The Explorer

A/N: Hello my students. First and foremost, my official author name is Joro-Sensei in honor of my favorite character ever, whoever gets it gets a virtual cookie. I know what I put in the first chapter but I'm still new at this but yeah this is my name. This is my second chapter of The Explorer and in this chapter, we get introduce to my Ash with all his coolness and swag and a little bit of his childhood hehehe. Also, I'm going to skip the creation process of my Pokémon world since its basically going to be the same form my telling in the first chapter but with a few changes here and there. I hope you all like my take on a certain individuals past. One last thing I'm not going to explain in detail how a Pokémon looks since most who will read this already know the Pokémon that I am going to speak about, so I am just going straight to the point and say their names. Hope you all like my version Ash and his early story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon. If owned Pokémon I would bring back the National Dex in Sword and Shield.

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Chapter 2: When one journey ends another one begins

It was a quiet night in the small town of Pallet. Pallet Town is a small settlement located in the western area of the Kanto Region and can only be accessible thru Route 1 south of Viridian City and thru Route 21, a water route, north of Cinnabar Island.

The small town has a total population of 400 residents living in it. All the people of Pallet Town are very nice toward each other and always try to help one another.

The most distinguishable part of Pallet Town was a big House structure, that was on top of a small hill, with a big windmill on the back of it. A large stairway led to the doors of the house. Around the house there was a very long and wide fence covering many acres of land behind the house and on those acres of land there were many different types of Pokémon sleeping with their young.

While taking a closer look there could be seen a massive Charizard, with many battle scars all over its body, sleeping close to a colony of Charmeleons and baby Charmanders. On a small cliff in one of the acres of land there could be seen a massive Dragonite, just as big and with many scars like the Charizard, sleeping on the cliff. On a lake that was close to the house with the windmill, there was a giant Gyarados sleeping on the water with many small water Pokémon snuggling close too it. On the ground close to the house lay a very large Arcanine with a bunch of Growlithe around it sleeping. On another area of the huge ranch there was a Machamp hitting a giant boulder until it broke it. That Machamp was very far way so it would not disturb anyone's sleep while he trains his incredible power. Lastly, on top of the windmill structure there was an Alakazam meditating and keeping a watchful eye over the entirety of Pallet Town and all its residents in both human and Pokémon with its Psychic power.

Inside the House with the windmill there was an Elderly man of about 60 who was working on his desk with many papers littered around him.

As the man was working he stopped for a moment and started to stare at two picture frames that were on his desk.

One of these pictures contained the man himself, but younger, and two other people next to him.

One of the figures that was next to him was the legendary Professor Charles Rowan of Sinnoh and the other figure was the Ghost Mistress of Kanto and Elite Four member Agatha Ainsworth.

Next to the people on the picture there were three massive Pokémon, one with a huge grin on its face, one with puff of smoke coming from its mouth, and another with its chest puffed out with an almost regal appearance.

Those Pokemon were Charizard, Gengar, and Empoleon.

The Charizard was the next to a young man in the picture, Empoleon was next to Charles Rowan, and Gengar was next to Agatha Ainsworth.

The elderly man stared at the picture with a smile on his face while his eyes lingered on the picture of his younger days.

Then after a few moments of staring at the picture his eyes moved to the other picture that was next to it. Though for this one he picked it up and after looking at it, he hugged the picture to his chest.

On the picture was the old man smiling and hugging an elderly women who was also smiling but had a small baby on her arms. Next to the elderly couple were a young couple of a mother and father with a small girl on her father's arms. That young couple were smiling and the father and daughter duo were making the peace sing towards the cameraman that was taking the picture, while the wife had an exasperated look on her face.

As the elderly man stopped hugging the picture he stared at it for one last time and then put it down on his desk.

After that the old man stood up and began walking towards a Recliner that was located next to the window in his office.

Before getting there thou he had prepared himself a small cup of coffee and took it with him to his Recliner.

After he got there he sat down on his recliner, took a sip of his coffee, and then started to stare at the entirety of Pallet Town that was illuminated by the light of a beautiful full moon.

As the man's residence was located on the small hill that overlooked all Pallet Town, the man had an incredible view of Pallet Town.

After staring for a while at Pallet Town his eyes started to stare at the beautiful full moon that was illuminating the night sky.

Then the man began to speak to himself.

"Sigh" the man sighed.

"It's already been ten years huh?" the man asked no one.

"I wonder what those two are doing right now?" the man continued with a small smile.

"Hehehe if I know them they are probably looking at the moon like me right now." The man said while chuckling.

Then the man continued to stare at the beautiful full moon while reminiscing of old times.

As it turns out to be this man was the great Pokémon Researcher Professor Samuel Oak and the house he was in was his laboratory where he conducts his research and the thousands of acres of land behind his lab were the famous Oak Corral where Professor Oak kept all the Pokémon that were sent to him by the Indigo League and by the trainers he sponsored. Those massive Pokémon in Charizard, Machamp, Dragonite, Arcanine, Gyarados, and Alakazam are Professor Oak's Pokémon and they are the defenders of the entirety of Pallet Town and the Oak Corral.

Professor Oak is the top leading Pokémon Researcher in the entirety of the seven regions, but he was not always a Pokémon Professor. Professor Oak began his journey, just like any other person in the world, as a Pokémon trainer. The young Professor Oak received his starter Charmander from his grandfather, the legendary Claude Oak. Not much is known of Professor Oak's days as a trainer and the only ones who know are the famous Professor Charles Rowan of the Sinnoh Region and the Ghost Mistress of Kanto and one of the members, and toughest, of the Indigo Elite Four Agatha Ainsworth. Nobody knows how these three legendary figures came to be traveling companions and whenever Professor Rowan or Agatha were asked about this and their journeys with Samuel Oak they always responded with "that is not my responsibility to tale." It was rumored that Oak had come in contact with the Legendary Pokémon Celebi and had disappeared alongside Celebi for a period of three months, but nothing was ever confirmed. After the end of their journey they all went their separate ways with Agatha continuing her journey to become a Ghost Pokémon master and both Rowan and Oak asking Oak's grandfather to teach them how to be Pokémon researchers. At that point in time no one could believe that the big three, as they were called by every other Pokémon trainer, had separated but didn't question their decision. After a few years passed no one believed that these three would ever re unite with both Rowan and Oak close in getting their licenses to become Pokémon Professors and Agatha becoming the new and youngest member (A/N: For Now, Wink Wink) of the Kanto Elite Four but that all changed when the war of the regions came.

When a huge Invasion of the combined forces of the Hoenn and Unova regions attacked the Harbor city of Goldenrod, war immediately broke out between the allied Regions of Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh against the combined might of the Hoenn and Unova regions. The reason the Unova and Hoenn regions attacked Johto was because they wanted to take all of Johto's and Kanto's natural resources and pillage their lands.

When news broke out of this War the Indigo Champion of that time immediately summoned Agatha, Oak, and Rowan to the battlefield to battle alongside the forces of Johto, Kanto, and Sinnoh. Them being the good patriots they were, but also worried because of their families, immediately headed to the battlefield to help the allied forces against Hoenn and Unova.

It was because of those three and their teams of monsters that the allied forces were able to repel the Unova and Hoenn invaders. History books could not fully describe the battles that these three had against the enemy, but a few survivors and witnesses described those battles as "Arceus's fury over the enemy." The Big Three's Pokémon decimated all of the enemies and their Pokemon and were even able to support and aid the Indigo Champion when he fought against the Warlord of Hoenn and the mad King of Unova. It was because of their aid that the Indigo Champion was able to win that massive battle. After 4 years of the war, the war of the regions ended with Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh as the victors. Hoenn and Unova had to re compensate for the deaths and the damage it caused to the allied regions territories. When the war ended the Stone family of Hoenn over throwed the warlord and took back control of Hoenn and a young Prince was able to remove his father from the throne of the Unova Region and agreed as well to repay the allied regions back. The allied regions saw this and lessened the punishment just a little bit and also asked for an alliance with both Hoenn and Unova to try and help them.

The outcome of the war was in due part to the magnificent efforts and incredible strength of Agatha, Oak, and Rowan.

When the war ended the Champion wanted to give his tittle to all three of them but surprisingly enough all three of them refused. The reasons on why they refused are not known and when asked about why they refused they never gave an answer.

One year after the war ended Samuel Oak and Charles Rowan graduated from the University of Viridian City with a PhD on Pokémon research for Oak and a PhD on Pokémon Evolution for Rowan. Agatha on the other hand accomplished her goal and became the Ghost mistress of Kanto and a member of the Kanto Elite Four and even became Champion. Once all of this happened Oak and Rowan were contacted and offered many high-ranking jobs form many important and big companies, but they refused all of them. In the End Professor Oak retired as an active Pokémon trainer and settled in Pallet Town to continue his work and Professor Rowan did the same but retired to his hometown in Sandgem Town in the Sinnoh region to continue his work in Pokemon Evolution. In fact, both professor Oak and professor Rowan only work along their respective leagues to help them from time to time.

Oak and Rowan became world renown for many of the breakthroughs they did individually but what elevated them to the world renown status was Oaks invention of the Pokémon encyclopedia and ID for every single Pokémon trainer, in the world renown PokeDex and Rowans breakthrough discovery of the Mega Evolutions that some Pokémon could achieve. That invention and discovery changed forever the Pokémon world. Some even say that because of an accident that occurred in one of Oak's and Rowan's labs the strange Pokémon Porygon came into existence, but those are just rumors.

The reason why the PokeDex was such a great invention was because now rookie Pokémon trainers, and even experienced ones, did not go in blind when they went on their Journey. The PokeDex helped identify a Pokémon if the trainer had no idea what it was and could prepare for it. The PokeDex originally had only Information about the Kanto Pokémon when it was first released too a few handfuls of trainers to see if it worked. After Successful trials with the Pokedex the Indigo League ordered Silph Co.'s president Bill Montgomery to focus the entirety of his company to mass produce the PokeDex for the entirety of the Johto, Kanto, and Sinnoh region trainers. After the rest of the regions saw the usefulness of the PokeDex they, with Oaks and the Indigo League's, started to mass produce their own version of the PokeDex for their Region's Pokémon. There were 7 Different types of PokeDex for the 7 regions but soon Oak discovered a huge flaw when he was given a sample of those 7 PokeDex for him to check out. The flaw that Oak had discovered in the PokeDex was that it had only information of its own regions Pokémon's but not of the other regions Pokémon. Basically if one trainer from the Kalos Region came to continue his/her journey and try to capture Pokémon in the Kanto region, their home regions PokeDex would not be able to do correctly its job of identification because it had no information on that Regions Pokémon's because it was only designed to identify the Pokémon of the region in which it was processed. With Oak's brilliant mind working to fix the issue he was able to solve the issue very quickly. What Oak did was separate and then combine all the information stored in those 7 Regional PokeDexes into one Pokedex, which he called the National PokeDex. This PokeDex was able to resolve the issue the Regional PokeDexes had because it had information on all 807 discovered species of Pokémon from the entirety of the 7 regions. After a successful trail run with a Researcher that was sent to all the 7 regions to identify some Pokémon, the NationalDex was immediately mass produced for all the 7 regions by a combine effort of Siplh Co., Devon. Co, and Lysander Labs. After it was mass produced, it was ordered by the 7 regions leagues to give the NationalDex to all beginning trainers. With this invention Oak's reputation was catapulted to stardom and he became one of the top leading figures in the Pokémon world. When asked where Oak got the idea of the PokeDex he always responded with "I created the PokeDex because I wanted to help young trainers and make sure none of them went thru the same dangerous journey I went thru when I was young with many unknown variables."

Professor Rowan was not that behind of Professor Oak in terms of Breakthroughs with his work on the Mysteries of Pokémon Evolutions. Professor Rowan tried to discover the mysteries of evolution and why Pokémon evolved. Professor Rowan discovered that the reason Pokémon evolved was because they needed to adapt to the environment they lived in and evolution allowed them that adaptability and made their bodies stronger. In fact, he and professor oak where the ones to catalog and identify every single Pokémon that had an evolutionary form. Their Biggest find in this process was with the Pokémon eevee when they discovered that it could evolve into a total of 8 different forms, henceforth they cataloged eevee as the Evolution Pokémon. After Rowan's journey to catalog all Pokémon that evolved ended, he theorized that all the Pokémon had one common ancestor, who that ancestor was Rowan had no idea but his theory was accepted by the majority of the science community and was henceforth known as the Rowan Hypothesis. Rowan's second biggest breakthroughs was when he discovered a variety of 10 stones that had a unique energy to them that when coming in contact with a specific type of Pokémon, they made the Pokémon evolve. Rowan named these stones the evolutionary stones and he gave them the names of Leaf, Fire, Water, Moon, Thunder, Sun, Shiny, Dusk, Dawn, and Ice stones respectively for how they looked and what Pokémon they helped evolve. (A/N: I won't explain how the stones work because I don't know.) Rowan also discovered that some Pokémon's could only evolve in the day or in the night or even if certain conditions were met, oddly enough he discovered some Pokémon evolved when their friendship and love towards their trainer was so great. Rowan is also credited with the creation of the of the Magmarizer, Electirizer, Protectors, Metal Coats, Dubious Disc, and Up-Grade that when applied to certain Pokémon it helps them evolve. But the biggest breakthrough that solidified him as a Pokémon Professor, and Oak's equal, was his discovery of the Mega Evolution Gene in some Pokémon. When this research of Rowan came out it completely changed and revolutionized the field of Pokémon science. For many years it was thought that Pokémon could only evolve 1 or 2 times and that was it but after Rowan, traveled to the Tower of Mastery in Kalos, and witnessed a Trainer's Lucario change its shape (A/N: You all know the form.) and go beyond its final evolution, he knew he had uncovered something that had never been seen before. After 3 years since that event Rowan, thru many researches and help from his fellow Sinnoh Pokemon researches and a young up and coming Pokemon researcher from the Kalos region named Augustine Sycamore, he had discovered the species of Pokemon that could Mega Evolve, as he called that transformation. Rowan discovered that the Pokémon that had the ability to Mega Evolve were Venusaur, Charizard in two forms which were labeled X and Y, Blastoise, Alakazam, Gengar, Kanghaskhan, Pinsir, Gyarados, the Prehistoric Pokémon Aerodactyl, Ampharos, Scizor, Heracross, Houndoom, Tyranitar, Blaziken, Gardevoir, Mawile, Aggron, Medicham, Manectric, Banette, Absol, Garchomp, Lucario, Abomasnow, Beedril, Pidgeot, Slowbro, Steelix, Sceptile, Swampert, Sableye, Sharpedo, Camerupt, Altaria, Glaile, Salamance, Metagross, Lopunny, Gallade, and Audino. (N/A: Not counting Legendary Pokemon yet because they haven't seen one yet.) These were the ones Rowan discovered had the ability to mega evolve but he theorized that some of the famed legendary Pokémon could mega evolve as well because he had heard of the Hoenn legend that says that Rayquaza was the first Pokémon to mega evolve. What Rowan could not understand was how this evolution occurred and what triggered it. That is until he was contacted by Derick Stone, head of the Stone family and Devon corporation, with a unique message saying about a unique pair of stones that were discovered in the Meteor Falls of the Hoenn Region.

After hearing this he along with Professor Oak and Bernard Lysander, (A/N: Lysander's father and head of Lysander Labs.), headed immediately to Meteor Falls to confirm this. When they got there, they were greeted by Derick Stone and then showed the strange stones. When they saw the two stones, they saw that the Stone was a perfect sphere shape and had a unique symbol in the middle of it with the symbol being a red/purple color and the sphere around it being light purple. After a few investigations by the four men they had come with the theory that these two stones were probably the trigger that a Pokémon needed to mega evolve. After a few more days of research and studying by the four men they came with a theory that the stone was for a ghost type Pokémon to mega evolve. After trying the pair of stones with all the Ghost type Pokémon of Hoenn and none of them working they were about to give up, until Rowan and Oak remembered their old traveling companion in Agatha and her ghosts. After contacting her and asking, more like pleading on their hands and knees if Lysander and Stone's word are to be believed, her to help them she agreed. Inside the Indigo Plateau stadium they tested the stones again with Agatha's Gengar but this time along with Oak, Rowan, Stone, Agatha, and Lysander were Oak and Rowans protégés in Richard Elm from Johto, Maxel Birch of Hoenn, Aurea Juniper of Unova, Augustine Sycamore of Kalos, and Akamai Kukui of Alola. After placing both stones on Agatha's Gengar and seeing that nothing was occurring the four men and women along with the Protégés were confused and wondered what had happened. That is until Sycamore recommended to give Agatha one of the stones and see what happened, the others agreed to this. After Agatha was given one of the stones to hold and tap, that is when the mega evolution process had occurred and Agatha's Gengar had evolved. (A/N: You all know how Gengar looks.) All the scientist there and the protégés put their heads together too see what had happened to cause Gengar to mega evolve. It wasn't until Sycamore came with the theory that maybe the mega evolution process had occurred because of the strong bond that Agatha and Gengar held towards one another. They tested this theory by giving the rest of the people there the "Key Stone', as they called it, to try and Mega evolve Gengar again. After many failed attempts by everyone there they gave the Key Stone back to Agatha and asked her to try again and this time it worked, Sycamore's theory was proven correct but they noticed that the Mega Evolution process did not last long because Gengar had reverted back to her original form after a while and once she came out of that form she was exhausted. They concluded that Mega Evolutions only lasted for a short period of time and that a Pokemon who uses mega evolution for the first time will be completely exhausted but they figured with enough practice they would get used to it. They all decided to name both stones the Key Stone and Mega Stone and held a meeting that involved the Leagues, Champions, Trial Captains, Elite Four, Gym Leaders, Frontier Brains, and Kahunas to explain what they had discovered. After the meeting was over it was decided by the 7 champions of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, and Alola with cooperation of their Gym Leaders, Elite Four, and Kahunas, as well as the Frontier Brains, that Mega Evolution would be held a secret from the rest of the world and would only be known by everyone that had attended that meeting and that if the information was leaked to the public whoever did it would immediately be removed from their league and sent to jail. The reason behind this Unanimous decision to keep this from the public was because the leagues didn't want this Information to fall into the wrong hands and be used for nefarious purposes or Illegal Pokémon experimentation. After this was settled the Leagues had offered Professor Rowan the resources to continue his studies on Mega Evolutions and to try and find the rest of the Key and Mega Stones that helped that helped the specific Pokémon to Mega Evolve.

(A/N: Mini Flashback in the upcoming page chapter)

To the utmost shock of the 7 Leagues and their Champions Professor Rowan had declined the Offer and after asked by the Sinnoh Champion "Why don't you want to continue your work, you have put this much effort into it and you suddenly stop, why?" with Professor Rowan's reply being "I am starting to get old, My body isn't what it used to be in my younger days and besides even if I accepted the offer it would make me leave my family for very long periods of time and I just cant afford to be from my Family far away anymore. I've missed most of my Sons and Daughters early childhood and I just can't afford to miss anymore of their lives. How my wife hasn't left me because of my negligence as a husband and father I'll never know but I love her even more for being patient with me. I am ready to be the father and Husband I was supposed to be, I have allot of fixing I have to do with my children" was the Reply of Rowan to the Champion of Sinnoh.

(A/N: There will be some of this Mini Flashbacks in certain chapters when I am talking about past events)

The Leagues were saddened and disappointed by this but not for long because Rowan had decided to give, his Personal pupil along Aurea Juniper, Augustine Sycamore the Role on continuing his research on Mega Evolutions and to improve it. To say Sycamore was shocked was an understatement and even the leagues were very doubtful at this but with the endorsement of Samuel Oak, Agatha Ainsworth, Charles Rowan, the Big Three, they conceded but with the condition that Sycamore had to Graduate and receive his License first before he was handed the duty to continue Rowan's research and for Rowan to help from time to time with Mega Evolutions. Oak and Rowan agreed to this and even volunteered to teach in Viridian University to guarantee that they graduated fairly and with the highest Honors.

After many years of studying and hard work in part of Elm, Birch, Juniper, Sycamore, and Kukui and with the hard teachings of Professor Oak and Professor Rowan, those 5 individuals graduated from Viridian University with the highest Honors and got their Pokémon researchers/ Professors licenses from both Oak and Rowan, while being approved by the 7 Leagues. Richard Elm graduated with a PhD in Pokémon Breeding Patterns, Maxel Birch Graduated with a PhD in Pokémon Habitats, Aurea Juniper who Graduated with a PhD in History of Pokémon Origins, Augustine Sycamore who Graduated with a PhD in Pokémon Evolution just like his mentor Professor Rowan, and lastly Akamai Kukui who graduated with a PhD in Pokémon attacks. Now Certified Pokémon Professors Elm, Birch, Juniper, Sycamore, and Kukui could begin their work. Those 5 went on to become the top regional professors in their home Regions, except it took a little while with Professor Juniper because her father Cedric Juniper was still the regional professor of Unova but soon gave the tittle to his daughter, and were in charge of handing out the starter Pokémon and the NationalDex to all beginning trainers in their regions. Also, Sycamore had been given the handle to continue Rowan's research and study on Mega Evolutions and to improve on it.

Oak and Rowan could not be prouder of this in that the 5 students that they mentored and helped achieve their goals had become their colleagues in Pokémon Professors. Even thou Elm, Birch, Juniper, Sycamore, and Kukui were now Pokémon Professor just like Oak and Rowan they still viewed them as their teachers and still replied respectfully to both of them whenever either of them called one of them to ask for notes on a research, or just to check up on them. Rowan and Oak tried many times to get them to answer to them more casually but too no avail.

Oak and Rowan were not the only two of the big three that had success in the Pokémon World, but Agatha too had her own successes but the way she got famous and world renowned was thru being a Pokémon trainer. Agatha Ainsworth was born into the prestigious Ainsworth family of Lavender Town and was the granddaughter of the former, now deceased, Champion of Kanto Frederick Ainsworth. Not much is known of the Ainsworth Family since all their family secrets and family History was always guarded fiercely by them. All that is known about them was that they were in the Kanto Region for many centuries even before the Indigo League Formed and that they were the masters of all ghost type Pokémon in Lavender Town and all ghost Types in general. Many speculate and Rumor that the reason the Ainsworths were complete masters and had absolute authority over all ghost types was because the Ainsworht's first ancestor, Lord Ainz Ooal Gown Ainsworth, had made a deal with the Legendary Pokémon of Destruction Yveltal to help it control the Ghosts of Lavender for them to help him defeat the clans of Celadon and Saffron and Fuschia who had combined their forces to take over Lavender. Yveltal agreed to this but asked in return a Tower dedicated to him alone were he could slumber and be adored, Lord Ainz Ainsworth agreed to this and build it after the battle with Celadon, Saffron, and Fuschia ended in their favor. The tower that Lord Ainz Ainsworh was forever more known as the Pokémon Tower of Lavender Town where deceased Pokémon were laid to rest by their trainers. Agatha Ainsworth is the only member left of the Ainsworth Family and the de facto head of the Ainsworth family and Guardian of Lavender Town and Master of the famed Pokémon mansion were she resides in when on Lavender Town, she is as well the absolute mistress of all ghost Pokémon in Lavender Town and any other Ghost Pokémon that comes in contact with her. How the Ainsworth family was completely gone only Agatha knows and as she has said "The Ainsworth Name will die with me." After the Ainsworth family was gone Agatha decided to leave Lavender Town to begin her journey as a Pokémon trainer with one goal in mind and that goal was to become a true ghost Pokémon master like her Grandfather and to become champion of the Indigo League to prove to the world that there was still one Ainsworth left in the world and that she should be respected. Not much is known of Agatha's early Journey, when she traveled alone, or even when she traveled alongside Oak and Rowan. The only thing that is known was that when the three separated Agatha disappeared and was not heard from for 5 years, not even Oak and Rowan knew where she was when they were asked about her whereabouts. Then out of nowhere came a female trainer, with a purple dress and hat and a cane with a Poke ball for a handle, that completely wiped the floor with the Kanto Elite four and even the Champion was defeated by this unknown stranger. It wasn't until she took her place as champion that she revealed that she was the missing Agatha Ainsworth. The complete world was shocked by this since most of the world thought she had died but when asked about her whereabouts she would always respond with "If I told you, you would piss your pants." Agatha was champion for 20 years until she was finally defeated by the current Kanto and Johto champion Lance Wataru. Many who saw the match had called it the greatest match of the century and it was a very close match too but in the end Lance's Dragonite was able defeat Agatha's Signature Pokémon Gengar. After Lance became champion he asked Agatha if she could continue working with the Indigo League as an Elite Four member and be his advisor, since lance was very young when he became Champion, she agreed to this with the conditions that she would be able to leave for Lavender Town whenever she wanted and that the league would not interfere in Lavender Town Business without her strict permission. Lance agreed to both these conditions and Agatha became his advisor as well was the final member of the elite four that a trainer had to face before facing him.

Agatha was not only known for her Ainsworth name and when she was the Indigo Champion but also known for two specific feats she had accomplished. The first being her complete mastery of her ghost type Pokémon who are so strong that not even Psychic, Ghost, or even Dark Type Pokémon who are not champion level could harm them. The second reason was because of the absolute monster her Gengar was. Agatha's Gengar is the epitome of what a ghost type Pokémon is. The Gengar had absolute master over every single of her attacks and could even take the strongest psychic attacks to the face without even flinching. Agatha's Gengar, Oak's Charizard, and Rowan's Empoleon were absolute beasts of battle and were essential for victory of the allies in the war of the regions. What made the Gengar the most feared Pokémon, during Agatha's reign as champion, was because of how overprotective she was toward her mistress. It was said by the ACE Trainers and Gym Leaders, of that time, that Agatha's Gengar lived in the shadow of her trainer and that if anyone disagreed or even looked at her trainer in a funny way she would come out and scare the living daylights off the ones who disagreed with her trainer. In fact, there was even an incident during one of Agatha's champion tittle battles where an arrogant trainer from the Unova region had dared to call Agatha an old hag while she had her Gengar out on the field. That battle was forever more remembered as an absolute and total defeat for the Unova trainer by a single powerful and enraged Gengar. The battle was labeled as "The Fury of the Champion's Shadow" and the main reason no one ever disagreed anymore with Agatha or Insulted her in anyway, that is if they wanted to unleash the wrath of an overprotective Gengar unto them.

After loosing her position of champion, and becoming an elite four member, Agatha started to teach all those Trainers that wanted to specialize in Ghost type Pokémon only. Under her tutelage came out some of the most prominent figures in the Ghost Type Pokémon community in the forms of famous gym leaders such as Morty of the Ecruteak city Gym of Johto, Fantina of the Hearthrome city Gym, and even more prominently figures in Elite Four trainers such as Phoebe of the Hoenn Elite Four, Shauntal of Unova Elite Four, and Acerola of the Alola Elite Four. Agatha also trained many Channelers, Mediums, and even some Hex Maniacs from all over the 7 Regions. Whenever asked to these prominent figures about the training of Agatha, they would respond with "First rule of Agatha's training: never talk about Agatha's training" all the while laying on the ground in a fetal position crying with their Ghost type Pokémon's. (A/N: While that happens imagine Agatha's and Gengar's image above them Laughing with an evil look on both their faces.)

Professor Samuel Oak, Professor Charles Rowan, and Elite Four member and Former Indigo champion Agatha Ainsworth were and still are very prominent figures in the Pokémon world and they are worldly respect for their feats and knowledge.

In the end they all went their separate ways but kept in contact from time to time.

Professor Rowan went back to his hometown Sandgem Town in the Sinnoh Region too continue his work there but also to finally spend more time with his wife and his daughter and son. Rowan married his wife, Amanda Hkari, when they both turned 21. Rowan and his wife then had two children, first a boy they adopted from the Hoenn region named Wallace and a girl, his wife gave birth too, named Johana.

Professor Rowan's life was a pleasant and peaceful one with him spending more time with his family now that he had passed on his research of mega evolution to professor Sycamore. Wallace and Johana were great kids and always behaved very well. Both of them took an interest on Pokémon Contests and decided to become coordinators when they began their journey. When Wallace first began his journey, Rowan had no Sinnoh starters left and all he had was a weak Feebas but Wallace chose that Feebas as his starter Pokémon. Wallace went on to win the Sinnoh grand festival but did not stop there. After a few years when Wallace turned 16, he decided to move back to his birth region of Hoenn to compete in their contests and to win its grand festival but oddly enough he also went back to Hoenn to compete in the Ever Grande Conference. When Rowan asked his adopted son why he was competing in the Ever Grande Conference if he was a Pokémon Coordinator, all his son responded to him was "I want to try something new and I don't want that idiot Steven to get one over me." As it turns out Wallace was in a heated rivalry with the heir of the Stone family of Hoenn in the form of Steven Stone. Wallace is still currently in Hoenn competing in both contests and gym battles to win both the grand festival and become the Hoenn champion so Steven could, and to quote Wallace, "Suck it."

As for Johana, she also became a coordinator when she started her journey. She was currently taking part in the Sinnoh Grand Festival but was close to winning it.

In the End Johana was able to become the youngest trainer to have ever won a grand festival but also the first to have won it in her first try.

Wallace on the other hand was able to win the Hoenn grand festival but had lost to the second Elite Four member Leaving Steven to beat all the Elite Four members and then barely being able to defeat the legendary champion of Hoenn "Dragon Master" Drake. Wallace was undeterred by this and vowed to never participate in a contest until he beat Steven and take the Champion's tittle from him. He is currently still trying to do that but is getting close.

After a few years passed Johana married the man she loved and had Rowans and Amanda's first grandchild in a little girl named Dawn Hikari. The reason they named her Dawn was because she was born as the Dawn was beginning to settle. (A/N: Daisy was born before Dawn and Dawn was born a few years after Gary and Ash were born making her a little younger than them.)

Professor Rowan had a happy life with his wife and his daughter's family living close to his laboratory in Sandgem Town and Wallace always kept in contact with him.

Agatha on the other hand had a pretty uneventful life, in her words, and just continued being an Elite Four Member. She went on missions when the League asked her and just passed time by traveling to and from the Indigo Plateau and Lavender Town. Whenever she was ordered by the league to take a vacation, she always decided to spend it on the desolate lands of the Orre region to try and clean it up.

The 7 leagues knew not only of the Orre region but of the other 5 small and dangerous regions that were out there. Some of the other lesser known regions, and for good reasons because their dangerous, were the Orre, Fiore, Almia, Ransei, Ferrum, and Oblivia regions respectively. The reason the Leagues did not interfere that much on those small regions was because those regions were under the jurisdiction of the Pokémon Rangers. The Leagues and the Pokémon Rangers were two different organizations but they both had come into an agreement to not interfere in each other's work and to cooperate if the situation was dire enough.

Agatha was the only league personnel, besides the Champions, to be allowed to be in those regions. Not even Professors Oak and Rowan were allowed to visit those regions.

To this day Agatha continues in service of the League, but is waiting for the right time to retire, and continues protecting Lavender Town.

As for Professor Oak he returned and has stayed in Pallet Town ever since their separation. He married his wife, Claudia Williams Oak, when he became 25 and then had a single son who they named Blue Oak. Then Oak's son married and had a daughter which he and his wife named Daisy Oak and after 5 years they had another child, this time a boy, named Gary Oak. Oak and his wife couldn't have been anymore happier with this, but all good times must come to an end. Due to a very unfortunate accident Blue Oak and his wife lost their lives on a plane crash while they were going to go to Kalos for their second Honeymoon. Nobody knows how the plane crashed since it was in perfect condition when it took off and there was no bad weather in the area, so an investigation was opened by the NPPD (National Pokémon Police Department) to see what caused that accident, the investigation is still on going. After hearing the news Oak and his wife were devastated but they needed to be strong for their grandchildren and now had the responsibility too take care of them. At that point in time Daisy Oak was 6 years old and when told she didn't understand but after being explained to her, she understood but remained strong for her Grandparents and baby brother. The ones who took the news the hardest where Blue's Pokémon, especially his Blastoise. After hearing of their master's death, the Pokémon begged Oak too just release them into the wild, he respected and honored their wishes by releasing them. Another Trainer was really affected by this, but he never showed in person to the Funeral.

(A/N: Mini Flashback)

It was a sad day in Pallet Town with the news of Blue Oak and his wife deaths. All the residents of Pallet Town and even League Officials and Champions and Gym leaders as well as Elite Four members from the 7 Regions had come all the way to Pallet Town to Pay their respects for the Legendary Pokémon Trainer Blue Oak.

It was an Emotional day that day and even the Skies started to cry by raining that day. Oak gave an emotional Eulogy but by the end of his speech he couldn't take it anymore and just collapsed on his knees and cried his eyes out while his wife was there trying to comfort him. No one had ever seen the Legendary Samuel Oak cry, but they understood. Then after Oak was able to compose himself the Burial and Final Goodbye for Blue Oak came. Everyone there said their final goodbyes and paid their respect for Blue Oak. Daisy Oak had her little brother in her arms while this was going on and as she tried to be strong small tears were starting to fall from her eyes, but the rain hid that fact from everyone except from a young woman named Delia Ketchum.

As daisy began to Cry Delia came towards her, with her own small child in her hands, and told her "Its ok sweetheart you can let go I'll hold onto Gary and if you want I can give you a hug" she said with a gentle and warm smile on her face.

Daisy couldn't take it anymore and handed Gary to her and after Delia put both Gary and her Child in their Strollers, Daisy immediately hugged Delia and started to let all the sadness out of her. All this while Delia hugging her back while stroking her hair and saying softly "There there let it all out sweetie I'm here for you."

While all this was occurring, in a small cliff far away from the viewpoint of those at the funeral, surrounding Pallet Town stood a Young man with a Red Cap and a Red Vest and along with him was a small Pikachu. The young trainer just looked at the Funeral Procession with an unreadable look on his face. After looking at all the people that were at the funeral his eyes slowly lingered on Delia and then at the small child in her hands before looking back at Oak. After he saw the Old Professor broke down, he dipped his head before letting out a sigh. After that he released a massive Charizard from one of his PokeBalls. The Charizard was not bothered by the rain falling on him and patiently waited for his orders. The trainer simply looked towards the sky then at his Charizard and the Charizard understood what its trainer wanted. Soon the Charizard bent down for its Trainer to get on top of him and then trainer along with his Pikachu on his shoulders got on the back of Charizard. Once the trainer got back up, he gave one last look at the Funeral Procession before ordering his Charizard to take flight and soon after he did.

Nobody, except Lance, saw the trainer flying away on his Charizard. Lance shook his head but gave a small smile towards where the trainer was.

When the Funeral Procession ended and when Oak with his wife and grandchildren went to their new home, Now the Oak Corral, Oak found a note on one of his tables. After, unfolding the note Oak gave a sight and said to the air around him "Thank You." All that was written in the note was "I'm Sorry."

After the Funeral Procession ended, and everyone had left the area, a Charizard landed in front of the resting place of Blue Oak. Off of the Charizard the Red dressed trainer stepped down, still with the Pikachu on his shoulder, and just stood there looking at the tombstone of Blue Oak.

The "Red Trainer" just stood there watching the resting place of Blue Oak and his wife for a couple of minutes. After those minutes of silence ended the "Red Trainer" gave his back to the tombstone and spoke three simple words before leaving on his Charizard.

"Goodbye my friend" said the Red Trainer with a single tear dropping from his face.

(A/N: Mini Flashback end)

The aftermath of Blue Oaks death affected the oak family very much, but they were able to surpass that tragedy that befell them and moved on.

Then tragedy fell again on the Oak family but this time with Professor Oak's wife Claudia.

Claudia Oak was struck with a mysterious illness that slowly debilitated her body. (A/N: Nagisa's illness from Clannad)

When this happened, Oak dropped every single of his research and worked he was doing and immediately focused his attention in helping his wife.

Professor Oak took his wife to all the best doctors from all over the 7 regions. Some of the names included world renown Dr. Kureha of Oak's region of Kanto, Dr. Tsunade of Sinnoh, and even the legendary Dr. Heaven Canceller from Kalos.

Sadly, the medical expertise of these three world renown Doctors couldn't help Oak because they had never seen an Illness like the one Claudia Oak had. The only thing they could tell Oak was that the Illness was going to work slowly so Claudia still had some time left to live.

They all couldn't help Oak and he was devastated by the news of his wife's inevitable death. Oak had even gone into a deep depression and the only one who was able to get him out of it was, oddly enough, his wife.

When Claudia Oak heard this news she was clearly sad but she did not led the sadness overtake her and had decided to live what was left of her life with nothing but happiness. She started this by taking her husband out of the depression he was suffering and after a long talk between both Oak and Claudia Oak decided to honor his wife's wishes and spend every last minute of his life with her until the inevitable happened.

As time went on Oak and his wife became inseparable and he always helped her with everything she needed and always made her happy in any way he could. When the illness made his wife become bedridden Oak helped her even more. He even started to write poetry to tell his wife when they were both together in bed. His wife loved ever single poem Oak wrote for her because they were filled with so much love for her. This continued until the Inevitable day came for Samuel Oak.

(A/N: Mini Flashback)

(Inside of Oaks Residence, in his bedroom)

Inside a room stood two elderly figures standing around a bed and next to the bed was an elderly man on his knees crying his eyes out while holding a woman's hand. On the bed laid a woman with a very pale face but with a warm smile when she looked at the two figures standing around her bed and her smile became brighter when she looked at the man next to her.

The two figures standing were Professor Charles Rowan and Elite Four member and former Champion Agatha Ainsworth. They both stood there with a sad look on their faces for their friend.

The man next to the bed crying was the Legendary Professor Samuel Oak.

The women on the bed was the dying wife of Professor Oak, Claudia Oak. Then with a weak voice she started to speak.

"It's okay my love don't be sad." Spoke Claudia softly to Oak.

"What do you mean don't be sad I don't want you to leave." Oak said between hiccups and sniffles.

"I know my love but sometimes life doesn't give us what we want" said Claudia with another weak smile in the end.

"Its not fair! I am Professor Samuel Oak dam it! I should be able to help you out, yet I am here powerless not being able to do a dam thing!" screamed Oak in anger to himself more than anything else.

"Calm down Samuel getting angry won't solve anything" said Rowan to Oak in the effort to calm him down.

"Charles is right Oak calm down and have respect for your dying wife" said Agatha with a sigh at the end.

However, this only made Oak angrier and made him stood up from the bed. He then marched straight up to Rowan and Agatha until he was face to face from them. Oak still had many tears flowing down from his face.

"How dare you" said Oak with an emotionless voice. He quickly continued.

"How dare you Charles, Agatha!" screamed Oak to their faces.

"Samuel Calm down fighting won't resolve anything" Rowan said.

"We are only trying to help you" Agatha continued.

Oak then suddenly grabbed Rowan by the collar of his shirt and then pointed to his wife.

Agatha was about to intervene but a hand from Rowan stopped her and just stared at the scene playing in front of her.

"Look at her Charles! She is dying right in front of my eyes and I can't do a dam thing about it! What does it mean to be the great Professor Oak and be world renowned and respected if I cant help my wife continue to live. What is a tittle worth for when I cant prevent the love of my life to leave me." Said Oak first in anger but then in resignation.

"I understand Oa-" Rowan was about to say but Oak cut him off by slamming him to the wall in anger. Agatha was about to intervene again but a shake from Rowan's head stopped her.

"You don't understand a dam thing Charles!" screamed Oak in anger but continued "You or Agatha don't understand a dam thing. The both of you don't understand what I am going thru right now. My heart is being destroyed into a million pieces and my soul is leaving my body! I am losing the love of my life, the light of my eyes, my soul, my reason to continue living, my everything Dam it! I already lost my son and now I am losing my wife! I-I don't know if I can continue on living if I lost her too. So, don't tell me you understand how I feel right now. Both you and Agatha have never had someone you love taken from you!" Oak screamed but soon realized what his last statement was and stared with wide eyes at Agatha's and Rowan's dark glares sent towards him.

"Samuel you dam well now my story." Rowan said with a steel in his voice but continued "You now dam well that my parents were murdered in front of me. You know that I lived in the cold streets of Sinnoh and that I had to scurry my food through the trashcans when I was a child. You know well that I had no family left, and that I was left alone in this world when I was barely 6. You know well that my little sister died in my arms when she became ill after I tried taking her to a doctor to heal her but being refused because I had no money to pay him. And you know dam well what I had to do to get money to pay for my education until I got a job." Rowan said with a steel tone in his voice and hugging himself while subtly shaking at the end.

"I crawled out of the gutters of Sinnoh with my own two hands to be in the place I am today." Said rowan but continued quickly "So don't you dare tell me I don't understand what your going through because I've gone through worse than you and I am still standing and to this day, like you and Agatha, I am one of the top figures in this world." Finished Rowan saying to Oak.

As Oak was about to speak, he was cut off by Agatha speaking and getting both Oaks and Rowans attention.

"Oak you and I both know that me and Charles know what you're going thru" Agatha said but continued "You know what I've been thru with my family. I won't repeat it because I don't want to remember any of it or my childhood. I want those memories to slowly disappear as I get older, but I know they will always be a part of me whether I want it or not." Agatha said with a sad sigh at the end.

"You and Charles are the only ones I've ever told of my past because I trust both of you. So, don't dare say that I don't know what you're going thru with you knowing my past" Agatha reprimanded Oak.

"I-I am sorry" Oak apologized to both Rowan and Agatha while removing himself from Rowan.

"Its okay" said Rowan while he laid his hand on Oak's shoulder.

"It's just the stress and my anger towards myself for being so powerless at the situation." Said Oak while rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"I am sorry I let my anger out on the both of you. It wasn't your fault and I got angry at the both of you." Said Oak while looking at Agatha and Rowan.

"Its fine we both understand, and we don't blame you" said Agatha with a small true smile on her face.

"Hehehe it's been a long time since you've smiled Aggie" said Oak teasing Agatha a little bit.

"Samuel is right Agatha. I think the last time you smiled was when your Haunter evolved into Gengar many years ago" Rowan continued the teasing.

"Shut Up the both of you" said Agatha while looking away and with a dust of red appearing on her cheeks.

Their attention was brought back to the women on the bed when she slowly and weakly started laughing.

"hehehe" Claudia giggled.

"You three have always been so funny together" said Claudia weakly.

"You think this is funny, love you haven't heard anything" said Oak while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

"Samuel is right this is just the tip of the iceberg with the threes of us" Rowan said.

"These two idiots are correct. In fact, do you remember that time when…" said Agatha.

So, the next few hours were spend with Oak, Rowan, and Agatha telling Claudia all about their journey when they traveled together and all the adventures they had.

The next few hours were spent with allot of laughter and smiles but then the time had come.

(A/N: I recommend playing "sadness and sorrow" from Naruto Shippuden to add to the emotion of this and don't stop playing it until the conversation is over)

"I am sorry for leaving you my love" Claudia said to her husband with a sad smile on her face.

"Its okay my love, I know you have been strong for me and Gary and Daisy, but I know you want to rest" said Oak with resignation clearly on his voice.

"Yes I am so tired, I just want to sleep" said Claudia while slowly closing her eyes.

"Its okay my sweet Claudia, you can rest now I will take care of Gary and Daisy and I will give them all the combined love of me and you for them" said Oak with tears forming again in his aged face.

"Tell Gary and Daisy that I love them and that I will always look out for them from heaven with their dad and mom" said Claudia with small tears forming on her eyes.

"Tell blue that his dad will never forget him and his wife and that I will always love them both. Also tell them that I will look out and take care of Daisy and Gary." Said Oak with small chuckle at the end but with tears still falling from his eyes.

"I will my love" said Claudia but then she looked at Rowan and Agatha, who were quietly crying for their friends wife, and spoke to them "Please look out for him, he can be sometimes be dense and can sometimes forget to eat when he's so focused with his work, so knowing you two are looking out for him will calm my nerves" said Claudia with a small chuckle at the end.

"Of Course," said Rowan with a small sad smile on his face while crying.

"Leave it to us" said Agatha as well with a sad smile on her face and crying too.

"Thank you both" said Claudia weakly as she was using her remaining strength to keep her eyes from shutting forever.

She did this to say her final goodbye towards her beloved husband. So with all the strength she had left she grabbed both of oaks hands and brought them closely to her.

"I love you so much Sammy" said Claudia while slowly kissing Oak's hands.

Oak immediately started to kiss her hands as well while crying even more.

"I love you too and so much more" said Oak with even more tears coming out of his eyes.

"When you asked me to become your girlfriend, I was so happy because out of all the girls you could have chosen, you chose me to be your girlfriend." Said Claudia with a cute blush on her face.

"When I first saw you, it was love at first sight for me. At that moment I knew I wanted to be with you for the rest of my life but I was to shy to ask you out on a date and even more shy to ask you to be my girlfriend" said Oak with a small laugh at the end.

"Really?" said Claudia with a shock on her face by even thinking that the great Professor Oak had ever been shy.

"He's right. It took me and Agatha to threaten him to get over his shyness and ask you out." Said Rowan as well with a laugh at the end seeing a small blush of embarrassment on Oak's face.

"Charles is right, but you have no idea how nervous he was when he told us he wanted to ask you to be his girlfriend. In the end thru mine and Charles's encouragement, and maybe threats, he was confident enough to ask you to be his girlfriend." Said Agatha also with a giggle at the end.

"Then I thank you even more for giving me the man I always loved" Claudia said with a weak smile on her face.

"Don't worry about it" said Rowan while tears were slowly falling from his eyes.

"We just wanted you and Oak to be happy" said Agatha while tears were falling from her eyes too.

"Thank you" said Claudia as her life was slowly leaving her but still had enough strength left in her to say her final goodbye to her husband.

(A/N: For this part thou I recommend playing "wish my life away" from finding paradise to add to the emotion of this and don't stop playing it until the conversation is over)

"I Love you so much my Claudia." Said Oak as more tears started to fall from his eyes

"I love you even more Sammy. You've made me the happiest women on this world, and I couldn't have asked Arceus for a better life." said Claudia with tears falling from her eyes too.

"No Claudia it was you who made me the happiest man alive." Oak told her but quickly continued "You became the light of my world during my darkest times, you've become the anchor that holds me to this world. You were patient with me when I didn't see you and blue when I was assigned some work to do. You gave me the most wonderful gift in our son Blue." Continued Oak as more tears fell from his eyes.

Rowan and Agatha were sadly watching their friend as he was saying his final goodbye to his wife. Rowan and Agatha were crying as much as Oak was.

Then Oak grabbed Claudia's hands in his and began to kiss them as his tears were falling too her hands.

"I-I Lo-love yo-you so mu-much Clau-claudia and I-I'm go-going to mi-miss yo-you so so much." Oak said thru tears and hiccups.

"I am going to miss you too my love but I will always be here" she said while pointing at Oaks heart "Even if I am not here physically I will always be next too you my love" Claudia said with a small smile.

Claudia had no more strength left in her body, but thru sheer will and determination she was able to speak a few more words.

"Sammy please grant this old woman two last requests" said Claudia with every last bit of energy left.

"Anything my love." Oak said as he continued to kiss Claudia's hands.

"Please look after Gary and Daisy. Gary still is a child so he won't understand but Daisy is already 8 so she might understand. Please explain to them why I won't be here anymore and tell them that I am sorry leaving them but that their Granny will always love them and look out for them but this time with their dad and mom" said Claudia with a sad look on her face.

"I will Claudia. I promise you I will" Oak simply said.

"Thank you and for my final wish, I want you to be happy my love" said Claudia with a smile.

Cla-claudia I don't-" was saying Oak when he was suddenly cut off by Claudia.

"Please my love. I don't want my death to consume your life. You must be strong for Gary and Daisy; they will need you more than ever. You're their last family Sammy. Be happy I know it will take time, but time heals all wounds and I know you will be able to get past this. Hehehe you're the great Pokémon Professor Samuel Oak I know your strong enough to get past this. So, promise me that you'll be happy." Said Claudia as her life was leaving her.

"I promise you Claudia. I swear with all my heart and by Arceus I will give Gary and Daisy a happy life" said Oak with a determined look in his face.

"That's all I can ask for" said Claudia.

Then the dreaded time arrived.

"I think this is it Sammy" said Claudia as her eyes were slowly closing.

"Rest my love, you deserve to rest after everything you've done for me" said Oak, knowing this was it.

"Tell all the Pokémon in the Corral and yours that I'll miss them and that they were great friends to me" said Claudia even more weakly than before.

"I will love" said Oak.

"Sammy, kiss me one last time and tell me a Poem before I close my eyes so that I can go in peace" said Claudia as her eyelids were nearly closed.

"Of Course, my love" said oak.

Then Oak stood up and started to lean his face towards his wife for one last kiss.

As he was leaning in closer, he was admiring her beauty one last time. For Oak his wife was the most beautiful women in the planet and to his eyes age only made her even more beautiful.

As he was mere inches from Claudia's face Oak said the following Poem that he came up with to say his final goodbye to the love of his life.

Oak said the following to Claudia:

I have fought the feelings
And emotions inside
That fills and empties me,
Like a fast rolling tide.

There are moments of pain,
Of sorrow and hate,
Leaving me to ponder
Many hours of late.

I love you, honey.
It's your presence that I'll miss.
And I will forever remember
This one last kiss.

But the greatest pain of all
That hurts me so deep,
Is after giving you my love
I can't have yours to keep.

To have you by my side
Always longing for more,
And have you feel the same,
To mutually adore.

You see, my love, I have given you my heart
And revealed the depths of my soul,
And now I am left feeling hopelessly empty,
Paying this immeasurable toll.

It's selfish, I know
To feel this way,
But it's how I'll feel
Each and every day

Always hoping and praying
For the next time we meet
For you to allow me, once again
To feel complete.

And rest assured,
I WILL see you again,
For it's not a question of if,
But a question of when.

And when that time comes
I'll be in total bliss,
For no longer will I wait
For that one last kiss.

After Oak ended his poem, he leaned in to give his wife "One Last Kiss."

As their lips met many memories of Oaks and Claudia's appeared in their minds, remembering in that last kiss everything they went thru.

Some of these memories included when Oak and Claudia first saw each other, when Oak and Claudia gave their first kiss towards each other, the time were Oak asked Claudia out on their first date, the time when Oak proposed to Claudia, their wedding, even the first time they made love, the time when Claudia told Oak that she was pregnant with their first child, the day when their first child was born, being told that Claudia wouldn't be able to have any more children after she gave birth to Blue, both of them being sad by the news but then being determined to give Blue all the love they could give him, all of Blue's birthdays, when blue began his Pokémon journey and earned his first badge and when his starter first evolved, when blue defeated all the gym leaders and earned all the badges to compete in the Indigo Conference and winning it, when Blue challenged and defeated all the elite four members and defeating the champion to become the new Indigo Champion, seeing him how happy he was when he achieved his dream, also remembering when they saw that amazing match between their son and the Red Trainer and him loosing, when they had to comfort him and cheer him up when he lost his match, when they had to calm him down from killing the Red trainer after he relinquished his Champion tittle immediately after he won it and giving it back to Lance, when blue met the girl that was going to be his wife, when they pep talked and calmed down blue when he was going on his first date, when blue told them about his first kiss with the girl, when they motivated blue to ask the girl to be his girlfriend, also remembering seeing him so happy when he came back telling them that the girl accepted, when blue proposed to his girlfriend on a family dinner, when their son got married to his girlfriend and seeing how handsome and beautiful they both looked, how proud they were with their son for the step he had taken, their first dance as bride and groom and them dancing with them afterword, when blue told them that they were going to be Grandparents for the first time, when daisy was born, when blue told them that they were going to be grandparents for a second time, when Gary was born, all the birthdays they were able to celebrate with blue and his children, when they were told that blue and his wife had died on a plane crash, how sad both of them where when they where told the news, blue's and his wife's funeral, when they had to explain to daisy what had happened and telling her she had to be strong for her little brother, when they swore they would give Daisy and Gary a happy life, when all of them helped Oak take care of the Pokémon, when Gary and Daisy used to play with Oak's Pokémon and laughing at Charizard's annoyed expression, when Claudia first collapsed, when they were told of Claudia's illness, when Oak took Claudia to the best doctors from all over the 7 regions to help her and them telling both of them that they couldn't help her, when Oak was so mad and went into a depression, when Claudia got him out of that depression, when they decided to live out Claudia's reminder of life in pure happiness, when this day began, all the events that happened a few minutes ago, Oak and Claudia saying their final goodbye, the beautiful poem Oak had said to Claudia, and finally their One Last Kiss.

All their life together flashed before their eyes in that one last kiss.

That kissed was filled with so much love and a lifetime of memories that it brought both Rowan and Agatha to finally break down and cry as much as Oak was crying.

After a few minutes the Kiss ended and as Oak removed his lips from Claudia's lips, Claudia spoke for the last time.

"Thank you, Sammy, I will forever love you" Claudia said her final words to Samuel Oak and afterword her eyes finally closed. Soon after her arm fell, and her chest stopped moving.

Claudia Oak, beloved wife of Samuel Oak, had passed away but she had died with a huge smile on her face.

After Claudia had closed her eyes, Oak stared at her body one last time with a sad smile on his face at seeing how peaceful she looked.

After a few minutes of staring he couldn't take it anymore and completely broke down next to the bed where his wife laid.

After seeing Oak break down both Rowan and Agatha got on their knees and brought the wailing Oak into a hug with the both them while trying to console him.

The great Pokémon Professor, legendary trainer, war veteran, inventor Samuel Oak had been reduced to a wailing child.

(A/N: End of Mini Flashback and both songs, if you played them of course)

Once the world had heard of Claudia Oak's death, a huge funeral procession was held in the outskirts of Pallet Town.

The entire Pokémon world was shocked and saddened by the news.

Many important figures showed up the Claudia's funeral. Some if these figures included all the regional Professors, all Gym leaders and elite four members as well as all the champions from the 7 regions, Derrick Stone and his family, Bill Montgomery of Silph Co., Kurt the famous PokeBall creator of Johto, the heads of the Wataru Clan of Johto, the League President Charles Goodshow, the Shirona family of Sinnoh, some of the Royalty of Unova, the Lysander family of Kalos, all the trial captains and kahunas of Alola, and even the president of the Aether foundation Elizabeth and her family were there.

All the residents of Pallet Town where there. Currently with Delia Ketchum were Daisy and Gary Oak with sad expressions on their faces and her own son Ash Ketchum.

Delia Ketchum, along with the rest of the residents of Pallet Town, was devastated by the news of Claudia Oak's passing since she knew her and professor Oak since she was just a little girl.

She always remembered how kind Claudia was to her and to everyone else in Pallet Town too.

She remembered all the stories she used to tell the children of Pallet whenever she was at the local park.

She always remembered seeing her walking to the coast that surrounded Pallet Town and just stare at the beautiful ocean that led to Cinabar Island.

What she remembered the most of her was the smile she always wore on her face.

When she died it was like a piece of Pallet Town's soul had died along with her.

Delia felt even more sad for Professor Oak because she knew, just like the entirety of Pallet Town, how much Professor Oak loved his wife and seeing him the way he was up on the podium with Professor Rowan and Agatha Ainsworth broke her heart even more by seeing the proud and respected man being a shell of his former self.

Delia had offered to handle Gary and Daisy so that Professor Oak could focus on his eulogy.

Even the Pokémon of Oak's Corral were sad by the news of Claudia's passing.

None were sad more than Oak's own Pokémon because they, just like Rowan and Agatha, were all part of Oak's and Claudia's life together.

None was even more affected by Claudia's death than Oak's Charizard. After hearing of his trainer's wife's death, he immediately showed his sadness by flying off to Mt. Moon and starting to destroy all the rocks and deserted land he was in.

It took having Oak's Alakazam to Teleport Rowan's Empoleon and Agatha's Gengar to Mt. Moon to battle and tire out Oak's Charizard for him to let out all his sadness and for him to calm down.

The top rocky areas of Mt. Moon was literally destroyed by the battle these three beasts of Pokémon had.

In the end both Empoleon and Gengar were able too subdue Charizard and were able to calm him down but when they all got back, they were all completely hurt.

The Funeral procession was a very sad one but seeing how broken and how lost professor Oak looked, even with the moral support of Rowan an Agatha, broke everyone's heart even more because they all knew how much Professor Oak loved his wife.

After a few people went up to the podium and gave a speech remembering Claudia, then came out Oak last to give the final eulogy.

As everyone had expected Oak gave an emotional eulogy by remembering how kind Claudia was and how much of a loving person she was.

Oak talked about all their lives and even spoke of some funny times that made the people laugh a little.

In the end Oak said how much he loved her and how much he was going to miss her but that now she was reunited with their son and that one day he will see them again.

After Oak ended the last eulogy, the burial began.

Claudia's last wish was to be buried next to her son and his wife and that's exactly where she was laid to rest.

After the Burial ended and once everyone left, including Rowan and Agatha, all that were left in front of the tombstone where what remained of the Oak family in the forms of Samuel Oak, Daisy Oak, and Gary Oak.

The three of them just stood there with sad faces, with the younger ones grabbing the older one's hands, watching the resting place of their father and mother and grandmother and wife.

Oak was sad by all this but then looked at Daisy and Gary and remembered the promise he had made to Claudia and in that moment swore to himself that he would be strong for both Daisy and Gary and give them a happy life.

Once the children noticed their Grandpa was staring at them, they smiled at him and then hugged his legs with all their might.

Oak was touched by this gesture and then bent down and hugged both of them right back. The family embrace lasted a few minutes but then they separated themselves and after saying goodbye to their mom and dad and granny, Daisy and Gary, and wife they all started to head home but also heading to what the future held for them.

What Oak family never saw or heard, once they turned and headed home, was a single flower that was laid on Claudia's tomb and soon after a giant pair a wings flapping away.

Even more importantly, what the Oak family and even the person who left the flower there didn't notice was a pair of figures looking from a distance.

(Zooming in on the figures)

These three figures were clad in all white clothing and had huge smiles on their faces. There was a man and two women.

Those three figures were Claudia Oak, Blue Oak, and Blue's wife.

None of them said a single word and after staring at the retreating forms of Oak and his grandchildren as well as the person who left the flower, they looked at each other smiled then nodded and then disappeared in a small flash of light.

Nobody but Oak noticed a small flash of light that went off at a distance but once the light disappeared the clouds and the rain were beginning to disperse and then the sun came out.

Oak stopped and watched all of this with a small smile on his face but then he felt a small breeze flow thru him, and he definitely heard three whispers of three different voices. He smiled soon after and simply said "I will."

When his Grandchildren saw this, they started to ask Oak if he was okay and Oak just turned and looked at them and simply said "Yes, I am fine now let's go home and rest. Today has been a long day. Tomorrow I'll buy you ice cream and I'll let you help me with the Pokémon."

After hearing this both Daisy and Gary hugged Oak for a while and then started to drag Oak home.

Oak simply sighed at this and while he was being dragged for a moment he stared into the sky and simply whispered to himself "I Promise."

All Oak heard was "Take care of them pops," "Look after my babies' father," "I love you my love never forget that."

As time passed Oak and his family and the rest of Pallet Town were staring to get past the death of Claudia Oak, but she was never forgotten. Oak made sure of that by every weekend going to his wife's and son' grave to talk to them.

Oak's Grandchildren were getting bigger and even daisy had begun her journey as a trainer but just like Rowan's daughter she decided to focus on Pokémon Contest instead of battles.

At the beginning Oak was very reluctant to let Daisy go out but knew that he couldn't protect her forever so reluctantly he let her go but with the condition that she always called to which she agreed.

Last Oak heard from Daisy she had become a very popular coordinator in Hoenn and was close to winning the Hoenn Grand festival. Oak couldn't be prouder of her.

As for Gary, he had grown a little bit Arrogant because of being his grandson but Oak knew he was a good Kid.

As Oak was remembering all this, he looked at the clock and saw that it was 11:00 at night already and soon after sighed then got up from his Recliner.

"What a life I've had but I need to go to bed already" Oak said as he was stretching his muscles and popping his bones after being seated at his recliner for a while.

"Tomorrow is the day when our New trainers begin their journey and it would not look good on me if I don't wake up in time to give them their starters hehehehe." Oak said to himself while laughing at his last statement.

In another Part of the world, mostly in the Sinnoh region, a man with a white beard and hair (A/N: You all know how his face looks) stopped reading the book he was holding and got up from his recliner.

"I better go to sleep; tomorrow is the day new trainers begin their journey." Professor Rowan said.

"Thank Arceus that Dawn is still too young to go on her journey. I don't want that little bundle of energy to leave just yet." said Rowan to himself.

In another part of the world, this time in Kanto but most specifically in Lavender Town, sat a woman sipping tea in a dark and creepy mansion. All around the women where many Ghost Type Pokémon playing around with each other.

On the woman's shadow were a pair of red eyes with a malevolent smirk on its face staring at the other Ghost Pokémon.

Once the woman finished her tea she stood up with the help of her cane and started to walk into another room while talking to herself.

"Tomorrow begins the journey of many trainers." Agatha said to no one in particular.

"I have high hopes for this next generation" continued Agatha.

"Who knows even a new champion might come out of this new generation" said Agatha.

Then the Pokémon that was inside Agatha's shadow came out and said its name.

"Gengaaaarrrr" said Gengar with the smirk never leaving her face.

"Hehehe, yes Gengar those little brats would need to get thru us first if they want to reach that brat Lance." Agatha said to her Gengar while petting her head.

"Gaarrrr" Gengar said enjoying her trainers touch.

After Agatha stopped petting Gengar she stopped in front of one of the windows in the hallway and started to look thru the window at something. What she was looking at was at the Pokémon tower that towered over all of Lavender Town.

"Sigh, how is he doing?" Agatha said to Gengar while continuing to look at the Tower.

"Geenngar" said Gengar sadly while looking at the tower as well.

"I see." Said Agatha but continued soon after.

"They are all scared him, aren't they?" said Agatha to Gengar.

"Gengar." Said Gengar nodding her head.

"Sigh. There is nothing we can do. I can't force the other one too like him or play with him." Said Agatha sadly.

"Garr." Agreed Gengar.

"You will soon find someone who will like and play with you and maybe even be your trainer. Just be a bit more patient and don't fall into the curse of your brethren." Said Agatha to the unknown Pokémon she was talking about while facing the tower.

After she continued to stare at the tower in silence, she stopped then sighed one last time while resuming her walk to her room to rest.

While she was walking away, she was able to hear a wail of sadness coming from the tower and it pained her old heart because there was nothing, she could do to help the Pokémon that was making the wail.

To all in Lavender Town the wail was just creepy and scary, and no one dared to try and reach whoever was making that wail.

Agatha knew better, she knew that wail was a wail of sadness and the need to just have one friend.

As much as it pained Agatha, she continued to walk down the hallway with her Gengar and trying her best to ignore that cry of sadness.

(A/N: Then Three angles appeared showing them walking to wherever they were heading too)

All these three individuals had one thing in mind and that was to see what the future awaited for this new generation.

(A/N: A panel appeared showing their faces next to each other)

The three old people simply smirked then said at the same time

"Let this new era begin." Said Oak, Agatha, and Rowan.

XXX

Professor Oak was not the only person in Pallet Town awake at 11:00 pm but also a ten-year-old child in the Ketchum Residence.

The ten-year-old child was none other than Ash S. Ketchum, son of Delia Ketchum.

The child had not even paid attention at the time because he was engrossed in a book his mom bought for him as his birthday present.

The book was titled Sir Aaron and the mystery of Mew and it was a story based on the legendary Aura Guardian of the Rota Kingdom Sir Aaron and his Lucario and how they had saved the mythical Tree of Beginning of the Rota Kingdom and also how both of them were able to stop a war from breaking out in the Rota Kingdom.

Soon after Ash's mother came into his room and spoke to him.

"Ashy, honey why are you awake? Its 11:00 at night already, you need to sleep already otherwise you'll be late tomorrow to receive your starter from professor Oak." Delia said to her son.

"Sorry mom, I was just so engrossed with the book you gave me for my birthday that I lost track of time" Ash sheepishly said.

"You really like that book I got you, don't you?" said Delia.

"Yeah! I love it it's so awesome!" screamed Ash but then gave his mother a hug and said, "Thank you so much for this awesome present I couldn't have asked for more." Said Ash while hugging his mom.

Delia was surprised by the hug but soon returned it.

"It's no problem honey now get your teeth brushed and then go to bed okay?" said Delia with a happy smile.

"Yes mam" Ash jokingly saluted but soon went to do his nightly duties.

As Ash was doing his thing, Delia simply stared at her son wondering about the mystery he was.

Many children of Ash's age would be looking at the Pokémon League battles that were currently airing in the TV but not Ash.

Ash was unlike many children his Age. Instead of playing outside with other children he would be reading in his room, or in the school library, or even in the local Pallet Town public library.

Delia was amazed by how much Ash loved to read and his little accomplishments he had made in his school but soon started to worry about him because of something a teacher had told her about Ash.

Ash always got good grades at school because he was knowledgeable in every material because of all the books he read.

Delia never got a complain of Ash from any of his teachers and all his PTC (Parent Teacher Conference) always ended with Ash's teachers saying what a good student he was. Soon Delia's worries banished but came back when during one of Ash's PTC meeting one of his teachers had told Delia that Ash never played with the other children or even tried to make friends with them and was always reading a book either during lunch break or recess time. Delia's worries then came back full force to her after hearing this news from Ash's teacher.

For a while Ash's mother thought that there was something wrong with her son but after hearing that news from his teacher, Delia took him to Psychics to see if anything was wrong with him.

After taking Ash too many Psychics, they all told Delia the same thing in that there was nothing wrong with him and that he is just a smart, nice, polite, kind, and respectful little boy who loves to read apparently.

Delia knew Ash was all those things, but she still felt that something was wrong. But after speaking with her son about his lack of friends he simply told her to not worry about it and that he was fine.

Delia still had doubts about it but decided to put it aside and trust the words of the Psychics and her son above all else.

Delia then though about Ash's obsession with reading. Many aspiring trainers always had pictures or posters of Legendary Pokémon or champions in their rooms but not Ash.

Ash's room had become a miniature library with all the books he had inside his room. The books were not of any specific trend but were a collection of many books that Ash simply found enjoyment in reading. The books varied from cooking, archeology, Pokémon history, history of the legends, gardening, cooking, architecture, camping life, records of the last wars, and every other book the young child could get his hands on.

Ash's loved to read allot and whenever he was done with his homework or chores his mom assigned him, he would go to the local Pallet Town library and read or watch a historical documentary.

Ash used to go a lot to the Pallet Town library that he and the elderly librarian became good friends. Ash enjoyed the librarian's company because she would tell him allot of stories of the past. Ash, unlike many children his age, loved to spend time with the old people of Pallet Town because he enjoyed listening to their stories. The old people also enjoyed Ash's company because they felt so happy whenever Ash would listen to their stories so intently until the very end and never getting bored by them and at the end giving them a hug whenever he had to go home. Ash and the old people had a special relationship in that the old people got someone to care for them and be interested in what they have to say and for Ash was getting a bunch of stories from the times when he was not born yet. Ash was secretly and cutely known as the "grandchild of Pallet" by the elderly.

It was because of Ash's kindness and love to read that he and the elderly librarian got along so well. The librarian appreciated Ash's help and attention so much that she would let Ash read all the new incoming books before they were put in the library. To say Ash was happy about this was an understatement.

Ash had single handedly, in his still short life, read every single book in both the school library and public library.

Everyone in Pallet Town was amazed by this but none more than Professor Oak and Delia.

Soon after Ash had asked Professor Oak if he had any books to lend him.

Oak saw no harm in that and started lending him some books he had.

After Ash finished reading one of Oak's books, he asked for another until he had read every single book Oak had to offer him.

When Oak had no more books left to give Ash to read Ash was devastated because he had already read every book Pallet Town had to offer.

After seeing Ash's crestfallen expression when he was told that, Oak decided to surprise Ash with a very special birthday present for his ninth birthday.

Professor Oak, when it was Ash's ninth birthday, was able to get him a All regional book pass, basically meaning that with that Book pass Ash could check out any book he wanted from any library in all the cities of the 7 regions.

Professor Oak was also able to get him autographed books from Ash's favorite author's in Professor Rowan and Agatha Ainsworth, his old traveling companions.

Professor Oak was able to pull some strings and call back favors he was owed to be able to get him that and it was all worth it with the way Ash reacted to his gifts.

After Ash got those gifts, he immediately hugged Oak and began to cry tears of happiness because he was so happy with those two amazing gifts.

Professor Oak and Delia were shocked because Ash was always calm, cool, and collected and seeing him like that brought happiness to them but curiosity on why he was crying.

After Ash finished hugging Professor Oak and crying, they asked him why he cried, and Ash's answer surprised both of them.

(A/N: Mini Flashback)

(Ash's ninth birthday and after he finished crying)

"Ashy honey why where you crying?" asked Delia sweetly to Ash.

"Yes, my boy don't you like the gifts I got you? If you want, I can return them and get you something else." Oak said to Ash.

"No! No, I love them Professor Oak!" Ash yelled his answer at Professor Oak once he finished wiping the tears he had left.

"Then why were you crying Ashy?" asked Delia.

At this Ash got a small blush of embarrassment on his face but gave his answer.

"It's because I was worried that I wouldn't be able to read the books of the rest of the cities because of not having the money to check them out." Ash said while lowering his face to the adults for them not to see his blush.

Professor Oak understood immediately but Delia was still confused.

"What do you mean honey?" Delia said to Ash but instead of Ash responding it was Professor Oak who answered Delia's question.

"I think I get it, care to let me explain Ash?" Oak asked Ash and at Ash nod he explained "You see Delia, Ash will soon start his journey as a Pokémon trainer, right?" Oak asked Delia and at her nod he continued "As you know all beginning trainers start with an amount of $1,000 Poke dollars, but Ash is worried because that money wasn't enough for him to check out any book in any city here in Kanto because as you know their price for a checkout is at least $500 Poke dollars and Ash knew if he checked out or purchased a book he wouldn't have enough money left for the other essentials beginning trainer will need in their journey such as potions, repels, antidotes, Pokémon food, etc. So, with that Book pass I got him he doesn't have to worry about buying or checking out any book and spend all his money anymore. Did I get it all right Ash?" Oak said to Delia and then looked at Ash with a small smirk on his face at the end of his sentence.

Ash was not surprised that Professor Oak was able to figure it all out and simply nodded.

Delia was shocked by Ash's small dilemma but soon got over it and then gave a motherly hug towards her son.

"Is that why you were crying honey? Because your happy?" Delia asked ash during their hug.

"yes mom." Ash said to his mom.

"Oh, honey one day that book obsession of yours will be the end of you." Delia said to Ash jokingly after finishing their embrace.

Ash simply smiled at his mom and then turned to Professor Oak and gave a deep bow to him.

"Thank you so much by this Professor Oak. I really appreciate it very much and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for this awesome gift. I will treasure it forever." Ash said to Professor Oak still in his bow.

Delia giggled at her son's actions and Oak simply smiled and asked Ash to get up from his bow.

"Its nothing my boy just promise me that you will use it. Also promise me that you will read Aggies and Charles's books for me," Oak said to Ash and then ruffled his hair.

"Of Course, Professor Oak! You can count on me!" said Ash excitedly.

After that they ate Ash's cake and had a great time until the small party ended, and soon after Ash went to bed so happy while hugging the books and book pass Professor Oak had given him.

(A/N: End of Mini Flashback)

Many in Pallet Town though of Ash as the "future reading master" because of all the books he always reads, you would never see Ash Ketchum without a book in hand. Obviously, the tittle they had given him was no means an insult to him, they just found Ash so interesting because he acted so differently from the other children.

All this was going thru Delia's head as Ash was getting dressed in his pajamas but then her mind drifted off to Ash's school problem and to his two little friends he had made.

Unlike the grown-ups of Pallet Town, his peers in the other children simply referred to him as the "weird bookworm" because his face was always in a book. Some even bullied him by taking his books away or making fun of him for having no friends and dad, part of that bunch was the arrogant Gary Oak. (A/N: If they only knew)

Ash was not bothered in the least by this and whenever he would be thrown, or his books be thrown, and get called names he would simply wait until they were done and then pick himself up and his books too if they were thrown. Then he would dust himself off and head home as if nothing had happened.

Some people would call Ash a weakling and a coward for not fighting back and defending himself, but Ash didn't care how other people viewed him because most who thought that about him were his bullies. He knew his limitations and knew that he couldn't do anything if those mean children bullied him because they were more of them and just one of him.

Ash not reacting or even crying when the other mean kids, and Gary, bullied him only made them even angrier and bullied him even more with no one ever knowing about it, not even Professor Oak.

This continued on until Ash's "Self-proclaimed friends" in a brother and sister due in the forms of Eren Jager and Mikasa Ackerman-Jager came too his "rescue."

(A/N: Mini Flashback)

We could see a group of Boys around Ash bullying him by throwing his books and homework into the ground and calling him names.

"Awe look at the little bookworm is he going to cry." Said one of the bullies.

Ash simply stared at the bullies from the ground with an unreadable face. One of the bullies got angrier by Ash's lack of response or emotion that made him grab Ash by the collar of his shirt with his fist held back ready to punch him.

"Come on do something! Cry, fight back, do something you Dam coward! Stop being so dam calm! We're bullying you for Arceus's sake you should be crying and begging us to stop and yet here you are with that dam bored look in your face! It irritates the hell out of me! So, I am going to wipe that stupid bored look of your face!" Screamed the main bully to Ash's face.

Ash continued with that bored look on his face but knew what was going to happen, so he closed his eyes and braced for the hit.

The main bully got angry at seeing Ash close his eyes and was preparing his fist to hit Ash. Gary was part of the group but was thinking about stopping the bully from hitting Ash.

That was not necessary when two voices were heard heading towards the group and Ash.

"Hey, you bastards leave the quit Kid alone!" Screamed a male voice.

"Yeah you pricks leave him alone or we'll kick your asses!" this time screamed a female voice.

The group immediately turned their faces to see who was screaming at them and paled instantly seeing the "demon siblings" heading towards. After seeing them they immediately let Ash go and ran off, while they were leaving Gary gave an apologizing look towards Ash and after Ash nodded to him, he ran with the rest of the kids.

"Freaking cowards." Said the young boy when he arrived and saw the rest of the bullies fleeing from them.

"You could say that again big bro." Said the girl.

Soon after they heard some rustling and turned their heads to see the Ash picking up his stuff from the ground and then went to help him.

"Sorry about that" said the boy.

"Yeah let us help you" said the girl.

Ash had a shocked look on his face but was able to hide it quickly before the two kids could see it.

The reason Ash was so shocked was because this was the first time any of his other classmates offered to help him. He was usually ignored all the time, so this was a pleasant surprise.

As the trio of kids were picking up Ash's stuff from the ground, he was quietly staring at the pair of siblings.

He had heard of the "Demon Siblings" but never understood why they were called like that. Sure, they got into trouble allot but by no means did he not consider them demons. They were loud and sometimes annoying, but they never bothered Ash so that made them good people in Ash's book.

In fact, he even remembered the time when they were put together in a group to work on a school project. To say the experience was odd, in Ash's eyes, was an understatement. When they worked together the boy could not understand the assignment at all, and the girl was barely getting it. No matter how simply Ash tried to explain it to the both of them they could simply not fully understand but Ash, being the patient kid, he was, continued to help them to try and get it. It took a while but soon both the boy and girl got it and because of Ash's help, in his humble opinion, and their determination they got a perfect score on that project. Soon after both, to Ash's surprise, thanked him for helping them. Ash told them it was nothing, but both the boy and girl wanted to thank him in one way. After a sibling huddle, they figured out how to thank him, the boy gave a bump on his fist with his own fist and then hugged him and then the girl gave him a second hug but soon after gave him a small kiss on the cheek. After that both left leaving a perplexed Ash behind.

As Ash was remembering that he realized they had finished picking up his stuff and he was just staring at them.

"My apologies for staring at you weirdly" Ash apologized.

"Don't worry about bro." the boy said with a thumbs up to Ash.

"Bro?" Ash thought.

"Yeah its fine." The girl said also giving Ash a thumbs up.

"Thank you" Ash simply said.

"I got to tell you, why don't you ever fight back?" said the boy to Ash.

"Excuse me?" Ash said.

"You heard my big bro. Why don't you ever fight back and let them bully you?" said the girl to Ash.

"There is no point in it even if I fight back, they would just hit me back and even then, they are more than me," Ash answered the sibling's question.

"Aren't you tired of being bullied by them?" the boy continued.

"Yes, but there is simply nothing I could do." Ash said but was soon surprised by the siblings almost in unison answer.

"Bullcrap!" said the brother and sister.

"I'm sorry?" Ash asked the siblings.

"You can defend yourself if you want, you just don't want too, and you know what we don't like that." The boy said.

"Big Bro is right we don't like how those bullies were treating you and we wont stand for it anymore." Said the girl.

"How do you plan to help me then?" Ash questioned the duo and their answer shock him to the core.

"How else silly, we'll be your friends from now on and protect you." Said the girl with a smile on her face, that was oddly enough covered by a red scarf.

"Sis is right, from now on we will be your friends and we won't take no as an answer." Said the boy while pointing a finger at Ash.

Ash was shocked by this because everyone always avoided him because of how he acted. None of the other children ever gave him the time of day to know him and usually ignored him.

Then there came this brother and sister out of nowhere defending him from the kids that always bullied him and wanting to be his friends.

"Yo-you really want to be my friends?" Ash stuttered.

"Of course, silly." Said the girl.

"Yeah bro, and like we said we won't take no as an answer and if you don't want us to be your friends, we'll just keep hounding you until you do" said the boy with a smirk on his face.

Ash, as he always did, thought about the pros and cons of the situation at hand but he knew deep down in himself that he wanted a friend, so quickly he made his decision.

"All right, you guys can be my friends" said Ash to the brother and sister while extending his hand to them.

"Now what's all this hand shaking stuff, bring in bro!" said the boy before giving Ash a bone crushing hug.

The girl starting to see Ash's blue face touched her brother's shoulder.

"I think your crushing him big bro" said the girl as she was pointing at Ash's blue face.

"Oops, my bad sorry about that I can sometimes get overexcited hehehe" the boy said while scratching the back of his head sheepishly.

"Its fine, it happens sometimes" Ash was able to say after regaining his breath.

"do you still want us to be your friends?" the girl said again because she feared her brother might have scared Ash away.

"Of course," Ash said with a sincere smile on his face.

"Hell Yeah! We're going to be the bestest friends ever and don't worry bro with us around those bastards won't bother you anymore." The boy said while puffing out his chest with pride. The girl simply giggled at her brothers' actions.

"I see, well I hope we can get along… uh what are your names?" Ash said realizing he never got their names.

The boy and girl got a blush of embarrassment at realizing the same thing but gave an answer while trying to hide their blushes from Ash, they did not succeed.

"Hehehe I guess we never told you our names didn't we" the boy said to Ash.

The boy and girl go their answer when Ash shook his head no but quickly introduced themselves.

"Welp my name is Eren Jager, the future greatest Pokémon fighting type master ever!" the now named Eren said.

"My name is Mikasa Ackermen-Jager, it's a pleasure to meet you and my goal is still undecided." The now named Mikasa said to Ash.

"It's a pleasure to meet the both of you, my name is Ash S. Ketchum." Ash said while giving a small bow to them.

"None of that bowing down we're friends know" said Eren.

"Eren's right you don't have to be so formal to us." Mikasa said with a smile.

"I see very well then." Was Ash's reply.

"Well then now that formalities are out of the way, let's go eat before class starts! I heard that Professor Oak was able to get the best connoisseur in the Unova region to come cook for us and I don't want to miss it! Eren said all this while salivating at the thought of eating the connoisseur's food.

"You don't mean…." Mikasa said before being cut off by Eren's reply.

"That's right Sanji Freaking Vinsmoke is going to cook for us and it's only a one-time thing. So, we got to hurry up before he leaves!" Eren said excitedly and worriedly.

Ash had heard plenty of Sanji Vinsmoke from a book he once read on the man and also because his mom always forced him to watch his cooking show with her. Because of that Ash had literally learned how to cook by constantly listening to the man with his mom. In fact, he had discovered he had a talent for cooking, that only his mom, Professor Oak, and some elderly people knew. Ash sometimes cooked for his mother when she was too tired from work. How he knew he had a talent for cooking was when he made his first dish, that he had learned from memorizing most of sanji's recipes from the tv show but also by reading some of his cooking books, for his mom. For some strange reason after his mom ate his dish, she stopped for a minute then opened her eyes in shock and after taking another bite her legs began to buckle and shake and she even passed out for a while with a huge smile on her face. Ash thought he had killed his mom with his cooking but after calling Professor Oak for help, the same thing happened to him. (A/N: Food wars Foodgasm) After both of them woke up they explained to Ash that they passed out because they had never tasted something so delicious before even Professor Oak hadn't tasted something so good in his entire life. Ash was proud of that and continued to learn how to cook because he loved making his mom happy. Therefore, Ash cooked from time to time to try out new dishes and his favorites taste subjects where his mom and Professor Oak. All this was thanks to Sanji Vinsmokes' unknowingly help. Now that he knew that the man was here at his school, he could thank him in person even if Sanji didn't know why, but then Ash was brought out of his train of thought by Eren.

"Hey Ash, Earth to Ash you there?" Eren said while waving his hand in front of Ash's face.

"My bad I was lost in thought." Ash said while scratching his cheek.

"You do that allot don't you?" Mikasa said to Ash.

"I get that allot" ash said.

"Well come on you two let's go before Sanji leaves, and let's go try some of the best food in the world brought to us by the best connoisseur in the world!" Eren said while pumping his fist to the air before running off to the cafeteria.

"Eren wait up, you're going to hurt yourself if you run so fast! Come on Ash let go after him before he hurts himself or causes trouble!" said Mikasa to Ash.

Ash simply stood there for a moment staring at his "friends" but hearing Mikasa brought him back to reality and then started to lightly run after Eren along Mikasa.

Two thoughts were in Ash's mind as he was following the pair.

"What an interesting duo. hehehe I guess this last years here won't be so dull anymore" Ash though to himself as he was following his two new friends Eren and Mikasa.

(A/N: Mini Flashback End)

Thinking about Ash's friends brought a smile to Delia's face because ever since meeting them Ash had become more outgoing and found out his true love in life in the form of exploring.

Ash, thru the help of Mikasa and Eren, had begun to explore outside of Pallet Town and had loved the experience so much he, he wouldn't say what he found out that affected him so much, had decided what his dream was going to be.

Unlike many trainers of Ash's age when asked about what their dream is the usual answer is to be a Pokémon master but for Ash it was different and unique.

Ash's dream was to become the greatest explorer ever and discover things that the rest of the experts hadn't discovered yet. When asked how he planned to accomplish his dream he would respond with "I'll become the greatest trainer ever too and have the strongest Pokémon ever and win the Indigo League so that the League would notice me and add me to their ranks. Once I am part of the League I will have the authority to Explore many places in Kanto and Johto and if I do a good enough work for the League the other leagues might take notice of me and ask the Indigo league if they can use me for missions and exploration events, that's what I want and I will achieve it. I will unlock the mysteries this world has hidden through out history and discover the secrets of the legendary Pokémon."

Professor Oak and Delia were shocked by Ash's dream but knew he could accomplish it because he had the mind, talent, knowledge, and determination to do it.

Delia was thinking all this because tomorrow was the day her little boy was going on his journey and even though she shouldn't she was worried about him going out there and facing the dangers the world had to offer.

She knew Ash could handle himself and would have a strong team to protect him but she still worried. She also knew he had all the knowledge and skills to survive in the wilderness but she still worried. What mother wouldn't worry?

Soon Delia's road down memory lane was ended when Ash called to her when he was done.

"I'm done and ready mam." Ash said to his mom while Jokingly saluting again.

Delia giggled at her son's actions but spoke soon.

"Alrighty my little explorer time to go to bed so you can be ready for tomorrow." Delia said to Ash.

"Yes mam." Said Ash while heading to his bed.

Once he got there and covered himself up, his mother came over to him and began to say her goodnights to him.

"Alright honey time to go to sleep you've been awake long enough already" said Delia at Ash whose eyelids were beginning to close because of how tired he was.

"Goodnight honey, have sweet dreams and remember mommy will always love you." Delia said sweetly to Ash before giving him a goodnight kiss on his forehead.

"I love you too mom" Ash sleepily said before his eyelids closed and went to sleep.

Delia watched her son sleep for a while before deciding it was time to sleep too an she quietly headed out of her son's room and before closing the door to her son's room she had one last look at him before saying something quietly.

"Arceus help the world for the force that is going to be unleashed tomorrow" Delia said to Arceus before closing his door.

Ash's sleep form and Delia never noticed the legendary Pokémon Cresselia flying over Pallet Town under the light of the Full Moon, all in Pallet Town had wonderful dreams that night.

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A/N: Wooo that was a long one, gigity. Sorry if it took me a while to upload this it's just that I had so much ideas in this chapter and I wanted to put them all in in a correct way that follows the story. I hope you all liked Professor Oak's past and I hope a hit your feels with those scenes, especially with the poem, I know I hit my own feels and I wrote the dam thing. The names I gave to certain characters were just some I came up with, I hope you all don't mind. Next chapter we begin Ash's journey and we get introduce to his early team all I can say is that you will all be surprised by the ones I chose, and I hope you all enjoy. One last thing you all might have noticed that I used another anime character's name that will be a norm in my story, it won't affect the flow of the story I just found it interesting to do that hehe. One last thing it was brought to my attention by a review in my first chapter that I had horrible spelling and grammar and all I have to say is please give me a break this is my first fanfiction and I've never been good at spelling and grammar, if auto correct didn't exist this story would be horrible so thank god for it, and I remember getting a c- in my writing class when I was in school so please be patient with me I'll try to make it better. Also, I want to say thank you to all those that favorited and followed my story. It makes me so happy that people are liking my first fanfiction and I will try to achieve for better for you guys. Also I'll try to get the third chapter out as soon as I can. Again, thank you for reading my story and make sure to leave a like and review if you enjoyed and as many other Fanfiction author's say, "Flames will be ignored."