Disclaimer: Ya ya, you already know. I don't hafta repeat it. Do I? Must I? Oh just refer to the past chapters if you want.

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DESCENDANTS OF THE DRAGONS

by Crimson Flame

Chapter 4

16th of Summer 510 PY.

"Araxa…..Our f-father….?" Ash looks as if he was going to faint.

"B-but that's impossible! You said this all happened at the beginning of the pokemon years. That's about 500 years ago." Gary deducted. "We can't be born 500 years ago. Can we? We'd be dead by now if that were true."

"For your information, dragons live way longer than humans ever could. The oldest dragon ever lived was well over 5000 years old."

"!!!!!!"

"But we aren't that old. Are we?"

"No. It is true you were born 500 years ago. But you only hatched about 10 years ago. We dragons don't develop before we're hatched. It's as if we're in suspended animation when we're within our eggs. Plus we can halt our human bodies development after 18 years of age."

"You mean..?"

"We can stay as eighteen year olds for the rest of our lives if we wish it so."

"One question mom, are you really our mother?"

"Yes of course! Why do you ask?"

"Then you're a dragon too?"

"No Ash. I am a pikachu."

"HUH?!!"

"What do you think loser? Of course mom is a dragon. The only thing that's bothering me is…is.."

"What? Why did you hatch only after so long?"

"Oh…um…yeah that and um…how old are you?"

"Here's a tip son, never ask a girl or a woman her age. And if you must know I'm about 650 years old."

"Hag! Hag! Ha…"

Ash never got to finish his sentence when a huge mallet came down on his head, knocking him out cold.

"Never call a woman 'hag' too. Especially if she is your mother."

Gary sweatdropped at the sight of Ash on the floor with swirls for his eyes, and quickly took out his notepad to make notes.

"Now where was I before I was rudely interrupted? Oh yes. The fact is that you were both born during the dragon wars, but you were separated amidst all the chaos. I couldn't find either of you and I spent endless nights searching for you both. For years I searched but to no avail until a point when I had given up, believing neither of you had survived. Then about ten years ago, I felt a familiar calling, an invisible force was pulling me towards you. I followed it to a town called Pallet, to a certain Professor Oak. I tried to befriend him and later when I found out that he bears neither ill will nor threat, I trusted him enough to tell him the truth about me and my kind.

Apparently he had been researching on our kind for quite a while. During his research he had encountered several relics that he thought were ancient pokemon eggs. He was the one who had brought the two of you together. Both your powers responded with each other and thus you hatched.

Oh how cute both of you were, my little bundles of joy. Those cute little fingers and cute little toes and cute little.."

"MOM!!!! Stop embarrassing us!!!" both Ash (who had recovered shortly after being hit) and Gary cried out blushing.

"Oh sorry....perhaps I was being a little carried away…but you were really…"

"MOM!!!!!"

"Alright, alright. I get the message. Anyway you should have guessed by now, the reason why you were separated. The bond between the two of you was so strong that whenever you're near each other, your powers begin to interact, since you were both babies then you couldn't control them yet. And this tremendous reaction can be felt by the older and more experienced dragons, Geo being one of them. If he knew about the two of you he would have taken you both from me without a single doubt."

"And what does our dear uncle want with us?" Gary said emphasizing sarcastically on the 'dear' part.

"Because..because of the Prophecy.."

"What pro.."

"The Prophecy left by your father just before he died."

Twin sons of heaven and earth,

Bring the promise of peace or war since birth.

Taken by a brother,

Trained into hate and power,

Humanity's end would be near,

All soon would learn to fear.

Taken by a mother,

Trained with love and understanding,

Everyone has a chance of living,

In peace and harmony together.

"So does that mean the twin sons are us?"

"Yes."

"Taken by a brother….Does this mean Geo wants to train us to help him destroy mankind?"

"Yes."

Both Ash and Gary remained silent, thinking about their fates. Delia let them. It was hard to know that the world's destiny depended on your actions.

"Listen to me my sons. I know that you have a bitter rivalry against each other. But you must to learn to work together. Geo is very powerful, fueled by years of hatred and blinded by sadness. Only together can you defeat him. If not the world is lost. Please promise me. You may not be able to act like brothers now but promise me you'll try."

Ash and Gary looked at each other hesitantly.

"I promise." Ash said.

"Whatever."

"Gary!"

"Alright alright. I promise I'll try."

"Good. Then I can leave in peace. The future is in your hands my sons, so learn to love each other and be brave no matter what happens. I'm afraid that's is all I can offer to you now. Professor Oak can tell you the rest."

"Mother! What are you saying?!"

"My time here has been cut short. I wish I could stay and help guide you myself. I'll be watching over you from afar. Goodbye my dearests. Always remember that I love both of you. So did your father and your uncle too…..Remember that……Always."

"Mother!"

"MOTHER!!!!"

With that Deliarah the dragon, fondly known as Delia Ketchum departed from the world leaving behind two bewildered sons to fend for themselves.

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Professor Oak explained that Delia had suffered from a rare incurable illness that only affected dragons. She had requested their presence to give them her last will and to tell them the truth about their heritage.

Both Ash and Gary mourned her death but did not make it public for the fear that Geo would realize where they had been living all the while and that would put Pallet Town in danger. They decided to leave and to go off training together and with their pokemon. No one was to be told of what happened or where they were heading, not even Professor Oak.

"This world had been renewed by the chi of a dragon, namely your father. This makes the entire chi in the world related to you, your father's direct descendants by blood. Since it is so similar to your own chi, you have more control over it than most dragons do. This means you can manipulate the earth's energies easier. And perhaps you are able to yield powers that the dragon race has never seen before. Unfortunately, this also means that Giovanni, being your father's brother, also has the same potential. And he has the advantage of years of experience behind him. That was why your mother wanted the two of you to work together."

Before leaving Professor Oak had given them some instructions.

"Your mother left the both of you a book which she had written herself. It is about the dragons, their known powers and about the art of shape shifting. She told me to give it to you if anything should happen to her. Train hard. Your pokemon will help you use and control your powers. Master them well and learn to combine your efforts by working together."

With that both Ash and Gary left the world behind and disappeared into thoughts and dreams.

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Do read my reviewers response coz sometimes I may have left out some important facts and I may mention them there.

Some questions and answers and notes…..

(1) How could a WAR between DRAGONS go unnoticed by anything?

==Well I think there's been some misunderstanding. I said quote 'The tension grew and soon a war broke out among the dragons, oblivious to mankind.' What I meant was that mankind was unaware of what the said war was about. It has been dismissed as some kind of human war. (Remember the dragons were in HUMAN form and earth was in ruins at that time, so there's bound to be conflict.) Again, sorry for the misunderstanding. ^___^;;;

(2) After all these centuries and millennia, wouldn't of the race of dragons inter-bred enough with humans that they would be one race?

==Dragons are a magical race. They live for a long time as I have mentioned in this chapter. And I didn't say that they didn't interbred with humans. Just very few of them get close enough to do so.

(3) When dragons 'hatch', they look just like regular human babies.

Reviewers' response….from me::: ^___^

Alex Warlorn::: Wow such a fast reviewer^___^…Anyway, I hope this chapter satisfies some of your questions and detailed observations. From your comment on dragons, hmm….it seems to me you don't like them very much. Personally I haven't seen Yugioh, so I could only imagine what you're saying. Anyway my version of dragons are from the movie "Dragonheart". I think it's the best movie on dragons. They are old and wise. And though they have great power, they don't abuse it.

So you see, I view the dragons much differently. I love them!!! I don't think they're terrible. Destructive maybe, but so is man and so are pokemon. It all depends on the individual.

As for eating anyone who makes them mad, hehehe ^___^;;

Giovanni is also a unique individual. I will try to develop more on his character instead of the usual "I GONNA RULE THE WORLD" kind of person he seems to be.

Ok that's all! Please ask some more if anything I write confuses you coz I do make mistakes. Wow….Such a long response. ^___^

thunder mouse pikachu::: I think I've answered all your questions in this chapter? ^__^ Keep reading and I'll keep writing!!! Thanx!