Chapter 4
With the team he has in the Hoenn Region, a Sceptile, Swellow, Corphish, Torkoal and Glalie, he wins the Hoenn League. Especially in the final match, he is facing against a person named Tyson and his Meowth. Thanks to Pikachu's efforts, he manages to defeat it in the end.
Once he gets back to the Kanto Region, he notices that the Viridian Gym is reopen and he meets a person named Scott. Scott is the owner of the Battle Frontier and he suggests Ash to take part in it. Ash agrees and he also asks Lillie's opinion of it. Lillie, of course, agrees with what Ash wants and she will be always cheering for him, this causes him to be very happy.
Much to Ash's annoyance, May and Max also arrive at Kanto as May want to challenge the Kanto Contests, ever since he was almost caught by those three, he has been very wary of those three if they ever find out his secret. Just before they are heading towards the Battle Factory, they go to the Rota Kingdom for a tournament. With his Pikachu, he wins the competition in the end and he is asked to hold the staff of a Legendary trainer Sir Aaron.
But just as he takes the staff and does the pose, the staff glows and then a Lucario appears out of it. With the aura, Lucario first mistakes Ash as Sir Aaron himself. But it is after he opens his eyes and he realizes his mistake.
"My name is Ash, did you mistake me for someone else?" Lucario looks at the poster and Ash says, "Sir Aaron? Maybe It is because I was wearing his clothes."
"No, you have the same aura as Sir Aaron." Lucario says, much to their confusion. "What is Aura?" May asks.
"Aura is a form of spiritual energy described as the essence of every living creature. That is all we know." Ilene says.
"Wait, do you remember back then when Ash was angry, he somehow manages to injure me...could that be Aura?" Brock asks.
Ash freezes as he remembers the whole incident, then Ash says, "It could be... That should be it..." But before they can ask for more, they hear from Max that Pikachu is taken by Mew, so they decide to go to the Tree of Beginning to find Pikachu.
That night when everyone is sleeping, Ash goes to the yard and then he decides to ask Arceus about it. Arceus says, "This is also the reason why I didn't tell you back then. One of my children has foretold me that you will be coming to this place, so I decide to wait until now."
"Why is that? Arceus? What is special about this place?" Ash asks.
"As you can see, this is the place where the first Aura user in history, Sir Aaron, was raised and trained."
Ash thinks for a second and asks, "Arceus, Lucario told me that my Aura is similar to Sir Aaron, does that mean Sir Aaron is my ancestor or something?"
Arceus says, "Yes, he is one of the bravest heroes that I have ever seen, though Lucario didn't witness his heroic deeds, which is why he said that Aaron betrayed the Kingdom."
"I see." Ash says. Then they notice Lucario walking into a room. "Should we follow him?"
Arceus nods as they go into the room, then Lucario suddenly holds him down and says, "Why did you follow me?"
Ash says, "Lucario, I know how you feel about Sir Aaron. But can you listen to me? I am the descendant of Sir Aaron, surely you will listen to me, right?"
Lucario looks at him and then he can feels a powerful aura inside him, he widens his eyes and he says, "Fine."
Then Ash calls Arceus and Lucario is surprised to see her, he bows to her and says, "My lord..."
Arceus then explains everything about Sir Aaron to him, and this causes him to finally believe and break down. "How could he do this to me...I was supposed to help him..."
Ash sees how Lucario is sad, he quickly gives him a hug. But with the pin on his chest, Ash can't help but feel a little pain as it presses on his body. Arceus says, "Lucario, you traveling to the future isn't in vain, you can help Ash train his aura. He recently has known about the aura and he needs some guidance of it."
Lucario looks at Ash, who smiles at him, he bows at her and says, "If this is what you want...then I will help him all I can. My lord."
After the group all go to the Tree of Beginning, Ash has a fight with Lucario during the road as Lucario thinks that Pikachu may think Ash as a useless trainer. But after that, Ash apologizes to him as he realizes how he feels. They manage to find Pikachu and Mew in the end, but Mew has a fever and they realize that sacrificing the way Sir Aaron did is the only choice. Lucario wants to do it himself, but with Ash and Arceus' interference, he didn't die just like Sir Aaron.
"But how..." Lucario asks. Arceus then uses her telepathy to explain that she uses her powers to reduce the damage of both of them. Lucario realizes it and then he thanks her. Ash turns to Lucario and asks, "Lucario, now that you are still here, what are you going to do now?"
"I am going to train you with Aura. So I am going to join your team." Lucario says. Ash nods as he captures the Pokemon. After sending it back out, Lucario asks, "Can you promise me one thing? I want to be kept a secret from those outside."
"Why?" Ash asks.
"During the travel, I can tell that you are very wary of them. I may not know what your reason is, but I think it is better." Lucario says.
Ash can only agree as he recalls his Pokemon. Once they meet with May, Max and Brock, Max asks, "Where is Lucario?"
Ash says, "He is with Sir Aaron now..." Ash frowns and it fools the others, as they are sad as well.
After getting back to the Kingdom, Ash goes to meet Lillie at the Macro Cosmos Company in the Galar Region. At that time, Lillie shows him that Snowy hatched and it is a Vulpix. And the Vulpix hugs Ash as she recognizes him as her father.
"She is so cute." Ash says as the Vulpix yelps in agreement. "And it is a perfect Pokemon for a princess like you."
"I know." Lillie smiles, but then Arceus coughs as they look at her. ""Ash, Lillie. I have something to tell you. It is related to Aura."
The two of them nod and then Arceus says, "You see...there are 18 types of aura, just like Pokemon's typing. And what you two should do is to train with 18 different Pokemon with 18 different typings of aura."
"Then how would we find the 18 Pokemon?" Lillie asks.
Arceus says, "You have three here. Pikachu is for the Electric Type, Snowy for the Ice Type, and Lucario for the Steel Type."
"Lucario for Steel Type? But isn't he a Fighting Type as well? Why not that type?" Ash asks.
"Because you will have another Pokemon in the future that is Fighting. Now I should tell you the ones which you have that has the aura. Your Sceptile has the Grass Type, your Charizard has the Fire Type, your Snorlax for the Normal Type, and then Heracross for the Bug Type."
"So we have a total of 7 for now..." Ash says, "How are we going to know if we encounter the ones that are the ones who are going to train with aura?"
Arceus says, "That is a simple question. Ash, can you use your Electric Aura?"
Ash nods as he tries to use it, but much to his surprise, he has a yellow saw on his hand. "What...what's going on here?"
"Fear not, Ash. They are the aura weapons, it won't injure anyone, but it can make you use Pokemon moves. This saw is an Electric Type, which means you can use Thunderbolt, Discharge or any Electric moves from it."
Ash nods and he tries to hold it closer to Pikachu, and it starts to form some waves to resonate. "I see...so that is how we get to know the aura..." Ash says.
"So even I can learn it?" Lillie asks.
"Of course, why can't you learn it?" Arceus says, "And today I want you to learn the Steel Type with Lucario."
"Sure." Ash says.
After training for a while, the two of them decide to enter the Opening Ceremony of the Galar League, which is lead by Ash's Uncle Chairman Rose. Not only that, they also see 18 gym leaders in the scene, and he recognizes that 6 of them are actually his cousins.
"So Elena is Steel Type, Namie is Normal Type, Bea is Fighting Type, Allister is Ghost Type, Nora is Ground Type and Shelia is Bug Type. I see..." Ash says.
"Wow, so you have 5 girls as your cousins?" Lillie asks, "And why is the only boy wearing a mask?"
"Allister is shy, since he is the only boy in the family." Ash sighs. "And another reason may be that people are terrified of him because of the Ghost Type Pokemon. You know, I can't wait to battle either of them." Ash says with excitement after seeing how they are the Gym Leaders. "I know it has been a while I have met them."
"I am sure you can beat them without any problem." Lillie says. "So who are you going to challenge first?"
"The league in this region has a ranking system, so I can only challenge Milo, the Grass Type Gym Leader of the Turffield." Ash says.
"I see." Lillie says as she notices the flyer of a Pokemon Contest at the stadium halls. She knows how beautiful the performances are and she is quite a big fan of it. She has been thinking of doing it after she becomes a trainer, but she also wants Ash to do it as well. She says, "And by the way, there is a Pokemon Contest in this region as well, do you want to partake it?"
"I am not sure, I prefer battles since they are easy to do. I didn't think about partaking in the contests..." Ash says with a smile. "But I do know some tricks about it and maybe I can partake it to win the Grand Festival."
"You do?" Lillie asks with a surprised tone.
"As you can see, my mother is a former Kalos Queen and she knows some tricks. I can ask her about it." Ash says.
"Your Mother was a Kalos Queen?" Lillie blinks in surprise. "I never know that. But what makes her retire?"
"My Dad." Ash says. "They fall in love and they want to focus on their relationship."
"Wow." Lillie is amazed at the knowledge. "By the way. Didn't you travel with a girl who is also partaking the contests as well? Are you going to train with her when you are leaving again?" Lillie asks with a little worry.
"I am not sure about that, but trust me, both me and you can be better than her." Ash says with a little cool tone, Lillie knows that he is still angry about the fact that she along with the others are trying to stalk him.
Here is a new chapter, and my usual Aura Weapons appear in this story as well. I hope you like it and the next chapter will be how the Pokemon I mentioned meet Lillie.
