we haven't started going on a new journey and I've already caught three new pokemon". Pikachu laughed in happiness.

Ash and Pikachu went back to Cameran Palace with Shinx, Piplup and Budew. Ash introduced Piplup and Budew to Riley, Lucario, Queen Ilene and Jenny and told them what happened. "Well I'll be" said Jenny. "You are something Ash" said Queen Ilene. Riley explained to Ash that Shinx, Piplup and Budew were pokemon that you get in the Sinnoh region, and that Piplup was one of the starter pokemon of Sinnoh. "How funny, I've got three new Sinnoh pokemon and yet I haven't set foot in Sinnoh yet" said Ash. The only problem was that Ash didn't bring any of his pokeballs with him; he hadn't expected to be catching any new pokemon while he was training his aura. But Queen Ilene had plenty of empty pokeballs that weren't being used so she let Ash have them. Ash also didn't bring his pokedex either so he couldn't scan his new pokemon, so he decided to wait till he was home again.

Since Ash had stopped doing training today to help Shinx and capture the three pokemon altogether, Riley let Ash have the rest of the day off. All through that day Ash told Riley about his pokemon journeys through Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Kanto again for the battle frontier, until at last it was time for bed. But tomorrow they had to catch up with the training.

Next day Ash was back at training. Ash had told Shinx, Piplup and Budew about his aura training so they were spending the day with Pikachu in the forest so not to bother Ash and Riley. "Okay Ash, now it is time you learn the difficult thing for aura users" said Riley. He explained that aura users can use their aura as an attack weapon and as a shield. Ash was surprised; he had never heard that before. Riley demonstrated the attack by summoning aura and throwing it at a rock. Lucario did the same thing and Riley explained the attack was called aura sphere. Then Riley demonstrated the aura shield while Lucario tried to attack Riley with metal claw; it was just a demonstration and not a real thing. "Het I can protect myself like that too with my psychic power" said Ash. Ash asked Lucario to attack him next with metal claw, and when Lucario did that Ash protected himself with the barrier. Riley was impressed. "I have to admit, this is like using the move protect" said Ash.

Before they continued on Riley asked Ash to show him what he could do with his psychic power. Apart from using power to hold things, pokemon and humans in place and moving them around like using confusion and disable, being able to communicate with psychic pokemon with telepathy, and creating barriers to protect himself Ash now knew how to teleport himself from one place to another. "Wow Ash, when did you learn to teleport like that?" asked Riley. "It's quite a story" said Ash.

(Flashback)

It was on the day that Ash was training with his Charizard, Venasaur, Blastoise and Pikachu before he challenged Brandon the third time. Ash was watching his Charizard fly from a top of a cliff. But the ground where Ash was standing crumbled and Ash fell off the cliff. He was falling so fast that Charizard wouldn't have been able to catch him in time. Ash feared it was the end for him and he wished he had Gardevoir with him to use teleport. But then he suddenly disappeared and reappeared on the top of the cliff. It was then Ash realized that he had learnt to teleport.

(Flashback ends)

"Wow Ash you were lucky you teleported yourself otherwise you could have been killed when you fell from that cliff" said Riley. "Yes I was," said Ash "but it did feel weird when that happened because it was like my psychic power read my mind and then did it. Before I went on my pokemon journey I had never heard of psychics or aura users and I thought only pokemon could do amazing things". Riley chuckled because he thought the same thing too before he knew about psychics and aura users. "Now you better put the same concentration you have when using your psychic powers into this aura attacking and defending training because this will not be easy" said Riley. Riley was right; when Ash tried to form a ball of aura or try an aura shield nothing worked. This was indeed going to be hard for Ash.

Weeks and weeks went by, and Ash went through a hell of a time to master the abilities of using aura sphere and aura shield. He ended up exhausted most of the time of trying to create balls of aura, and when Riley threw tennis balls for Ash to practice the aura shield, poor Ash got hit and bruised. All of this made Pikachu, Piplup, Shinx and Budew worry about Ash because of how tough this training was. Even Queen Ilene and Jenny became worried of him; Ash may be fourteen but he was still a kid. By the time four months, since Ash and Pikachu came to Rota, had passed Ash had finally passed his aura training. He was finally able to do aura sphere, aura shield, see things in darkness and fog with aura, dodge things that are about to him while blinded, look through objects like boxes and other things like that to see what was in them with aura and he was able to communicate with Riley with telepathy. Aura users were able to communicate with each other with telepathy, and they could communicate with Lucarios through telepathy because of aura too.

Ash was relieved that he had finally mastered his aura abilities, despite the hell he went through. He felt very happy as well as very exhausted. "Well Ash you have done it," smiled Riley "you have completed your aura training and I'm proud to have had you as my student. But don't stop practicing your aura abilities even when you're on a pokemon journey". Ash promised that he would never stop practicing his aura abilities like he hasn't stopped practicing his psychic abilities. "Now Ash I have something just for you" said Riley. His Lucario presented a blue and black pokemon egg to Ash. "Ash this egg contains a pokemon called Riolu, the pre-evolved form of Lucario. It was left to me to take care of, but I already have a Lucario so I will be giving it to you now. And I know you will take good care of it". Ash was speechless that he was getting a pokemon that evolved into Lucario, but he accepted the egg at once.

Suddenly, as soon as Ash held the egg, the egg glowed and hatched. A small black and blue pokemon with floppy ears and a small yellow collar appeared in Ash's arms; this was a Riolu. The baby pokemon woke up and saw Ash. "Hi" smiled Ash. The baby Riolu huddled in Ash's arms. 'Papa' it said; it spoke through telepathy to Ash because of its aura. 'My name is Ash, Riolu and I'm your trainer' replied Ash through telepathy. He and Riolu had quickly bonded because of their aura. Pikachu, Shinx, Piplup and Budew were happy that they had a new pokemon friend. Ash had a spare empty pokeball he got from Queen Ilene and used it to catch Riolu. So Ash had four Sinnoh pokemon now.

Now that Ash's aura training was over, he could now get back home to Kanto. He thanked Queen Ilene and Jenny for letting him stay in the castle and he thanked Riley for training him. "Well Ash I will be leaving now back for Sinnoh," said Riley "and since you will be going to Sinnoh I hope I will see you there". "I have the feeling that we will" said Ash. So Riley said goodbye to everyone and he and Lucario left to go back to Sinnoh. Then Ash said goodbye to everyone and he and Pikachu left to go back to Kanto.

Now there was nothing to keep him from going to start his next pokemon journey.

Sorry for the wait. I have no idea of how the aura users trained their aura in the anime, so I had to make up the training for Ash. I wasn't sure with how long it would have taken Ash to train his aura if he ever did it in the anime, so I just chose four months. I decided to call the shield that Riley used in the anime 'the aura shield'. It is still not right that Ash never got a Riolu or Lucario in the anime; he has aura and he should have got one. I know the final vote was that Ash catches Shinx in Rota as well as Riolu, but I had no idea of how Ash will get Budew and Piplup so I decided to have him catch them in Rota too. I did like Ash having Buizel but he should have gotten a Piplup too in the anime. Riley giving Ash a Riolu egg is based on what happens with Riley in the diamond, pearl and platinum games. I'll reveal what moves Shinx, Piplup, Budew and Riolu have in the chapter after the next chapter. The next chapter is about what Tomo did while Ash was gone.