((Coreworlds))

The door opened at Arena 3. A kid named Jacob went inside, deciding to take care of the second intruder himself. He wore an orange hooded shirt and shorts and a Pokemon League baseball cap.

"Well, well. Looks like we caught you red-handed!" The boy crowed, pokeball in hand. "Tell me, what were you doing here?"

((Me))

Ash was stunned. With laughter.

"Seriously, kid," Ash began, wiping away a tear, "bugger off until the security arrives. Plus, I don't play Pokemon with strangers."

Is this some sort of joke? Ash thought to himself, wondering why the Pokemon League's security forces were taking so long to arrive. Ash assumed an intimidating I'm-in-a-dangerous-gang look, hoping to scare the boy off.

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The kid wasn't fazed. "I've dealt with Rockets before, and now I'd think I'll take care of you! Ivysaur, Vine Whip!"

A dinosaur with a bulb and leaves on it's back came out and whipped four vines at Sgt Ash.

((Me))

Ash registered the attack at the last possible second, and barely managed to roll out of the way.

"Gah... What the heck?!!" Ash said aloud as he tumbled to a stop, belly down on the ground. The vines lashed out again and, again, Ash spun out of harms way. Ash jumped to his feet in anger.

"I'm not even a Rocket! I don't even have any Pokemon!"

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"What an idiot. What kind of intruder are you, anyway, not even having a Pokemon to fight with?" Jacob asked. "Ivysaur, stop."

The grass Pokemon ended it's whipping and sat, he's also confused as to why this person doesn't have any Pokemon when there's Pokemon trainers everywhere at the League HQ.

((Me))

Ash caught his breath, inhaling a lungful of air.

"Well, there's a really good reason I don't have any Pokemon," Ash said, "but it's a long story. It'd be better to show you."

And before the little punk or his crazy looking plant-monster could react, Ash dropped into an unarmed fighting stance and leapt for the Ivysaur, sending a devastating kick it's way.

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Ivysaur was a big Pokemon, but the kick hurt a lot! It scrambled back up and attacked with it's Razor Leaf attack.

"Ivysaur!" The kid cried.

((Me))

Sharpened leaves shot out from the bulb on Ivysaur's back and sliced open Ash's jacket and shirt, leaving thin wounds. Try as he might to dodge the barrage, there were just to many leaves flying through the air to get out of the way.

After the blast, Ash stood up tall, eyes glazing over with battle fury. Actually quite literally, Ash's eyes were simply white spheres!

"Punk..." Ash spat, the word on his tongue like acid.

He launched himself into a whirlwind of rapid punches, never staying in one place for long, fluidly chaining each blow together with the one after.

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Each blow was like a hammer on Ivysaur, and try as he might to retaliate, he couldn't keep up with the blows and collapsed.

"Hey, stop it!" the trainer ran over to Ivysaur. "How dare you do that! Ivysaur, are you all right?"

The dinosaur-like Pokemon roared weakly. The trainer glared at Ash. If looks could kill, Ash would be a smoking crater. "You deserve a rest, Ivysaur. Return!"

As he recalled the Pokemon, he laid on Ash. "Have you no respect?! If you kept going like that, you would have seriously hurt him!"

((Me))

The glazed look left Ash's eyes as he saw the damage he'd done. He felt victorious... but soon that feeling was replaced by guilt and shame.

Ash tried to argue, weakly. "Seriously hurt him? It's their kind that seriously hurt us!" Ash pointed an accusing finger, but couldn't keep it up. Only an hour ago, he'd be glad to have one less Pokemon in the world. But now?

Ash's voice cracked and tears came, unbidden, to his eyes. His fists pulsed pain, backlash from his all-or-nothing attack, and he sunk to his knees, world spinning. Where was the satisfaction in revenge?

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"What has Pokemon done to you?" Jacob asked. "What have they done to make you hate them so, for I saw that hatred when Ivysaur came out?"

It was then that security guards with growling Growlithes burst in, but Jacob waved them off. "I'll take care of it."

"Fine, then." One of the guards said, and they left the door open.

"Well?"