The Explorer

A/N: Hello again my students it's your beloved Joro-Sensei Nuruhuhu. Here is take five otherwise known as chapter five for you guys. In this chapter Ash's journey…. still doesn't begin. Sorry about that. We also get to meet Ash's "official" starter who you probably already know who it's going be. I know I said the last chapter that there wasn't going to be anymore but there will be two flashbacks in this one. One semi-short and the other will take up most of the story. Also, you will see a cute scene, in my opinion, in this chapter. You will meet someone very special in my story and you'll be surprised at who I chose it to be. Not many fics does it. You'll also see a few elements from different animes in this one. Well enough dilly-dallies let's get to it. I hope you all enjoy this Chapter. I'll be seeing all of you at the end.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon. If I owned Pokémon, well I would be rich. Don't you think so?

Chapter 5: Memories

"Aura speech"

"thoughts and Psychic speech"

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Knock

Knock

Knock

"Coming!" a female voice said from behind a door.

Ash nodded and simply waited for Karla Jager.

Ash had finally arrived at the Jager household, to pick up Eren and Mikasa, and was now waiting for them.

"Yes, who is- Oh its Ash!" the mentioned Karla said to Ash when she opened the door.

"Good morning Mrs. Jager," Ash said as he gave her a small bow.

"Are Eren and Mikasa awake?" Ash told the kind woman.

"Mikasa is but I think Eren is still asleep," Karla told Ash.

Ash wasn't surprised by this. He guessed that Eren was probably still asleep. Eren wasn't an early bird like him, Mikasa, and Gary.

"Isn't it going to get late for him? We start our journeys today and the Professor said he wanted us there at around 8" Ash told Karla.

"I know and I and Mikasa told him last night, but he didn't listen to us. He stayed up until 1 in the morning watching the finals of the Indigo Conference and even the award ceremony" Karla said as she sighed at the end.

"Sorry about Eren Ash. I know he and Mikasa told you to pick them up early today so you all could leave together to Professor Oak's lab" Karla said apologetically.

"Don't worry about it Mrs. Jager, I don't mind waiting a little longer. I kind of suspected it any way that he was going to sleep late and besides I think Mikasa is about to wake him up right…about…. now" Ash said.

At that very moment a loud "Ahhhh Mikasa what are you- oh crap we're going to be late!"

"Told you," Ash told Karla with a smile.

"Hehehe you know my kids to well Ash. Now, why don't you come on in, so you could comfortably wait for Eren? I know Mikasa is awake already so it's just him you have to wait" Karla said to Ash.

"Thank you Mrs. Jager I would appreciate it very much," Ash told her.

"Don't mention it Ash now come on in" Karla said as he motioned for Ash to come inside her house.

Ash did and once inside he was tackled into a hug by Mr. Jager's Reuniclus.

"Hehehe it's nice to see you too Reuniclus," Ash said as he patted her head.

"Now now Reuniclus you have to let Ash go otherwise he won't be able to go on his journey," Grisha Jager said from where he was seated on the table while reading the newspaper.

Reuniclus pouted but let Ash go and after that, she went to go with Eren and Mikasa.

Ash simply chuckled at the affectionate Pokémon.

"Would you like something to drink Ash?" Karla told Ash.

"Coffee, black, and no sugar if you don't mind," Ash told Karla as he sat down on the table where Grisha was.

"I still can't believe that a kid your age likes black coffee Ash," Karla told Ash as she shook her head.

"What can I say I'm just that unique" Ash told Karla playfully.

"Besides, Karla any respectable man must always drink black coffee in the morning. Isn't that right Ash?" Grisha told Ash as he extended his fist to him.

"Dam straight Mr. Jager" Ash told Grisha as he also extended his fist to meet Grisha's.

They both fist-bumped soon after.

"Men," Karla said as she went to the kitchen to make the boy some coffee.

Both chuckled at that. Soon a little conversation started between both.

"Are you ready for your journey Ash?" Grisha told the boy.

"Ready as I'll ever be" Ash replied.

"I'm glad you're prepared," Grisha said before looking at Ash's get up and then continuing, "I got to say Ash you look quite intimidating with that trench coat you are wearing."

"Hehe thanks, Mr. Jager. That is what I'm going for, who says that a trainer can't look intimidating like his/her Pokémons? Besides don't you think I look quite badass?" Ash told Grisha.

"You sure do, you're going to scare away all trainers who will want to challenge you," Grisha told him.

"Hehe hopefully," Ash said.

"Well here is your boy's bland black coffee," Karla said as he put her husband's and Ash's coffee on the table.

"Thanks, Mrs. Jager" "Thanks Dear" were her replies.

She smiled at that and went back to the kitchen to finish Mikasa's and Eren's lunches.

A comfortable silence followed and while that happened Ash looked around for Mr. Jager's other Pokémons.

When he had first learned that Mr. Jager' Pokémons were from the Unova Region he had been excited because he had never seen a Pokémon from said Region. Yes, he had read about them but there was a difference between reading about them and seeing them in real life. So, when Eren had invited him to see his dad's Pokémons he was excited.

Reuniclus and Swoobat instantly took a liking to him. Gigalith and Excadrill didn't mind him while Sigilyph didn't care. On the other hand, Scolepede took a while to accept him but over the time he had come to like him even if he wouldn't admit it Ash knew.

As he looked around, he saw that Sigilyph was still sleeping on a corner of the house. He knew that Luxray was in Mikasa's room and that Swoobat was in Eren's room. He wondered where Scoleped, Gigalith, and Excadrill were.

"Excuse me, Mr. Jager, where are Scolepede, Excadrill, and Gigalith?" Ash asked Grisha as he finished taking a sip from his coffee.

"All three of them are at Professor Oak's ranch," Grisha told Ash.

"Excadrill loves to dig his tunnels in the ranch's area for ground and rock types. Gigalith is also there because he has formed a rivalry with a Rydon and a Golem there and wants to prove he is better than them. As for Scolepede he is there because he is a little too big for him to be here, so he is staying at the forest for the bug types" Grisha told Ash.

"I see" Ash simply said.

"So, Ash Eren told me and Grisha that you three were traveling together for a while," Karla said from the kitchen.

"That's right but It'll only be to Cerulean City. After that we will be going our separate ways" Ash replied Karla.

"Oh, I thought you were all traveling together for your whole journey," Karla said.

"Eren did try to convince me to continue our Journeys together but I declined. I have different places I want to go to after Cerulean and besides this journey is for me to learn how to take care of myself like for Eren and Mikasa. Besides Mikasa will be there with him and she'll make sure he won't get in trouble" Ash told Karla.

"I won't say that I'm not bummed out that you three won't be traveling together with all your journey because I am, but I understand your reasoning. Just make sure you take care of yourself okay?" Karla said as she came back to the dining room.

"You got it, Mrs. Jager!" Ash told her as he gave the Jager couple a thumbs up.

The couple giggled at Ash's excitement.

"However, I do have one favor to ask both of you," Ash told them,

"What is it, Ash?" Karla said as her and her husband's attention was focused on Ash.

"Well as you know I am heading out for my journey today. All I want you to do is to give my mom some company. I know she says she'll be okay since she has Kirlia and Happiny but I know her too well. I know my absence will affect her, so please don't let my mom think she is alone" Ash told the couple with a sad smile.

Karla was almost brought to tears by Ash's thoughtfulness and Grisha simply smiled at him.

"Don't worry Ash we'll give your mom some company while you are away" Grisha said while Karla nodded.

"Thank you both" Ash told them while bowing his head.

Before anyone could say anything, a loud voice was heard coming from upstairs.

"Hurry up Mikasa! I hope Ash hasn't come yet!" Eren said as shuffling and doors closing were heard upstairs.

"Ash is already here Eren, I saw him coming from your bedroom's window," Mikasa said loudly enough for them to hear.

"Dam it Mikasa while didn't you tell me sooner!" Eren said loudly.

"You went into the restroom before I could even tell you" Mikasa replied.

"Whatever let's go were almost late! Arceus I hope Ash is not pissed at me!" Eren said.

Ash and Grisha were chuckling at Eren's yelling while Karla slightly frowned because of Eren's crude language.

Once Ash finished his coffee Eren and Mikasa came down from upstairs.

"Dam it Ash why do you have to always wake up super early?! You know what don't answer that let's just go! Come on Ash, Mikasa!" Eren quickly said as he went running to the door, Mikasa right after him.

"Wait Eren your- and their gone," Karla said while she sighed at the end.

"Well, I guess I should go as well. Thank you again for the coffee Mrs. Jager" Ash said as he stood up from the table.

"Don't mention it Ash" Karla said as she grabbed the empty coffee cup.

"Take care of yourself, young man," Grisha told him as he picked back up his newspaper.

Ash waved them off but as he was heading out Luxray AKA Tiger came down from Mikasa's room.

"Hey, tiger do you want to come along? Mikasa already left chasing after Eren" Ash told Tiger.

Tiger nodded and after Ash asked the Jager couple if Tiger could come with him, they went off.

Unlike Eren who was in a rush, and Mikasa following him quickly, Ash and Tiger went at a leisurely pace.

"You ready for your journey with Mikasa Tiger?" Ash asked the Luxray who nodded at him.

"I'm glad. You know that you're also going to be traveling with Eren right?" Ash told the Pokémon who rolled his eyes at the mention of Eren.

"Hehe he is still clueless as ever" Ash chuckled at his friend's cluelessness.

Luxray simply snorted at that. How Mikasa had a huge crush on Eren he'll never know.

The walk continued in a comfortable silence until they finally reached Professor Oak's lab.

When they got there Ash smirked in amusement and Tiger rolled his eyes at what they were seeing.

In front of them, on the steps to the Professor's lab, laid Eren gasping for air as Mikasa was sitting on her knees right beside him and blowing him some air with a wind fan.

"You're tired because you came running here when you could have walked and because you didn't eat or drink anything when you left your house," Ash told his almost passed out friend.

Luxray simply sat next to Mikasa as she continued to blow him some air.

"I told you Eren," Mikasa said.

Eren didn't respond as he simply tried to gasp for some air.

Ash sighed at that and gave him some cold water from one of his storage compartments.

Once Eren drank it he was completely revitalized.

"Ahh that is much better, thank you, Ash!" Eren said with water still dripping from his mouth and him wanting to give Ash a fist bump.

"Don't mention it" Ash said as he fists bumped Eren.

"Alright onwards guys!" Eren said as he marched forward.

Ash and Tiger simply shook their heads while Mikasa giggled at her brother's exuberance.

After Ash gave one nod at Mikasa and she returned it they followed Eren.

Once they were at the door Eren rang the doorbell.

"Coming!" a voice said from the other side of the door.

The three kids and Pokémon waited patiently for the owner of that voice to show himself.

"Oh, hello you three. Your just on time. Now come in so we can get this started" Professor Oak said when he opened the door and checked his watch.

The three kids and Pokémon obeyed and went in but before the Professor could close the door a loud voice was heard heading towards them. Most specifically Ash.

"Gooooooood Moooooooorrninnng Aaaaaaaaaaaassssssshhhhh!" the voice of Gary Oak was heard as he rocketed towards Ash with his foot stretched out ready to smack the violet-eyed boy.

Ash expected this to happen so simply moved out of Gary's way and said boy rocketed through the open door.

The Flying Oak missed his target but was now barreling towards the ground but before he crash-landed, he was teleported back inside the lab by his grandpa's Alakazam.

"Haha, thanks, Alakazam I know I can always count on you to catch me!" Gary said once he was inside with the rest of the group.

Alakazam rolled his eyes and teleported to his resting place.

"Wow, that was so manly Gary!" Eren said as his eyes were literally shining with awe at how manly Gary was.

"Thank you for your support Eren!" Gary said as he gave a thumbs-up to Eren and smiled at him.

"I wish I could one day be as manly as you!" Eren said to Gary still in awe.

"Eren come here," Gary said as he motioned for Eren to come here.

Eren did and was heading to him.

"Here it comes," Ash said to Mikasa, Professor Oak, and Tiger.

"Yeah," Mikasa said as tiger nodded.

"Indeed," Oak said knowing what was about to happen.

"Should we stop them, Professor?" Ash said.

"No just let them be, it doesn't last that long and besides it amazes me how detailed the scene always is," Oak said as he watched on.

Ash shrugged his shoulders and continued to look on.

"Eren" Gary simply said.

"Yeah?" Eren replied still unaware,

"You Fool!" Gary said as he smacked Eren across the face so hard he sent him flying just a few feet away.

"What was that for?!" Eren said as comical tears poured from his eyes and him nursing his injured check.

"Eren never say that you wish to be as manly as me one day because you are already as manly as me. You still just don't know it yet" Gary said as he was on one knee next to the downed Eren. He was also giving him a confident smile.

"Oh, Gary," Eren said as he looked tearfully at Gary.

"Eren!" Gary said.

"Gary!" Eren said.

"Eren!" Gary said.

"Gary!" Eren said.

"GARY!" "EREN!" both Gary and Eren yelled out as they embraced in a manly hug.

However, as they hugged an image of a beach with a setting sun appeared behind them. The image had everything, crashing waves, rocks laying around, and even Winguls and Pelippers flying above.

"I'm always surprised at how realistic this feels," Ash said as he grabbed a pebble laying around and threw it at the ocean.

"Even the setting sun feels real. Hm I'm still surprised I haven't gotten used to this" Mikasa said with Tiger simply looking on.

"It still baffles me how they can make this image happen," Oak said as he looked on with his lab coat flailing around because of the wind.

After a few minutes passed the hug ended and the image went with it.

"Well then now that that is over with let's go and meet your starters," Oak said, and soon after the four kids followed him.

During the whole way, Gary talked Ash's ear off about something and another. Ash paid no attention.

"Hmm did you say something, Gary?" Ash casually told Gary once they got to where they were getting their starters.

"Grr curse you and your hip attitude Ash!" Gary said as he bit his shirt.

Mikasa and Oak shook their heads in amusement while Eren was muttering "so cool."

"Well anyways, firstly I'd like to congratulate the four of you for passing your trainer's exam. You all did wonderfully and it's because of that that you four will be the first out of your class that gets their starters first" Oak said proudly.

Ash and Mikasa nodded while Gary and Eren fist-bumped.

Oak then pressed a few buttons from a machine and said machine soon after opened up revealing three Pokeballs which were engraved with water, fire, and grass symbols respectively.

The kids, minus Ash, looked in awe at their future companions.

"Excuse me, Professor Oak?" Mikasa said as she raised her hand.

"Yes, Mikasa?" Oak said but he already knew what her question was going to be.

"Professor, why are there only three Pokeballs when four of us graduated? Will one of us not get a starter?" Mikasa asked.

"Well, you see the thing is that the Indigo League was asked by the Kalos League if they could have some of the three starters of Kanto for Professor Sycamore for his studies regarding their Mega Evolutions" Oak explained not revealing much of the matter.

The kids didn't ask further on so Professor Oak continued on where he left on.

"As for your second question, yes. Sadly, one of you will have to go without a starter and wait until I get sent another batch of starters in three months' time" Oak said sadly.

Three of the four aspiring trainers said nothing. Each of them wondering who would be the one to go without a starter.

Before Mikasa could raise her hand, Ash beat her to the punch.

"I'll go without a starter Professor. You can let Mikasa, Eren, and Gary get theirs" Ash said with a smile on his face.

Oak nodded his head, already knowing what Ash meant, while Eren, Mikasa, and Gary looked at him shocked.

"Ash you don't have to do that. I already have Tiger with me, he can be my starter. So, you don't need to wait for one to arrive" Mikasa told him with Tiger nodding his head.

"Mikasa is right Ash! You don't have to do this! We all said we were leaving together" Eren said trying to convince Ash otherwise.

"My Eternal Rival I wouldn't want you to wait three months for a starter while we get ahead of you. Please let me do it and wait for a starter to arrive! I will use this time to train even more!" Gary said exasperated.

As the three kids tried to convince Ash to think otherwise, he simply raised a hand for them to stop talking.

"You know I'm kind of surprised you three, especially you Gary, have forgotten of her" Ash said amusedly.

"Huh?" the three kids said while tilting their heads in confusion.

Ash and Professor chuckled before he said one simple word.

"Azami" he simply said.

The three kids, minus Luxray, fell down anime style at completely forgetting about her.

Ever since Ash brought her and oddly enough a Riolu from the Kalos Region, they didn't know how he did it, Azami and Ash were inseparable whenever he came to the ranch. The first time they met her they had been a little scared of her because of her intimidating nature but soon enough they had warmed up to her. She was also a very strong fearless Pokémon who constantly challenged Oak's mighty Charizard or Dragonite to battles. Every time either accepted they would beat her senseless, but she wouldn't give up until she would be knocked out. Other times she would make them actually try against her and be close to winning but in the end, Oak's Pokémon's' experience always got the better of her.

From what they knew Azami was well respected by the adult Pokémons around the ranch and the baby ones really liked her.

From time to time they would see that Azami would be training Riolu for long periods of time. To what extent they didn't know.

After a while, they got up and quickly composed themselves while apologizing to Ash for forgetting about her. Ash simply waved them off saying it was okay.

"Well know that that is done with, who wants to go first?" Oak asked and immediately Gary and Eren raised their hands at the same time.

Soon after there was a quick debacle on who would go first until Ash suggested them to decide on a Janken-po.

That's what they did and after a best two out of three Gary won.

"Yeah, you got to love paper!" Gary said excitedly as he kissed his open palm while he walked forward.

"Arceus dam it Rock!" Eren said as he cried comical tears.

Mikasa simply consoled her sulking brother while Ash patted his back in pity.

"Now then Gary who is it going to be?" Oak asked his grandson.

"Hmm" Gray was thinking as he surveyed his options.

"This one!" Gary said as he picked up the Pokeball with the water symbol engraved on it.

Oak motioned for him to go for it and once Gary did out of the Pokeball came out a lively Squirtle.

"Hello there Squirtle," Gary said in a normal voice.

The Squirtle looked at him in wonder as if trying to figure him out.

"Squirtle I am about to embark on a journey that will take me to be the best Pokémon trainer out there. Do you want to come with me? If you do, I can guarantee you that you will grow stronger and that you will become a very powerful Blastoise. I must warn you though if you come with me you and I will train hard every day to get stronger and said training will be really tough on you. So, I say again do you want to come with me?" Gary told his soon to be Pokémon as he stretched his arm to him.

Squirtle didn't even think about it and grabbed Gary's hand and looked at him with a determined look on his face.

"Now that's the spirit Squirtle! Together we will beat every other trainer and now our eternal Rivals Ash and Azami!" Gary said in his normal boisterous tone while he pointed at a smirking Ash.

Squirtle didn't know who Azami was but he had already declared that Pokémon and this human in front of him as his and his trainer's eternal Rivals.

Gray smiled at his Pokémon's reaction while Ash smirked, Mikasa and Tiger looked on passively, and Eren was muttering "so manly."

"Well, then it seems Squirtle had made his choice. Then here you go Gary, your PokeDex and six Pokeballs" Oak said with a proud smile as he gave his grandson the mentioned items.

"Thanks, Gramps!" Gray said as he took the Pokeballs and his PokeDex and then stepping aside with Squirtle for the others to go.

"Well, who wants to go next?" Oak asked again and at this Eren quickly raised his hand up in excitement.

Mikasa giggled at her brother's excitement while Tiger rolled his eyes and Ash simply closed his eyes while he smirked.

"Now then who is it going to be Eren?" Oak asked the excited boy.

"Hmm" Eren was thinking as he surveyed his two options.

"This one will do!" Eren said as he grabbed the Pokeball with the fire symbol engraved on it.

Once he grabbed it and touched the release button a healthy-looking Charmander came out of said PokeBall.

Just like Squirtle had Charmander looked curiously at Eren who was gushing at him.

"Kyaa! My first Pokémon!" Eren squealed, almost girly, at seeing Charmander.

"Kyaa?" Ash, Mikasa, Oak, and even Gary thought as they heard Eren.

After his initial reaction, Eren quickly went and hugged Charmander and rubbed his face along his. However, he was careful with Charmander's flame tail.

Charmander instantly liked this boy who was hugging him, he simply smiled as his face was rubbing alongside this boy's face.

"Say Charmander do you want to come on an awesome Journey with me?! I want to be the greatest fighting type Pokémon master out there and I know you can help me accomplish it! You will also be a very strong Charizard one day with my help! You'll be above all other Charizards out there! So, what do you say?" Eren asked as he was holding up Charmander in front of him.

Charmander didn't care that much on being strong but he wanted to help out this kind boy in front of him, so he nodded.

"Thank you Thank you Thank you!" Eren said excitedly as he hugged Charmander tightly to his chest.

Charmander was beginning to really like this boy.

Oak and Gary smiled at the happy scene playing out in front of them while Ash looked at a pouting Mikasa?

"Why is she pouting?" Ash told himself mentally.

Tiger look at her charge exasperated.

"Well, then it seems Charmander has clearly made his choice. Then here you go Eren, your PokeDex and six Pokeballs" Oak told the excited boy.

"Thank you, Professor Oak," Eren said as he gave the old man a small bow with Charmander around his chest being held by his arms.

Oak nodded at him and then looked at Mikasa.

Mikasa understood and stepped forward to get the final starter.

Once she grabbed the last remaining Pokeball and clicked the release button out of it came out a bored-looking Bulbasaur.

Bulbasaur looked around for a little bit until his gaze landed on Mikasa.

Mikasa and Bulbasaur looked onto each other for a couple of minutes with either not saying anything.

"Do you want to come with me Bulbasaur? I don't have a specific goal in mind but hopefully, I'll find one soon" Mikasa told the Bulbasaur.

Bulbasaur considered the offer but in the end, shrugged his shoulders and nodded at her. He had nothing better to do here and besides he was getting really bored here. Maybe this journey will be worth his time.

"Good" Mikasa simply said before she stretched her hand out.

Bulbasaur did the same but with one of his vines instead.

Both Pokémon and the girl shook hands/vine.

A big Sweatdrop appeared behind Ash, Tiger, Gary, Squirtle, Eren, Charmander, and Oak at seeing this odd introduction.

Soon after Bulbasaur stood next to Mikasa and she looking at Oak.

"Uhh well, it seems Bulbasaur has made his choice. Then here you go Mikasa, your Pokedex and six Pokeballs" Oak said as he gave the girl the mentioned items.

Mikasa took the items and after giving Oak a quick bow she headed back with the rest of the boys.

"Well with that out of the way I just want to say that I'm proud of all of you. I know you all will make Pallet Town proud; I expect to see all of you in the Indigo League Tournament. I know without a shadow of a doubt that all of you will place high on the tournament. I want you all to train hard and become strong but also remember to have fun on your journey. All of you are about to embark on a journey of a lifetime where you will see many different people, see many different Pokémons, see the many wondrous sights of the Kanto region and maybe beyond, and face many different and strong trainers. Enjoy your journeys and be the best you can be. Train your Pokémons but remember that they are also going to be your families for the foreseeable future. Be very careful out there but also don't shy away from everything. Have fun and if you need anything call me whenever you want and I'll do my best to help you out" Oak finished his small speech and smiled at the end while looking proudly at the kids in front of him.

Ash nodded with a determined expression, Eren smiled happily and nodded at Oak, Mikasa simply nodded, and Gary gave his grandpa a thumbs up.

"Well then off you go. Get ready and I'll see you off at the entrance to Pallet Town" Oak said.

"Yes Sir!" the kids said.

As they were about to head off Oak spoked again.

"Oh, Ash do you mind staying for a bit, I have to ask you something," Oak told Ash.

"Sure, thing Professor," Ash said as he stayed behind.

Eren and Mikasa didn't care and let Ash be as they went back home one last time to get their final things taken care of. Tiger followed behind.

Gary didn't even notice as he had already headed off to another part of the lab to get his final things taken care of and also to get to know his Squirtle a bit more before heading off. He was also going to come up with a plan because he was going to challenge his Rival to a battle. He knew there was no chance that his Squirtle was going to beat Azami, but he still wanted to try.

"So, what do you need of me, professor?" Ash asked Oak once the guys left.

"Ah yes! Ash, I need to ask you for a special favor" Oak told Ash.

"Sure, what is it?" Ash told Oak.

"You see Ash I do have no starters left but I do have one Pokémon that desperately needs help," Oak said with a little sadness in his voice as he pressed some buttons on the machine that had the Pokeballs for the starters.

Out of the machine came out a fourth Pokeball that Oak had grabbed and was showing it to Ash.

"The League and I tried everything, but we haven't been able to help this little guy out," Oak said as he sighed sadly at the end.

"What happened Professor Oak?" Ash asked the old man in a worried tone.

"Why don't you see for yourself," Oak said as he handed Ash the Pokeball.

Ash grabbed it and after a few seconds of staring at it, he clicked the release button.

Out of the Pokeball came out the saddest looking Teddiursa Ash has ever seen.

The Teddiursa just stared with a blank look at everything and everyone around him. His eyes briefly stayed on Oak, as the old man waved kindly at him, before trailing off to the human boy in front of him. He looked at him for a while before he stopped and then simply put his head down in sadness.

"He looks so sad" Ash though while looking at the Teddiursa.

Ash knew this wasn't normal. A Teddiursa shouldn't look so sad, also one shouldn't look so skinny and his fur didn't have that shine that all Teddiursas had when they were young. What impacted him more was the sadness in Teddiursa's eyes.

"What happened to him, Professor?" Ash asked the professor.

"Sigh" Oak sighed before continuing, "his parents were killed in front of him by a criminally renowned Pokémon hunter in the Fiore Region."

"What! But why!" Ash asked angrily.

"I don't know the details, but it seems that Teddiursa's parents were the prime targets here. The hunter wanted to capture them so she could use them for her schemes, but it seemed they put up resistance while protecting their cub here" Oak said as he gently petted Teddiursa's head.

"She?" Ash asked.

"You have probably heard of her from the news. The Pokémon Hunter that killed Teddiursa's parents was the infamous Hunter J" Oak said with a little anger on his voice.

Teddiursa flinched at the name of that woman.

Ash was left speechless but also was burning in anger at what the professor had told him. He had heard of that criminal from the Sinnoh region because of all her evil actions. From what he knew she had no affiliation to anyone from the regions, but she would take jobs from any shady people that had the money to contract her services. She also didn't work alone but had a small army of henchmen under her that would aide her on her schemes and she also had a flying ship that could turn invisible for her to not get caught and even fire lasers if they were ever in trouble. The way she would poach Pokémons from their trainers was with a "cannon" she had on her arm. The said "cannon" would shoot something out and once it hit its target it would turn whoever it touched into something akin to clay or stone. Then she would capture it within a case and then that case would take it to her ship for it to never be seen again. From what the news had said she has poached over 1,000 Pokémons from their trainers over all the seven regions. The Indigo League had the suspicions that her base was in Sinnoh and later it was confirmed that it was located on the said region by the Sinnoh League. Ever since her base had been found Hunter J had kept on the move and not stayed at one place for far too long. She was infamously renowned because she would always escape from all the 7 Leagues that were always on the eye for her. From what she has shown her main Pokémon was a mighty looking Salamence that she always escaped on and battled with. She had also shown a scary-looking Drapion and an Ariados that she would use to immobilize her capture. Ash thought she had more and just didn't want to reveal them. Some experts believed that she was trained and is now collaborating with another infamously renowned Pokémon hunter in the Iron-Masked Marauder. Nobody had proof of this, but it was an expectation the leagues had. Ash knew that she had a bounty on her head of 10 million Pokedollars Dead or Alive as she was wanted by the Seven Leagues. However, Ash was confused because she had gone to Fiore, one of the renegade regions. He didn't know how she had gotten there undetected since the renegade regions were under the direct control and patrolled over by the Pokémon Rangers. Somehow, she had done it and was responsible for the killing of Teddiursa's parents.

Ash could see that Teddiursa had been traumatized, if his blank look was anything to go by, by the whole experience.

At that moment in time, he swore he would make Hunter J pay for all the damage she had caused Teddiursa.

"How did it happen?" Ash asked again once he finished his inner monologue.

"Like I said I don't know much of the details but from what I heard was that J used her Salamence and Drapion to gravely injure Teddiursa's parents and when she tried to capture them and they continued to fight her she had gotten irritated. After that, she returned her Drapion and after getting on top of her Salamence she released from her ship a total of 15 enraged Primeapes that beat Teddiursa's parents to death. All the while she watching the whole thing play out" Oak said as he tried to control his fury at the Hunter.

"That's horrible" Ash simply said as his gazed landed at the almost in tears Teddiursa.

"I know. Teddiursa would have suffered the same fate but was saved by a squadron of Pokémon rangers that had arrived at the scene just in time. Hunter J escaped but the rangers were able to subdue the Primeapes with their styluses. They had tried to save the Ursarings but in the end, the damage done to them was too sever and in the end died from the horrible beatings they received" Oak said as he sighed again at the end.

For a brief moment, no one said anything as Oak and Ash simply looked on at a sad Teddiursa who was trying his hardest to not cry again.

"The rangers tried to help him, but he was deeply traumatized and wouldn't listen or talk to them or their Pokémons. They had tried to use their stylus but decided not to because forcing him to let them help him would only end badly for both parties. The rangers decided to send him over to the Indigo League for us to help him but even the League with all their Psychics and professionals couldn't help him. His condition kept getting worse as he refused to eat or drink anything and every night, he would cry himself to sleep, and even when he was sleeping, he would be plagued by nightmares and would, therefore, trash around. Lance had decided to send him over to me to see if I could help him. Believe me Ash I tried to help but Teddiursa would simply not cooperate and would regress further. I had to force him to eat and drink with the help of Alakazam and for the nights I made Alakazam ask one of the Hypnos here to be by Teddiursa's side the whole night to make him go to sleep if he couldn't and when he did to eat his nightmarish dreams for him not to be plagued by those nightmares anymore, therefore, making him have a nice rest" Oak said as his looked continued on Teddiursa.

"What do you want me to do Professor Oak?" Ash asked the old man.

"Ash I couldn't help him, but I know you can," Oak told Ash.

"What makes you believe that I could help him when the League, Rangers, and even you couldn't help him, Professor?" Ash asked in confusion.

"Because your you Ash. You have a special connection to any and all Pokémon you meet, and you always seem to help them in the end intentionally or unintentionally. I know without a shadow of a doubt that you are the only one that can help him. Just be your self around him and he will slowly but surely come out of his shell. Please, Ash, show him the love that was taken away from him" Oak asked the boy in front of him.

"I will Professor! I don't know how I'll do it, but I'll help him. I don't care how long it'll take me, Azami, Yuki but we will help him by giving him the family he deserves" Ash told Oak with a determined expression.

"I knew I could always count on you, Ash!" Oak said already knowing that determined expression on Ash's face.

That expression meant that Ash wouldn't give up on Teddiursa until he helped him recover.

Their conversation had caught the attention of the Teddiursa. Said Pokémon was currently looking at Ash in confusion, but there was something in his eyes that both Ash and Oak noticed.

In that endless void of sadness, there seemed to be a flicker of hope somewhere in there.

"Let me start already professor" Ash quietly said to the old man.

"Go ahead my boy" Oak replied quietly to Ash.

Ash nodded to the man and after that started walking forward to Teddiursa.

Once he got close enough, he went to one knee to look better at Teddiursa. He put on the warmest smile he could muster up to make Teddiursa more comfortable around him.

Teddiursa simply looked on at the boy's face. What caught his attention more were those pretty purple eyes the boy had. However, those eyes were filled with so much warmth and love that it clenched Teddiursa's heart.

Ash then embraced Teddiursa and was hugging him tightly to his chest.

Teddiursa was surprised by the unexpected hug and didn't know how to react for a few seconds but eventually, he decided he liked this feeling and let himself be hugged by this kind boy. He felt so warm and protected, just like he had felt with his parents.

At thinking about his parents Teddiursa wanted to cry again but he simply didn't know if he had any tears left to shed. His attention was caught by the boy when he began to speak.

"Teddiursa I'm so sorry you had to go through all that. You didn't deserve to go through all that. To suffer so much by witnessing the death of your parents. I know you must be sad, angry, frustrated, and many more emotions that I wouldn't know. And you deserve to feel all that but please let it go. Don't wallow too much on those feelings otherwise, it would consume you. I know you might not trust me but please let me help you" Ash was saying but then momentarily stopped to look at Teddiursa in the face.

Teddiursa was taken aback at what the boy was saying. He didn't know how to respond. He wanted to not feel these feelings he felt constantly and oddly enough he felt calm when he was on the boy's grasp. He wanted to feel that again but before he could respond to the boy he spoke again.

"I am about to embark on an amazing journey that is going to take me to many different places and meet many different people and Pokémons, I am going to go with my best friend and my daughter on this journey and I would like to have you there with me. If you don't want to battle until you feel you're ready, I will gladly accept that. My daughter doesn't want to battle anyway so I don't mind. My best friend is strong enough to protect all of us until you're ready to battle. I know you lost your parents but with me, you won't be alone. You will have a family with me, Yuki, and Azami and the future Pokémons I will catch. Also, when the time comes of you wanting to battle, I'll train you to be the strongest Pokémon you can be, and together with my team we will have an amazing journey. So, what do you say Teddiursa do you want to come with me?" Ash ended his statement with a kind smile and warm eyes.

Teddiursa didn't even think about it and immediately tackled the boy-no his big brother- into a hug. As he hugged him though he couldn't sustain them anymore and let loose the tears he had thought were long gone. The difference however was that these weren't tears of sadness but of happiness at having a family and not be left alone in this world. His big brother made him feel safe and protected and would be patient with him on when he would be ready to battle. He was happy but also excited on this journey he was going to embark on with his new family. He was also excited to meet this Azami and Yuki. If they were as kindhearted as his big brother then he would love them as well. He would still miss his parents but hopefully with the support and love of his new family that pain would slowly fade away. His parents will always be a part of him, and he would always miss them, but his brother was right. He had been neglecting himself and his parents wouldn't want that of him. This pain he felt in his heart and the nightmares would continue for a while longer, but he knew that with his big brother's help he would slowly but surely heal. When he would be ready, he would train and become strong so that he could help his big brother accomplish whatever it is he wanted to accomplish. He continued hugging his big brother as his tears of happiness shed from his eyes.

Ash was a little surprised by the sudden hug, but he quickly returned it and let Teddiursa cry his eyes out as he gently rubbed circles behind his back.

At this moment Ash decided he would help Teddiursa overcome his pain and sadness. Just like he had helped Yuki he would help Teddiursa. He won't let anything or anyone try and harm his starter. He would protect him and Yuki with the help of Azami and when the time came where Teddiursa wanted to learn how to battle then he would help him become the strongest Ursaring out there.

Azami, Yuki, and Teddiursa were the first members of his family and he would be dammed if he let anything harm his family.

"Only that boy can do what I, the Indigo League, or the rangers couldn't do. Hehe, I made the right choice in giving him Teddiursa" Oak thought as he watches the warm scene in front of him.

After a few more minutes passed Teddiursa finally stopped crying and was simply hugging Ash.

"Are you feeling better Teddiursa?" Ash asked his starter Pokémon.

Teddiursa cutely nodded his head as he gave Ash a weak, but genuine, smile.

"I'm glad," Ash said but then continued, "so I take it you want to come with me then?"

Teddiursa nodded his head.

"Very well but if you want to come with me, I need to give you a name," Ash said with a smile as he continued to look at Teddiursa on the face.

Teddiursa tilted his head a little in confusion. Wasn't his name Teddiursa? That's what everyone called him.

"I can guess what you might be thinking right now. You will not be any ordinary Teddiursa, you will be my Teddiursa and you will one day be a strong and powerful Ursaring that stands tall above all other Ursarings. You need a name that will separate you from all others of your line. So, what do you say?" Ash asked his Teddiursa.

His big brother was right, so he nodded his head and patiently waited for his new name.

At that Ash began thinking of many names that would suit Teddiursa. After a few seconds of thinking, he came up with the perfect name.

"Katsuki" Ash said with a smile and at Teddiursa's confusion, he elaborated, "it means to win. By that, I mean that one day when you become a powerful Ursaring your strength and might will be a force to be reckoned with. You will make an explosive impact when we participate in the League and together, we will win it."

Teddiursa was in awe at what his big brother said his name was going to mean and if he was honest, he liked the sound of it. He looked at Ash and nodded his head in approval at the name.

"I'm happy you liked it…Katsuki," Ash said with a smile as he patted Katsuki's head.

Katsuki was smiling at his big brother and leaned in into his touch. Soon he grew a blush of embarrassment when his tummy rumbled loudly.

Ash and Oak chuckled at Katsuki's embarrassed expression, but they understood it since before now he didn't want to eat anything.

"Well, it seems your hungry. Don't worry I'll get you a PokePuff when I get home and grab my backpack" Ash said as his smile continued on Katsuki.

Katsuki nodded his head waiting in anticipation for when he would eat.

Suddenly another blush of embarrassment appeared on his face when he shyly picked up his small arms in the universal sign all children made when they wanted to be picked up.

Ash chuckled again, and after clipping Katsuki's Pokeball on his belt, he picked up the embarrassed Teddiursa and held him close to his chest. (A/N: The way Togepi would get carried always.)

Once in his big brother's arms, Katsuki relaxed and leaned into his touch.

Ash smiled at this and then turned to face the professor. Ash had been worried because for a few minutes he had completely forgotten about the Professor but at seeing the professor's proud look those worries faded away.

"Well, it seems Katsuki has made his choice! Then here you go Ash my boy, six Pokeballs and your Pokedex" Oak said as he handed Ash the mentioned items.

"Thank you, professor Oak," Ash said as he bowed slightly to the man.

Ash clipped the remaining Pokeballs to his belt and put the Pokedex in one of his coat pockets. All the while never letting go of Katsuki.

"Now then Ash should we go call for her?" Oak said with a slight smirk on his aged face.

"Lets," Ash said with his own smirk.

At that, both Ash and Oak started making their way to the outside of the lab that leads to the corral.

As they passed by many of Oak's assistants waved and greeted politely both Ash and Oak. They politely returned the greetings with their own.

Once they were outside Ash, like always, marveled at the sight of all the Pokémons playing around or just relaxing or even battling. He was even able to see the herd of Tauros running around the corral.

"I still can't believe that a trainer was able to catch 28 Tauros from the Safari Zone just by pure dumb luck," Ash said as he looked at the herd of Tauros.

Katsuki just looked on curiously all around him. He usually never looked around wherever he was brought too but now that he paid attention, he was surprised by all the Pokémons around him.

"I was just as shocked as you at that time. Every time he would try and catch another Pokémon from the Safari Zone a Tauros would appear out of nowhere and jump in the way of the Safariball and therefore be captured" Oak said as he also looked at the herd of Tauros that had just broken his fence when he said that.

"I'm going to have to get that fence fixed…again," Oak said as he sighed in the end.

Ash chuckled at that while Katsuki continued to look curiously.

Soon after they continued their trek towards an open plane that was close by the Oak residence.

As they were walking through many of the Pokémons looked at Oak and Ash.

The growled/grunted/hissed/cawed at them to say hello to them. Some of the little Pokémons had even come to say hello to Ash and the Professor.

Ash and Oak chuckled at this but decided to pet them and after a few seconds, they sent them to continue playing.

Once they had gotten there, Ash had given Katsuki to Oak to carry for a while as he moved a little bit away from Oak.

"Don't worry I won't leave you. Believe me, you don't want to be part of what is going to happen" Ash told Katsuki who was about to cry at being let go by him.

Katsuki didn't understand but he saw the sincerity in his big brother's eyes and decided to trust him.

At that Ash turned towards where the forest for bug Pokémons were, and after sighing and taking a deep breath he put two fingers in his mouth and gave the loudest whistle he could make.

Ash was using the full force of his lungs for his whistle to be loud enough so that she can hear it.

Some of the small Pokémons that were close by had covered their ears from the high-pitched whistle, but the larger ones simply paid no mind.

The loud whistle had woke up a certain Pokémon.

(In the bug forest)

A certain special Seviper was currently sleeping in the bug forest.

The bug Pokémons paid no mind to her since she wasn't bothering them. They let her be.

Azami was currently sleeping soundly.

However, even in her sleep, she was excited at what day today was.

Today was the day that her journey with her best friend began. Today was the day she and her little Yuki would officially become his Pokémons.

She knew they were already his Pokémons, but this day would make it official.

They would embark on many adventures and meet many new people and Pokémons. They would see many things and explore many different areas of this world. They would also have to battle many strong opponents and their Pokémons.

Azami knew she was strong and only grew stronger with the years she's known Ash but there were still so many more opponents far stronger and with far greater experience under their belt than her. She has also trained allot even after escaping that base.

At the mention of the base, she hissed involuntarily.

She had perfected the moves she already knew to the point she could do them without thinking about it. She had also learned many new moves that she could have learned naturally but they were still a work in progress. With Ash helping her they had been able to come up with a few, but powerful, combination moves she would use when battling someone strong. Just like the new moves she had learned her combination moves were still a work in progress. Once she mastered them, however, they would be a force to be reckoned with.

Azami had even practiced moves from the other types to work on her "All-Type." She learned more about Electric-type moves from the local electric type Pokémons here by asking them tips and how they did the moves they knew without revealing her "All-Type" status to them.

She did the same for her fire, water, grass, ice, and ground moves she was trying to learn. They were not perfect but at least they were decent.

She was still contemplating how she would tell Ash about her status without him freaking out. It was going to be hard as well to tell her comrades when Ash captures them.

At thinking about Ash's future team, she inwardly smiled because they were going to be her family/comrades and she would be their leader just under Ash. She would help them get strong and care for them the way she knew Ash would care for them.

She was going to miss it here, especially her daughter, but she knew she had to go with Ash and Yuki.

She had also found out during her stay here that when she changed typing the color around her eyelids would change to that typing's color. She found that odd but didn't question it.

As she was thinking all that she involuntarily smirked.

Her body was beginning to twitch, meaning that she was waking up.

Before she could fully wake up, she heard a very loud but very familiar whistle.

At the sound of that whistle, her eyes immediately opened.

Her head snapped to where the whistle came from.

Azami grew a huge smile on her face that showed some of her inner fangs.

She stretched her body to move her still asleep muscles. It felt great for her and she even managed to pop some of her bones.

After that, she quickly went to the small pond close by her, and once, she was there she took a deep breath and then plunged her entire head into the pond.

She scared the daylights out of a few Goldeens, Horseas, Fionees, and Magikarps that were close by when she plunged her head in the pond.

After a few more seconds she took her head out the pond and took a deep breath thereafter.

She was now fully awake and ready.

Some of the bug Pokémons that were already awake were looking at her curiously.

Azami noticed this and simply smiled at them and waved at them with her tail.

The bug Pokémons around her chittered happily at being acknowledged but continued to look at her.

Azami didn't mind but since they were watching her, she might as well show them something awesome.

She slithered close by to a boulder that was laying around where she slept and then leaned her lower body to it. She then began to coil herself tightly to springboard off to Ash.

Over the years here she has also practiced with her elasticity. She had even come up with many new moves. She discovered that she could also make her bones stretch like her body if she focused hard enough. She still couldn't transform into any other Pokémons or humans for the matter, which she found odd since she could use any attack she wanted. However, she could alter her body in any way she saw fit with the only one right now being that she could make her lower body and now upper body stretch. At first, she thought she had turned into rubber with how she could stretch and bounce but after a test trial with her being shocked by multiple electric attacks and it hurting her allot she disproved that idea. When she stretched, she wasn't turning her body into rubber, but her cells were making her body stretch to help her. She had practiced allot with her stretching attacks since being here and she could now use her stronger stretching attacks without her losing feeling of her lower body. It would still tire her out but not immobilize her completely.

When she had shown Ash that unique ability of hers, he almost fainted but was able to stay conscious just because of how amazed he was.

He had asked her many questions on how she was able to do that but since she couldn't verbally communicate with him, yet, she couldn't exactly tell him.

In the end, Ash just summarized it to be something she was born with that only made her more awesome.

With Ash finding out of her unique ability they both had come up with many new moves she could use when facing stronger opponents.

They wouldn't even know what hit them.

Something she couldn't master just yet was her mobility when she stretched her body. She would need to stop and prepare herself to use her stretching attacks and only then she would be able to move fast while in what she and Ash dubbed as "Second Gear."

Azami's "Second Gear" works similar to doping, Azami compresses one or two of her limbs and releases it to increase blood flow dramatically. This makes her body move faster than it normally can. During this state however her normally greenish body color would take a pinkish coloring but, Ash theorized, it became pink because blood moving in her durable, during this time only, elastic veins is very fast causing friction making her skin take a pinkish coloring. Something strange they discovered when she first tried it was that steam would come out of her body. However, with the help of Professor Oak- who was fascinated with her stretching ability when Ash told him -theorized that the Steam comes out of her because friction causes heat and the heat makes her sweat evaporate causing the steam. However, Azami gets exhausted because increasing her blood flow uses a lot of energy in a short period of time. Therefore, she can't use "Gear Second" allot because she would die from exhaustion.

The first time she had tried her "Gear Second" was against the old man's Machamp. He had volunteered to see how strong it was, and she was happy to oblige him.

It took a long while for her to get ready- time she wouldn't get in a real battle- but in the end, she battled Machamp in her "Gear Second" form.

She had given Machamp a hard-fought battle with her increased speed and strength but in the end, he beat her because he simply outlasted her.

Ash, Oak, and she discovered that, for now, she could only be in her "Second Gear" for about 8 minutes. When those 8 minutes ended, she would become immobile again just like the first time she had tried her jet Gatling.

Her "Second Gear" for right now was a double edge sword because if she wasn't able to take down her opponent in those 8 minutes then she would become a sitting duck for her opponent afterward and would be easy picking for them.

So, she, Ash, and Oak decided unanimously that she would only use her "Second Gear" for an extreme emergency only or if the situation was dire enough.

However, privately she and Ash were wondering if she could go beyond her "Gear Second" but right now it was just speculation; they haven't tried it yet.

The way Azami would pump the blood quickly through her veins during her "Second Gear" was by channeling the energies of an extremespeed/agility/quick attack combo through her blood. It took her forever to try and get a feeling to it because she had never done it before but eventually, she got it. However, it would take her an immense force of concentration on her part to be able to accurately channel those energies through her blood. She had tried to add elemental attacks to her "Second Gear" but it was impossible right now for her just because of the sheer concentration she needed to do to focus her speed energies. So, she just added the attacks she knew almost unconsciously and implemented them to her "Second Gear" form. (A/N: You'll have to wait to see those attacks)

Azami smirked at how strong she had gotten over the years here with Ash and Oak. Lord Arceus had been right with the help of Ash she had gotten stronger.

Her desire only grew more after witnessing the old Charizard battle the Rocket scum and his Pokémons. She wanted to be as strong or even stronger than him one day to help Ash accomplish his dreams and to protect him and Yuki.

She will never let anyone harm her best friend and her adorable niece Yuki.

As she thought all that the loud whistle had subsided, but she was already ready.

She had coiled herself long enough, adding a little of her "rubber" powers, to make the launch faster.

Azami inwardly laughed at the "rubber" powers she now had. Ash had come up with that.

Azami could stretch her lower body now without hurting herself or immobilizing completely because she had practiced day and night to prevent that aftershock.

She couldn't be as helpless as she was during the fight alongside Lucario.

She wouldn't be that defenseless again ever.

At the mention of her deceased friend, she gave out a small prayer for him.

Once she was finished, she opened her eyes and looked at where she was going to land. Her eyes showed how ready she was.

"Alright let's go!" Azami said in her Poketongue before pausing but as she paused, she grinned before saying "Rocket!"

Once the word left her mouth, she released the coil and the added pressure sent her rocketing out the bug forest. She had literally disappeared in a burst of speed and had even left a small aftershock to the bug Pokémons that had surrounded her. some fell while others looked at where she had been in awe. Azami had even made a crack on the boulder she had used to coil herself.

She was off and out of the bug forest in less than a minute.

Once out she was still rocketing off since had coiled herself very tightly and therefore that gave her a lot of speed. It almost seemed as she was flying but not really.

As she was rocketing through the air though she dodged and avoided crashing into any of the local Pokémons here.

As she was rocketing towards her best friend a long trail of dirt was following her because of her intense speed.

She then saw him smiling and waving at her.

Azami smiled but she could feel her speed was decreasing as she flew towards Ash.

She just needs to get past the small canal that ran through the old man's ranch since Ash was waiting for her on the other side on an open plane with the old man and a small Pokémon he was holding.

Azami finally crossed the small canal and landed with a loud "thump" in front of Ash, who didn't even flinch at Azami's landing.

Azami cleared the small cloud of dust with a wave of her tail.

Azami then made eye contact with her best friend who gave her a toothy grin at her.

Azami smirked back at him and then raised her tail at him as he raised his hand.

(Ash during Azami's launch)

Once Ash had finished whistling, he put his hands in his coat pockets and waited. He knew she wouldn't take long now; she was just as excited as he was.

"Are you sure she heard you, Ash?" Oak said as he took his hands from Katsuki's ears.

"Oh, believe me, she did Professor," Ash said without looking at him.

Oak shrugged his shoulders and decided to wait for her.

Katsuki was looking on in confusion while wondering who his big brother was talking about.

Ash knew she wouldn't take long because he already knew what she would do to get here quickly.

In the beginning, he had been surprised and almost fainted when Azami had shown him that she could stretch beyond normal. He was even more surprised when she didn't break or tore any muscle or bones as she stretched. Her body would return to its original shape once she was done stretching.

He had informed the Professor of this and he was just as surprised as he was at Azami's strange ability. The professor had said that there was no Pokémon known to man that could stretch the way Azami stretched her body.

In the end, Ash or even Oak for that matter couldn't figure out what made Azami be able to stretch the way she did without hurting herself. However, Oak was still working out on why it was possible.

Then there was her secret weapon in her "Second Gear."

The "second gear" was an experiment that Ash and Oak asked Azami if she could do. After they explained how it would work, she had tried it. In the beginning, she was able to do it for just a minute but once that minute ended, she felt the aftershock and to say that it wasn't pretty was an understatement.

Over time, however, she was able to use her "second gear" more. Her limit right now was 8 minutes, but Ash was sure she would be able to lengthen it more.

Ash had decided that Azami would only use that form of hers when facing an overwhelming opponent or in the Indigo League.

Ash pitied the trainer and his Pokémons who would face Azami whenever he ordered her to use her "second gear" because in that form she became a speed demon with overwhelming strength. However, he knew what would happen to her if said opponent survived her onslaught for those 8 minutes. Hopefully, for their sake, they won't ever have to face an opponent like that yet.

Now, all that Ash wondered now was that if Azami could go beyond her "Gear Second" and to let's say a "Gear Third?"

Ash put that idea in the back of his mind as he saw something or rather someone bolts out of the bug forest of professor Oak's ranch.

"Hehehe I told you, professor," Ash said as he gave one look at the professor.

"sigh, yes you did my boy, but does she have to bolt here that way? In my opinion, she's just being flashy in coming that way" Oak said as he shook his head as he looked at the missile heading towards them.

Katsuki just looked at the strange thing heading towards his big brother.

"Yeah she is flashy like that, but we have to be if we want to be noticed in the Indigo League tournament," Ash told Oak while he smiled at him.

Oak simply shook his head at Ash and held Katsuki a lighter tighter for the inevitable landing.

Ash smiled and waved at Azami as she was rocketing towards him.

He was surprised when he saw that Azami was dodging in mid-air a few of the Pokémons that were in her way as she rocketed through the air.

"I wonder when she practiced that?" Ash thought as he continued to look at Azami.

Ash was surprised at some of the moves Azami already knew but summarized to be because she had practiced them before they met.

Azami knew to a teeth Glare, Poison Tail, Poison Jab, Iron Tail, Double-Edge, Hyper Beam, and oddly enough the moves Stone Edge and Thunderbolt.

Ash found it odd that a Poison Type like Azami knew not only one but four lightning type attacks including Thunderbolt and a ground type move like Stone Edge.

Azami weirdly enough also knew how to use Discharge, Volt Tackle, and Thunder punch. To the point that one would mistake her to be a lightning type instead of a poison type.

Ash found that so odd to the point he wanted to tell the professor but the look Azami had given him told him that she would tell him someday one way or another. He had obliged and didn't tell the professor.

Azami had also learned Flamethrower, Toxic, Smokescreen, Night Slash, Poison Fang, Swords Dance, and Sludge Bomb.

They weren't as perfect as the moves she knew to a tooth, but they were still good.

They had even created a few combos moves that would be devastating once mastered.

However, Ash knew that just because he and Azami had trained for a while know she wasn't the strongest there is. She was always humbled by the Professor's Pokémons when she challenged them to a battle. She was even defeated by Machamp while in her "gear second" form.

Azami wasn't invincible and she and he knew that. That's why they continued to train to become stronger.

However, Ash knew that Azami wasn't going to be his only Pokémon. He already had her, Yuki, and now Katsuki with him but he knew he was going to eventually catch more.

Ash knew he wanted at least 10 Pokémons and only 10 because that was the only number he could manage right now. Beyond that, he would struggle to care for them and train them all, so ten was his maximum.

Ash would train them as well to be strong like Azami one day sooner rather than later. He didn't care what Pokémon he caught as long as they chose to come with him. Ash would never force a Pokémon to come with him if he/she didn't want to.

For right now though, with Yuki not wanting to battle and Katsuki being traumatized, Azami was his main battler for both the Pewter City and Cerulean City gyms. Ash knew she wouldn't mind.

Ash was brought out of his thoughts when he felt Azami crash land close to him.

He didn't even flinch when Azami landed in front of him.

Azami had dispersed the dust cloud with a wave of her tail and was currently looking at him.

He gave her a toothy grin and then raised his hand to her.

Soon after she raised her tail.

(Same time with a certain other around the ranch)

A certain blue and black jacal Pokémon is currently sprinting towards the rocky mountainside of the rock and ground types on the ranch.

(A/N: I don't know the specific layout of the corral. I just have Bulpapidea and some images of it. I don't know how it looks in its entirety. I guess he has a lot of Pokémons there of different types and him putting them in a certain area that would accommodate said type. Sorry for that but it's the best I got)

Said Pokémon was told by some of the flying types around that Rhydon and Golem were at it again in their area and their fighting was causing a lot of damage to the area they were at.

She had immediately sprinted off there to stop those two before they caused any more damage.

Ever since coming here with her mother she had become the one who kept the order with all the Pokémons around.

The old ones were the Protectors of this entire area and the Town, but she was the one who kept the order with the Pokémons around. They all always came to her when there was trouble or something was wrong, and she loved it. (A/N: The same way Bulbasaur does)

In the beginning, she had been scared knowing that she was going to start a new life here and in the first few weeks of when they got here, she wouldn't talk to anyone and would stay close with her mother always. Eventually, she would start to come out more and play with the other Pokémons around.

As time went by, she started to heal mentally, yes she would have nightmares from time to time but thanks to her mother and uncle Ash she began to move on.

She would never forget her father and would always give a small prayer every morning to him and her deceased mother.

As time continued on, she started to help around on the ranch with the Pokémons like resolving little struggles and helping others move along.

In her time here she had also grown stronger with the help of her mother and her uncle Ash.

Since her mother and uncle Ash didn't know how to train with Aura, she had to figure that one out herself.

It took her a while but eventually, she had been able to teach herself how to use her Aura to strengthen herself and sense Pokémons and humans. It also helped that she was part of the line that literally wielded Aura so it would have been a matter of time before she got it. She was even able to communicate now with her uncle Ash with her Aura because of her Aura training. Her uncle Ash had been so excited at her being able to talk to him.

She was trained by her mother and Uncle Ash to the ground every day when they discovered she had learned how to wield Aura.

As she ran, she shivered at that sadistic smile her mom and uncle had on their faces when she told them the news.

Over those next few weeks, the training could be described in one single word: Distortion.

They had put her through the wringer every single day until she couldn't stand up. They would always take her to the old man for him to heal her but the next day would be the same thing. She didn't complain now though because that training made her into the powerful warrior she was now. She knew she wasn't the strongest of all, but she was strong enough to deal with the Pokémons here and that is what mattered to her the most. However, she would still train herself whenever she had time since the training with her mother and uncle was over. They had done enough for her and she will always thank them for that because it was because of them that she was the proud warrior she was today. Her father would be proud of seeing the brave warrior she has become and the only ones she had to thank for that were uncle Ash and her mother and a certain someone else.

As she continued to run, she suddenly jumped on a tree branch from the bug forest and continued jumping from tree branch to tree branch until she got to the rocky area.

She moved so swiftly and gave twists and turns when some Pokémons were on her way.

As she was getting closer, she began thinking about her favorite little sister and how because of her that she was in her current form.

(Semi Long Flashback) (Allot of Pokespeach between Yuki and Riolu)

Currently in the Pallet Forest of Route 1 was a Gardevoi that was currently picking some berries from some bushes and a little Riolu that was keeping a close eye on her and their surroundings.

Riolu was going to come alone on this expedition to collect a few berries for some of the baby Pokémons back at the corral but Yuki insisted that she wanted to come with her.

Yuki had been able to convince uncle Ash and her mommy to let her come with her because she had given both of them those accursed puppy eyes to let her come. They had relented but with the sole condition that she behaved herself and always listened to Riolu and never leave her side. Yuki had nodded vigorously.

Riolu had also promised them that she would take care of her and assured them to not worry since they were just going to the nearby forest on Route 1 to collect the berries. There wasn't anything there that would pose a threat to her or Yuki.

They had let them be and here they were.

"Big sis, big sis! Look look!" Yuki said excitedly as she began running towards Riolu.

"What is it Yuki-chan?" Riolu said as she stopped to look at what Yuki wanted to show her.

"Look what I found!" Yuki said proudly as she showed Riolu what she had found.

On her hands were a pair of Custap Berries that she had found. (A/N: Search it up I don't know how to properly describe it)

Riolu was surprised that she had found Custap Berries in Route 1 since from what she knew from her mother the Custap Berries were very rare in Kanto since they mostly grew in the cold climate of Sinnoh.

"You know those berries are very rare here in Kanto Yuki-Chan. So, you finding one here is nothing but amazing" Riolu said as she smiled at Yuki.

"Really?!" Yuki said excitedly.

"Yup, good job Yuki-Chan!" Riolu told the excited Gardevoir.

"Yay! Yuki did good!" Yuki cheered but stopped and looked expectantly at Riolu as she lowered her head a little bit.

It took a minute for Riolu to figure what she wanted but once she did, she sighed.

"Yuki you do remember that your taller than me, right?" Riolu said after sighing.

"Oops, so-sorry I kind of for-forgot," Yuki said when she realized that Riolu was right.

So she sat on her knees to be on the same eye level as Riolu and then lowered her head.

"Don't worry about it" Riolu said.

Riolu then began lifting her hand and then placed her paw on Yuki's head and then began patting her head in approval.

"Good girl Yuki-chan," Riolu said warmly at the giggling Gardevoir.

Yuki enjoyed the touch and simply giggled.

"Alright put those berries in your basket with the others. Its time to head back home" Riolu said before looking towards the starting to turn orange sky, "the sun is starting to set. Besides your dad and my mom would kill me if I brought you home late"

"Yes, big sis!" Yuki said.

Once she said that she stood up and headed for her basket which she had left close to the bush she was looking through. Thankfully none of the residents of the Pallet Forest decided to steal from her when she was with her big sis.

She put the Custap Berries in her basket, which she decorated herself…well not really her big sisters Kirlia and Happiny had done most of the job in decorating her basket, but but she had helped them by given them the stuff they needed! So, she kind of helped! (A/N: Imagine any cute Girly basket)

She couldn't wait to show daddy and auntie all the berries she had found and even finding a rare berry here. Maybe daddy would pet her head. Oh, who was she kidding of course he would pet her head. Her daddy loved her allot and would always pet her head when she asked him.

"Okay, I'm ready big sis!" Yuki told Riolu once she put her berries in her basket and began carrying her basket full of berries,

"Alright let's go then," Riolu told Yuki.

Yuki nodded and began following her big sister.

The walk back home was comfortable enough with Riolu walking and Yuki talking her ear off of just about anything she could think of.

Riolu didn't mind and just listened to her while on high alert of their surroundings.

As they walked through a certain forested area many Spearows and even a mighty Fearow looked at them intently.

During this part of their way back home, Yuki had opted to remain quiet because she was scared of the Fearow and Spearows looking at them. She clutched her basket to her chest and walked behind but closely to Riolu.

Riolu on the other hand kept looking forward but on high alert. She would look back at the Fearow, who she guessed was the leader of this flock, with a fearless expression and one of battle as if saying she was ready for them and would fight them all off.

The Fearow had looked back at her still with that predatory look but after seeing her look he simply rolled his eyes and simply gave out a caw to the Spearows. After that, he tucked his head in his wing and promptly fell asleep.

The Spearows headed to their leader's caw and simply decided to ignore them.

Riolu continued her gaze forward ignoring the flock around them. Yuki had stricken closer to her.

After a few more minutes they had finally left the area of the Fearow and his Spearows.

They were now in front of the small lake that was on Route 1.

Riolu knew they were getting close since she could see the road that would lead them back to Pallet Town.

"Big sis, can we take a small break? My feet are starting to hurt" Yuki told Riolu.

"Hmm alright but just a small break alright? We have to head home before nighttime falls okay?" Riolu told Yuki,

"Yes, mam!" Yuki saluted Riolu as her daddy would do to her grandmommy.

Riolu giggled at that but seated under a small tree alongside Yuki.

Yuki had asked her if she could eat one of the Custap Berries since they were sweet, and she loved sweet things and Riolu had told her it was okay.

After giving her a hug in thanks Yuki began cutely eating one of the Custap Berries while Riolu just laid back onto the tree they were under.

After Yuki finished eating her berry, she closed her basket for her not to get another and then was going to ask her big sis something.

When she turned to look at Riolu she could see that she was starting to doze off.

Yuki didn't want to bother her, so she kept quiet and just looked around the area they were on.

She loved this lake because from time to time her daddy and grandmommy would bring her and big sis Kirlia and Happiny for a family picnic. They would eat and then play in the water of the lake. They even played with some of the local water Pokémons here.

Yuki involuntary smiled at those memories of the times they had come here.

In front of them a few Poliwags, Magikarps, Goldeens, and Woopers were playing together.

"That looks like fun," Yuki said as she looked at the playing Pokémons.

"Umm, big sis" Yuki said quietly to her dozing off sister Riolu.

"Hmm" Riolu responded.

"Ca-can I go pl-play in the la-lake with the Pokémons? I promise it won't take long" Yuki softly told her big sis.

"Sure, just don't go too far and do not go to the deepest parts of the lake. I'll take a quick nap but once I wake up, we head back home okay?" Riolu sleepily told Yuki.

"Thank you, big sis! I promise I'll be good and not wake you up" Yuki told Riolu as he gave her a gentle hug as to not wake her up.

"Hmm," Riolu said as she fell asleep.

Yuki smiled at her big sis before heading off to the water Pokémons playing. She had put her basket close to her big sis.

Once she was close, she had told them if she could play with them and they had agreed since they saw nothing wrong with it.

So, for the next few minutes, all that could be seen was a Gardevoir playing with a few water Pokémons on the lake in Route 1 and a Riolu sleeping close by.

Unbeknownst to all of them, a big blue snake-like figure was heading towards them from the bottom of the lake.

As they continued to play, suddenly the small water Pokémons Yuki was playing with stopped and dipped their heads into the lake.

They all panicked at seeing what was quickly approaching them and darted off away from the area quickly. They didn't even have time to warn the nice Gardevoir since fear overtook them.

Not only were they swimming away but all the water Pokémons that were underneath the lake swam out of the way of the figure now heading towards Yuki.

The blue figure had been irritated that some if his prey had run away but still saw that one remained, and she looked bigger and quite tastier than his normal prey. So, he quickly headed towards her.

Yuki was confused at why the nice water Pokémons had stopped playing but became even more confused when they had suddenly left running away from her.

However, Yuki did feel something bad coming towards her. Yuki didn't understand but decided it was better for her to get out of the lake and head towards her big sis. She began swimming to get out of the lake.

Beneath her, the blue creature saw that his prey was starting to swim away but he would not let this one get away.

Yuki for some reason began to get scared as she began to swim faster.

Riolu, still asleep, twitched one of her ears because she began to feel an angry Aura heading towards them. (A/N: The things that are connected to her eyes, I don't know what they are called but I do know they sense Aura)

Yuki was still swimming fast but stopped when she saw that the water behind her was starting to shake and emit small waves and bubbles.

Yuki was backing away now in fear.

Riolu was beginning to open her eyes and sensing where Yuki was.

Suddenly from the water came out a huge gush of water and out of that water came out a roaring Gyarados.

Yuki became as pale as a Froslass at the roaring figure in front of her.

Riolu groggily opened her eyes but then all sleep left her when she saw the Gyarados in the lake but then they grew in alarm when she saw that Yuki was still on the lake and was in front of the Gyarados.

Riolu then focused her Aura on her legs and combined it with Quick Attack to make herself faster. Once she did that, she dashed towards Yuki to save her.

As she ran, she wondered why Yuki wasn't running away from Gyarados.

"Dam it! She's probably too afraid to move," Riolu thought at seeing the frozen form of Yuki.

Riolu knew of Yuki's condition from her mother and Uncle Ash. That's why she knew why Yuki wasn't teleporting away or defending herself since she was still just an infant mentally.

As Riolu was running towards Yuki, said Pokémon only looked in fear at the angry figure towering over her. Yuki wanted to escape, run, anything, but the fear she felt right now completely froze her body.

Yuki knew who this Pokémon was from when she read daddy's book alongside him when he studied. Yuki knew that this beast had an unimaginable fury that would release it in the form of destruction. Her daddy and auntie always told her that if she should face a Gyarados that she should run away because the Pokémon would kill her.

Yuki never paid any mind to it because she thought that she would never have to come face to face with a Gyarados by herself. Yuki knew she would come face to face with many Gyarados when her daddy took her and auntie for his journey, but daddy and auntie would be the ones to face them and be the ones who would protect her.

Now however she was in front of a very angry Gyarados that soon focused his eyes on her.

Yuki shivered when the Gyarados licked his maw as he looked at her. Fear overwhelmed her when she realized what Gyarados wanted to do with her.

She wasn't the only one who saw it because Riolu also saw what Gyarados did.

"No, you won't," Riolu told herself.

Riolu directed more of her Aura to her legs to increase her speed and increased it did. When she reached the edge of the lake she didn't even stop as she was now running on the water surface to reach Yuki. (A/N: Naruto running by the way)

Gyarados didn't even pay attention to the small figure that was heading his way as his focus was solely on the shivering prey in front of him. Oh, how he was going to enjoy this.

Gyarados then lunged directly at Yuki with his mouth wide open to eat her.

"NO! Daddy! AUNTIE! BIG SIS RIOLU HELP!" Yuki yelled in fright as the Gyarados had lunged at her.

When Riolu heard that she disappeared in a blue blur.

"Nooo!" Yuki screamed as Gyarados was mere inches from her.

"YUKI!" Riolu screamed as she appeared on the air next to Gyarados' head.

Riolu then delivered straight onto Gyarados' cheek a mighty dropkick of a double High Jump Kicks.

The dropkick caught Gyarados by surprise as it was sent tumbling to the side by Riolu.

Riolu didn't have time to be proud of herself because once Gyarados was sent tumbling to the side she landed on the surface of the water and ran to Yuki.

Once she reached her, she picked up Yuki bridal style to take her away from the area.

Yuki was so relived her big sis had saved her but was then caught by surprise when she picked her up and was now running with her on her arms on the water surface!

Yuki knew she was taller and a bit heavier than her big sis so she tried to lighten herself as much as she could so that big sis wouldn't struggle that much with her. she had also buried her head on Riolu's head and closed her eyes. Yuki didn't realize that she had obscured Riolu's line of sight with her body when she did that.

Riolu didn't even feel Yuki's weight or her height when she picked her up because she had now directed half of her Aura towards her arms to strengthen them for Yuki.

Riolu was directing her Aura in three different ways at the same time. One to her leg muscles to make them move her faster to reach Yuki and now escape with her. Second towards the soles of her feet for her to be able to stand and now run on the water surface. Third to her arms to make her strong enough to carry Yuki's weight since she was taller and weight a little more than her. (A/N: Water walking from Naruto)

Now she was directing her Aura in a fourth way but this time towards her senses to see her surroundings since Yuki was obstructing her vision.

As she concentrated the appendages on her eyes rose up signaling that she was successful. She was now seeing the world around her through her Aura. However, she was starting to tire from directing her Aura in four different ways and they still needed to escape from here.

Riolu kept running with Yuki on her arms back to land.

Gyarados regained his senses and afterward shook his head to rid himself of the dizziness.

Once he did that his attention was brought back to his prey that was being taken away by one of those dammed Aura users! He wouldn't let that happen. After that, he rocketed towards Riolu and Yuki.

As they were running Yuki could see through her Aura that Gyarados was heading towards them.

Riolu ran faster but immediately had to jump to one side when Gyarados fired a Hydro Pump at them.

Riolu cursed under her breath but had to jump out of the way again when Gyarados fired another Hydro Pump at them.

Riolu cursed again as she saw Gyarados getting closer to them and was preparing another attack.

Riolu saw that they had gotten close enough to land but she also knew they couldn't escape. She would have to battle Gyarados and someway beat it or detain it long enough for someone to come and help them. However, she knew she couldn't battle Gyarados with Yuki on her arms.

"Sorry Yuki-chan," Riolu told Yuki apologetically.

"Wha-" Yuki was saying but was interrupted when big sis jumped out of the way from another Hydro Pump from Gyarados.

As they were air born Riolu threw Yuki back to land but aimed it for her to at least fall on a pile of bushes.

As she was looking at Yuki to make sure she had landed safely, while still air born, she didn't notice that Gyarados was coming at her with a Dragon Tail attack.

Riolu was only able to sense it when it was mere inches from her but that was all she needed.

She knew of Dragon Tail since her mom knew that technique and had seen her practice it repeatedly with uncle Ash. She had also seen it from the mighty Dragonite and Charizard that protected the corral.

This one paled in comparison to those dragon tails.

Riolu calmed herself before focusing her energy on her palms as she waited for the Dragon Tail to be close enough.

Once the Dragon Tail was close enough instead of dodging it, she released her Force Palm attack onto Gyarados' Dragon Tail.

The Dragon tail was strong but Riolu was able to push it back with her Force Palm blast.

Gyarados was shocked that this puny Aura user was able to deflect back his mighty dragon tail. It momentarily flinched at the shock he was feeling.

This was noticed by Riolu and decided to take advantage of this.

Riolu knew that she couldn't take down Gyarados simply because her size dwarfed that of Gyarados. Riolu wasn't strong enough yet to take down something so huge but once she became a Lucario she knew she would be strong enough to do so.

Riolu's plan of attack was to hit Gyarados on the headstrong enough to daze it long enough so that Yuki and she could escape. Riolu hoped that Gyarados couldn't move on land otherwise her plan would be for naught.

Riolu was going to attack Gyarados with a new technique that her mom and uncle Ash had been working with her to learn.

The technique was used by her father and used it when he fought that Kabutops.

At remembering Kabutops Riolu shivered a little bit.

The technique was called Geppo, or as Yuki dubbed it when she first saw it "moonwalk."

Geppo was using extremespeed solely on your legs, not your entire body, while on the air. Then when the speed energy was completely focused on the user's leg the user would literally kick the air making him/her seem as he/she was walking on air. The user was not walking on air but was simply kicking air so hard, using the speed force granted by extremespeed.

Riolu knew she wasn't ready to fully use it for two reasons. Firstly, being that she was simply too small and didn't have enough muscles massy on her legs to be able to fully use Geppo. Secondly, but most importantly, she didn't know extremespeed for it and extremespeed was the essential force for Geppo to truly work.

Riolu didn't know extremespeed just yet because she simply couldn't learn it until she evolved into Lucario.

Riolu, however, still needed to use it to attack Gyarados with her egg move that she had just mastered a few weeks ago.

Riolu was going to use a bastardized version of Geppo using a combination of agility, quick attack, and her Aura to replace the speed force giving to you by extremespeed.

Riolu knew that once she used Geppo she wouldn't be able to walk for a while since her leg muscles would be pushed to their limits in using it.

Riolu knew if she fell into the lake without the use of her legs, she would drown. So, she planned to use Geppo twice, one to attack Gyarados and the other to escape Gyarados and get back to land.

Riolu just hoped that Yuki would be able to carry her and escape this place fast enough while Gyarados was dazed.

Riolu quickly began by focusing her Aura into her legs and then using the speed force combination of agility and a quick attack and directing it to her legs as well.

Riolu felt her leg muscles hardened to the point she couldn't move them because of how firm they felt but knew she had to.

After a few more seconds of concentration, Riolu was ready.

Riolu leaned her body straight, while still on the air, and then looked at the still shocked Gyarados with narrowed eyes.

"Geppo!" Riolu said and once she did, she released her speed force from the soles of her feet and literally kicked the air.

After she did that Riolu sent herself flying towards Gyarados.

"Okay now!" Riolu told herself.

Once she said that Riolu's entire body was covered in silverish white energy.

Gyarados had come out of his shock in time to see before him a rocketing white meteor heading towards him.

"Iron Head!" Riolu yelled as she smacked Gyarados on his head crown with her Iron Head attack.

The strength of the Iron Head was stronger because it was pushed by the speed of Geppo. So, an almost literal comet of steel energy was rocketing towards Gyarados.

A loud "CLANG" was heard around the lake from the impact of Riolu into Gyarados with a speed enhanced Iron Head. (A/N: Imagine Mr. Compress crashing into Mt. Lady from my hero academia. That's how I see it)

"Gugh!" Riolu said when she impacted Gyarado's head with her attack.

The attack just as quick as it began ended after the impact.

Gyarados was sent flying a few feet away because of the force behind the Iron Head. His eyes became white as he was sent away by Riolu.

As for Riolu, she was still on air since the impact didn't send her flying away. However, her eyes momentarily turned white and even a few tears escaped from her eyes from the force of the impact. Some blood even dripped from her head. (A/N: Imagine Deku's white eyes with tears when Muscular and he clashed fists during the struggle.)

Her eyes were still white for a moment until she regained her senses by shaking her head.

Riolu was dazed but was able to see that her attack had worked. She had stunned Gyarados but she knew that wouldn't last long. She had to return to Yuki.

Her legs were beginning to cramp up and shake from the Geppo but she paid no mind to it.

As she was falling, she again leaned her body straight and used the remainder of energy she had left to use Geppo one last time.

"Geppo!" Riolu said again and rocketed back to land and Yuki.

Since it wasn't that far away from land Riolu got there quickly but crash-landed there since she still couldn't control Geppo correctly.

"Big Sis!" Riolu heard Yuki call out for her.

(During Riolu's battle)

"Ow," Yuki groaned in slight pain when she impacted the ground although she landed on some soft bushes.

Once she regained semblance Yuki looked towards her still air-born big sister.

"Big sis what are you doing!?" Yuki said in fear as she saw her big sis not moving.

Yuki had gotten out of the bushes and moved closer, but not too much, to the lake. Yuki hid behind a tree.

"Big sis watch out!" Yuki said when she saw Gyarados coming at her big sis with a dragon tail.

Yuki was left in awe when she saw her big sis deflect back Gyarados' dragon tail with her Force Palm attack.

Yuki saw that Gyarados had been stunned but then her jaw almost dropped when she saw her big sis kick air and because of it sent herself rocketing towards Gyarados.

Yuki then saw her big sis cover herself in a strange silver-white aura as she rocketed to Gyarados.

Yuki then winced when she heard the loud "CLANG" the impact between her big sis and Gyarados made.

Yuki saw in amazement as Gyarados was sent flying a few feet away by her big sis. However, she also saw in worry when her big sis was unmoving for a bit as she was falling.

"Did she knock herself out from that impact?" Yuki thought in worry.

She was taken out of her thoughts when she saw her big sis kick the air again and rocket towards her way now. Yuki moved out of the way of her big sis.

Big sis Riolu had crash-landed a few feet away from her.

"Big Sis!" Yuki said as she immediately bolted towards her to make sure she was okay.

(Normal Time)

"Are you okay big sis?" Yuki told her big sister in worry.

Riolu nodded her, throbbing, head to Yuki to calm her down.

The energy she had left disappeared, and she was now not able to move. However, even if she couldn't move her legs continued to cramp up and tremble from all the force, they had been submitted to.

"Geh" Riolu winced in pain, from the cramps, softly as to not alert Yuki even more.

Yuki didn't believe for a minute that her big sis was okay, but she also didn't want to antagonize her.

"Yuki-Chan we need to get out of here. Can you carry me?" Riolu told then asked Yuki.

"Yes, I can carry you, big sis! But why?!" Yuki asked again.

"I currently can't move my legs and before you freak out don't worry, I'm fine. I just overtaxed my legs too much. I'll be fine after a couple of hours" Riolu told Yuki.

"Alright come on! Let's get out of here!" Yuki said excitedly as she picked up Riolu. Then she went to the tree she had left her basket at and picked up too.

Riolu would have been embarrassed by this but now wasn't the time.

Suddenly Riolu's Aura informed her that an attack was heading their way.

Riolu saw that Yuki hadn't noticed or sensed the attack so before she could bolt off with her Riolu got out of her grasp and pushed her out of the way of the attack with a weak force palm.

"Kya!" Yuki said as she was pushed out of the way.

Riolu then turned and saw that an Ice Beam was heading her way. Riolu tried to dodge it but couldn't since her legs wouldn't listen to her.

Riolu was hit by the full force of the Ice Beam and said attack froze her solid in a big block of ice. However, she was still conscious inside the small glacier she was in.

From inside she could feel and see Gyarados looking at her with the fury that the Gyarados-line is known for.

Gyarados was rocketing towards the annoying pest that had had the gall to attack him. The attack had fucking hurt his head and there had even been a little blood pouring out his head. He rejoiced when his attack had frozen the annoying aura user. There was nothing she could do now, and he would take his time on making her suffer. He already knew how though as he looked at the little fairy hitting the frozen form of the aura user.

"Big Sis Big Sis are you okay!? Big Sis!" Yuki desperately wailed with tears coming out of her eyes as she banged on the small glacier her big sis was frozen in.

The ice was so cold, and her hand hurt with every hit she did onto the glacier, but she didn't care.

"No Yuki. Get out of here run!" Riolu mentally screamed since her Aura was almost depleted since she used too much of it.

Yuki was still not well versed enough in reading minds or listening to others' thoughts so she couldn't listen to what Riolu was saying.

Riolu saw in fear as Gyarados was over them. But what scared Riolu even more, not for herself but Yuki was that Gyarados was on land and was Looking at her! Then her blood ran cold when Gyarados' rage-fueled eyes landed on the scared Yuki and then switched to her before Gyarados gave her a malicious smirk.

"No!" Riolu mentally screamed when she figured how Gyarados was going to hurt her.

Riolu was trying to move something anything but she was completely, and literally, frozen solid.

Gyarados saw that the Aura user was trying to move so he fired straight to her another Ice Beam that only froze her even more and made her ice prison stronger.

"Dam, you!" Riolu mentally cursed Gyarados as she couldn't move at all.

"Big sis Riolu!" Yuki yelled in fright as her big sister was frozen even more.

Then her head turned to face Gyarados when said Pokémon made his presence known to her.

Yuki looked up in fright at the massive form of Gyarados that was staring her down.

He then began to lick his maw again as she looked at her.

Tears started to fall from her eyes, and she started to unconsciously move back in fear of Gyarados.

Gyarados just stalked his prey, he would make sure to eat her slowly so that the aura pest could suffer for daring to fight him.

Riolu just continued to struggle to move her body.

(Close to the Route 1 Lake)

"Hurry move faster! We're almost there!" a young voice could be heard saying to the snake Pokémon he was riding and to the Psychic Pokémon that was levitating quickly alongside them.

The snake Pokémon increased her speed at her friend's command and the psychic one doing the same thing.

(Back to the lake)

Yuki was still backing away in fear as Gyarados was stalking her.

"No no no no no no" Riolu mentally said.

Unbeknownst to Riolu, her Aura was starting to grow and grow.

The ice she was trapped in had a small crack appear from the pressure the Riolu was unconsciously releasing.

Yuki had backed away onto a tree and was now staring terrified at Gyarados who was on top of her.

"No!" Riolu mentally screamed again and again her Aura kept on flaring up.

Another crack appeared.

"N-no ple-please le-leave us al-alone," Yuki said through terrified tears.

The only served to invigorate Gyarados even more.

Another crack on the ice appeared.

Then Gyarados lunged at Yuki again with its mouth open ready to bite into her with his Crunch attack.

"Nooo! Daddy save me!" Yuki yelled out as she curled into a fetal position.

That did it for Riolu. Riolu had made a promise to her uncle Ash and mom that she would bring back Yuki safely and she would rather die first than not fulfill her promise to them. She oversaw protecting and keeping Yuki safe and she would do it even if she died in the process.

Suddenly her Aura flared up but then it enveloped her body as her body was enveloped in a blue glow.

Gyarados had stopped when the glow illuminated most of where they were.

Even Yuki looked towards where the blue glow was coming from.

Then the Ice that had encapsulated Riolu shattered into a million pieces that flew everywhere.

Gyarados used his scaly tail to protect his face while Yuki- who had taken advantage of Gyarados' distraction- hid behind a tree that was a little far away from Gyarados.

As Gyarados was still covering his face with his tail he didn't saw the figure that was still glowing heading towards him.

Yuki however saw it but was wondering where it had come from?

The figure's body- whose was still glowing – was then enveloped in silverish white energy but not only that but also purple energy surrounded the figure as well.

The figure raced at high speeds towards Gyarados covered in those two energies that only empowered her attack more.

When Gyarados removed his tail from his face he came face to face with the dammed Aura user that was glowing and covered in steel and normal energies but was also empowered by the user's own aura.

Gyarados didn't have time to dodge or protect himself as he was smacked hard on his side by the dammed to distortion Aura user!

"Taste my Iron Rocket!" the figure said as she smacked right into Gyarados' side with her attack. (A/N: Iron Head+Giga Impact combo. I know the name sucks shut up)

As the figure slammed onto Gyarados with all her force Gyarados was sent flying a few feet away leftwards from where Yuki and the Figure were.

Gyarados had smacked into a boulder that was at the edge of the lake. A big bruise mark appeared on his side from the force of the impact.

Yuki stared in awe but then her jaw fell to the ground when she saw who the figure that was standing in front of her was.

The figure had stopped glowing by this point and was currently looking towards where Gyarados had landed.

In front of Yuki stood a proud-looking Lucario.

"Bi-big si-sis Ri-riolu?" Yuki said a little scared.

"Yes, it's me Yuki-Chan. I have evolved" Lucario said when she turned around to acknowledge Yuki. Afterward, she smiled at Yuki to keep her at ease.

"Big sis!" Yuki cried again as she tackled her sister in a big hug. Her tears this time were of relief.

"I tho-thought some-something ba-bad was goi-going to ha-happen to you!" Yuki wailed as she buried her head in Lucario's chest.

"Its okay Yuki I'm fine. I'm right here" Lucario said as she hugged Yuki to comfort her.

The hug was interrupted when Lucario let go of Yuki and dropped to one knee. Lucario looked like she was in pain.

"Big sis what's wrong are you okay!?" Yuki asked again in worry as she saw her big sister.

"I'm fine, this is the backlash of my evolution fueled adrenaline. I used all that energy to power the combined attack that I used on Gyarados" Lucario said as she panted a little bit, her legs were slightly shaking.

"Forget about me. We have to get out of here before Gyarados comes to" Lucario said as she shakily stood up and warily watched Gyarados.

"What?! He is still conscious after your attack big sis!?" Yuki exclaimed in surprise from what Lucario had just said.

"Yeah, that won't be enough. Like my first attack, the only thing this one will do is daze him but not knock him out. Tch I'm still not strong enough. Only someone like mom or the old ones can defeat him. Our best bet is to get out of here" Lucario told Yuki.

"I'm sorry big sis" Yuki said timidly with her head down.

"For what?" Lucario questioned Yuki.

When Lucario turned around to see Yuki, Lucario became confused because Yuki was close to tears and a blush of shame was on her cheeks.

"Yuki, what are you sorry for?" Lucario asked again as a look of concern was on her face.

"So-sorry fo-for bei-being so useless big sis!" Yuki said as tears fell from her eyes.

"Yuki your-" Lucario was saying but was stopped by Yuki.

"No! I am useless! I cannot help you fight off Gyarados! I can't even teleport us away like any normal one from my line would do! I just cry and cry and can't do anything! I'm worthle-" Yuki was ranting but was stopped.

"Enough Yuki!" Lucario told her sternly.

"Don't you even dare finish that sentence!" Lucario told her before she could talk back.

"How do you think my mom or your dad would react if they heard what you were saying about yourself?" Lucario told Yuki.

Gyarados was regaining consciousness on the sideline.

Yuki's tears stopped because she realized big sis was right. If daddy or auntie heard what she was saying about herself, they would be sad and hurt. Most horribly they would be disappointed with her and that was something Yuki could not live with.

"I'm sure you figured it out, but they would be sad and disappointed with you," Lucario told Yuki as she shakily walked to her.

"Yuki look at me," Lucario told Yuki gently once she was in front of her.

Yuki did not want to but also did not want to disobey her big sis, so she reluctantly did. Tears now were threatening to fall off her face again and the blush of shame was still there.

Suddenly Lucario cupped Yuki's face with her paws and made Yuki look at her eyes directly. Lucario had also cleared Yuki's tears with her paws.

"Listen to me Yuki. It is not your fault that you cannot still use any psychic type moves. You may be in your final form but your still just a baby mentally. Besides, you have had not had any training yet to learn about the moves you can learn because of your child mentality. You still cannot learn any move yet until you grow up more mentally. Once you age up mentally you can start learning the moves your line would normally learn. For now, though it is your daddy's, my mom's, your other big sisters, and my job to always protect you until you can learn to defend yourself. So please never say that your worthless because you are not. To your daddy, my mom, and me you will always be our little and adorable Yuki-Chan" Lucario told Yuki all the while smiling at her.

Now instead of a blush shame on Yuki's face, one of embarrassment appeared because of her big sis' words. However, she knew big sis was right, it wasn't her fault she still couldn't figure out her body yet or the powers that came along with it. She would just have to wait until she grew up mentally- like big sis had said – to be able to start learning the moves she would one day learn. Yuki knew big sis Kirlia would help her out with that. One day, however, she hoped she could fight alongside her daddy and auntie, and not always having to be the one to be protected and cared for.

Her sadness disappeared and she smiled at Lucario before embracing her in a big hug.

"Ow Yuki your squeezing me a bit too tight," Lucario said as Yuki was hugging her.

"Oops sorry, big sis," Yuki said apologetically.

"It's fine. Now come on lets-" Lucario was saying but was interrupted by a loud roar.

They both turned around and immediately Yuki cowered behind Lucario while she put her arm in front of Yuki to shield her.

Gyarados had gotten up and was the one that had given that loud roar.

Both of his sides were swollen up and purple from Lucario's attack and his impact upon the boulder when he was sent flying.

Yuki began shaking again in fear and even Lucario herself gulped and sweat came down her forehead because of the look Gyarados was given them.

Gyarados expression was that of someone incredibly, unbelievably, undoubtedly furious. The fury that Gyarados was exuding was the fury that all of the Gyarados line is known for. And it was all focused on Lucario and Yuki.

Gyarados was going to kill them and there was nothing in the world that would stop him.

Then it blasted towards them in his own Giga Impact that was much bigger and larger than Lucarios'.

"Dam it why am I frozen! I should be moving out of the way with Yuki, but I can't move! Why can't I move!? Am-am I scared? No no no there is no way! I have evolved and now am like my father once was! So why can't I move?!" Lucario mentally ranted as Gyarados was barreling towards them.

Yuki was still shaking but she could feel that her big sis was beginning to shake as well.

"Is big sis scared?" Yuki thought.

"Dam it dam it dam it move legs! I can't be scared, I'm a brave warrior just like my father was and how my mom is!" Lucario repeated mentally again.

Gyarados was getting even closer.

"No, we're going to die! This was a mistake from the beginning! We should have headed home from the start! Dam me! No, I will not let Yuki die!" Lucario mentally said.

Then Lucario covered Yuki with her own body to shield her from the impact that was sure to come.

"Close your eyes Yuki!" Lucario screamed at Yuki.

"But-" Yuki was saying.

"Do it!" Lucario screamed at her.

Yuki obeyed and closed her eyes and buried her head on her big sis' chest.

Lucario hoped beyond hope that Yuki would come out unscathed. She also hoped that she would somehow survive this ordeal and return home to her mommy.

Gyarados was mere inches from them.

"Mommy" Lucario finally said as tears fell down her eyes. Fear had finally overtaken her. (A/N: Remember she is still a kid)

"Daddy" Yuki continued after Lucario.

"DIE!" Gyarados roared in PokeTounge as he was over them.

"SAVE ME!" Both Lucario and Yuki yelled out at the same time.

Suddenly time seemed to slow down (Not really but for cinematic purposes yes) and exactly above Gyarados' head appeared a figure that was holding a huge stone/rock that was covered in Lightning energy.

Then Yuki and Lucario felt as if something grabbed ahold of them and teleported them away to somewhere safe.

"Azami…. Mjolnir!" a voice suddenly yelled out.

Yuki and Lucario were too scared to even open their eyes so they kept them closed.

Then Azami used all her body muscles to swing her tail with the big electrified boulder onto Gyarados' head.

Azami's attack smacked Gyarados right in the head and even smashed Gyarados' head onto the ground. Also, at the impact, the electrified boulder smashed into a million pieces, but the attack was not done yet. All the lightning energy that was stored in the boulder escaped from its confinement because of the destruction of the boulder. However, instead of dispersing everywhere the electric energy convened into one lightning bolt and smacked onto Gyarados' head engulfing him entirely in electricity. (A/N: The lightning that comes out of thor's hammer when he smashes it into the ground hard. That is how is imagine it in this scene.)

Gyarados twitched and roared in pain from the lightning coursing through his body.

After a few more seconds the twitching and roaring stopped and all that was left was an unconscious Gyarados.

Lightning still sparked from Gyarados' body but he was complexly knocked out. If his blank eyes where anything to go by. (A/N: All unconscious eyes will be the same of those from one piece or my hero academia when they get knocked out)

Azami then landed with a "thump" next to Ash. She was flexing her muscles to release the stiffness from using Mjolnir.

"Good job Azami. Mjolnir is coming along very nicely" Ash said praising his friend.

Azami thrilled happily at her friend's compliment.

Mjolnir is one of the many combos moves that Azami had been practicing.

Mjolnir was the combined move of the Thunder and Stone Edge attacks.

In essence, what it is was an oversized stone created by Stone Edge and filled with Lightning energy from the Thunder attack and once filled it was then swung like a hammer onto an opponent's head.

Ash had come up with Mjolnir when during a training session where Azami had been practicing with, oddly enough, Stone Edge and Thunder one of the stones became electrified.

Ash had ordered Azami to destroy the electrified stone and once she was able to the destruction of the stone released all the pent-up electric energy inside it. In the beginning, the electricity would disperse everywhere and not on a focused point like Ash had wanted to or it even destroyed the stone with how much Azami would pour into it. Eventually, Azami was able to fill the stone with the correct amount of electricity input without destroying it. Azami would then begin the process of swinging the stone with her lower body. For that she needed to gain more muscle mass therefore first began physical exercise for her. Eventually, she had built enough muscles, in Ash's opinion, to begin the last process of her new deadly attack. It took her time, and allot of bruises and strained or pulled muscles, but eventually, she was able to swing it to Ash's liking. The last process was focused on making sure the released lightning would then come down and strike the opponent. That had taken Azami the longest because as she had to swing the electrified stone, she had to focus the lightning inside of it down so once the stone was destroyed the lightning would strike the opponent.

It took Azami time but eventually, she got the hang out of the attack and was able to use it decently. It still needed to be practiced more but they were both confident Azami would master it.

However, they both agreed that this move would only be used on an opponent who was larger than her or one who could clearly take it. This move would never be used on any small Pokémons or weak ones, it was too dangerous.

Ash had dubbed this move as Mjolnir.

The reason for the name was because when Azami first used it she resembled swinging a hammer and once said hammer hit it would release a lightning bolt that would damage the opponent even more. It reminded Ash of the mythical Mjolnir of the thunder god Thor of the Unovan pantheon of deities.

Therefore, the name Mjolnir.

"Young Ash I think the little ones need you" Alakazam's voice rang through Ash's mind.

"Oh right. Thank you!" Ash told Alakazam.

"Mhm. I will take care of the brute" Alakazam told Ash and soon enough started levitating towards Gyarados' unconscious body.

It always filled Ash with pride whenever Professor Oak's Alakazam spoke to him telepathically because, from what he heard, Alakazam was very picky to who he spoke with. If he did not find you interesting or thought little of you then he would not even, try to talk with you. On the contrary, if he did find you interesting or thought highly of you, he would talk to you. Thankfully, although he didn't know why, Alakazam found him either interesting or though high of him.

Ash was brought out his musing when Azami gently bumped him on the shoulder with her head.

Once his attention was with her, she nudges towards Yuki…and Lucario?

"Hey hey it's okay. You are safe" Ash gently told Yuki and Lucario as he rubbed Lucario's shoulder.

Azami hissed gently as well to assure them they were safe.

Yuki and Lucario immediately recognized that voice and that hiss and afterward their eyes shot wide open.

Lucario got off Yuki and Yuki got out of her fetal position. Both looked with wide eyes at their mommy and daddy, respectively.

"Mommy!" Lucario yelled out in fright/relief at seeing Azami. (A/N: when Lucario or any other Aura user is with ash the words will become bold)

"Daddy!" Yuki yelled out in fright/relief at seeing Ash. (AN: Italics when Yuki and Ash, or any other psychic, are together. He still doesn't understand her speech)

After that Lucario and Yuki ran towards Ash and Azami respectively and once they reached them, they embraced them in a big hug.

"Mommy I'm so glad you came!" Lucario said as tears fell from her eyes as she hugged her mother tightly.

Azami knew at the mention of mommy this was her little girl. She had evolved to protect Yuki from Gyarados. Azami was so proud that her girl would go so far as to evolve to protect Yuki, but she was also mad with herself for not getting here faster or had come with them from the very beginning. However, what's done is done.

Azami sighed before she gently coiled her tail around Lucario's waist to return the hug. She had also laid her head over Lucario's head to comfort her.

Azami reassured Lucario that it was okay and that she was safe.

"Daddy I was so scared! Thank you and auntie for saving us!" Yuki told her daddy with tears in her eyes as she embraced Ash in a hug.

Ash had grown a little bit over the years and now as a nine-year-old, he was at the normal height any kid his age would be at, but Yuki was still a little taller than him.

However, instead of this being an awkward hug, with Yuki towering over Ash, she had hugged him from his waist and had buried her face in his chest like she always did when she wanted to hug him.

Ash just smiled at her and returned the hug as gentle and warm as he could to make Yuki feel better. He had also begun to rub Yuki's back in a circular motion to calm her more like his mom would do to him when he was younger.

Ash was glad Yuki and Lucario were safe. He would have wondered who that Lucario was but a nod from Azami told her that that was Riolu.

"She evolved to protect my Yuki" Ash thought as he continued to hug Yuki.

Ash and Azami let Yuki and Lucario let out all their tears as they hugged them in comfort. After a few more minutes passed both Yuki and Lucario had stopped their crying. Lucario had let go of Azami and Yuki had somewhat let go of Ash but not really since she grabbed ahold of his arm and didn't let him go.

"All better now?" Ash told Yuki and Lucario who nodded at him.

"Good, now tell us what happened," Ash told Lucario.

So then began Lucario's brief explanation of everything that had occurred.

"I see," Ash said once Lucario was done.

Azami would gently scold Lucario later for not running away immediately and for using Geppo as a Riolu when she hadn't even mastered it yet. She could have shredded her leg muscles!

Lucario gently waited for the scolding that was sure to occur for her ineptitude, but she didn't get any of that as she felt Uncle Ash's hand on her shoulder.

"Lucario thank you for protecting Yuki" Uncle Ash gently told her but continued quickly, "you even evolved to protect her without fear for your own life. You got injured as you protected her and it's because of you that she is safe".

It was true, Lucario had completely forgotten about it but she was injured from her brief skirmish with Gyarados. Her head was bleeding from the two times she impacted Gyarados and her whole body felt cold from when Gyarados froze her. Her legs also hurt allot from when she used Geppo initially. She was also exhausted with barely enough energy to just stand up.

"Thankfully, Yuki is not hurt at all because of you but we still need to get you to Professor Oak's lab so he can heal you," Ash told Lucario as he took his hand off her.

Lucario simply nodded her head in approval.

"Alright I think you both had had a long day," Ash said before he took a quick glance at the sky.

The night sky had already befallen them.

"Come on let's go home so you both can rest," Ash told the small group of Pokémons with him.

Azami, Yuki, and Lucario nodded at him but as Lucario was about to take a step her fatigue had finally caught up to her.

She was falling to the ground, but her face never hit the hard ground because her mother had caught her with her body before she hit the ground.

Lucario looked tiredly at her mom from Azami's waist – as she laid there – but then she was picked up again, this time by her mom's tail, and placed in a more comfortable position on her.

Lucario's head and entire body now rested on Azami's back with her face laid down on her neck.

Azami smiled at this because it reminded her of the times Lucario, then a Riolu would beg her to let her ride her like a Rapidash. Oh, how much fun they had together during those times. A fact that she reminded Lucario of right now.

"Mom" Lucario quietly said in embarrassment as a blush appeared on her blue-furred face.

Azami chuckled and Yuki giggled at her embarrassment.

"She told you something embarrassing didn't she Lucario?" Ash guessed since he saw both Yuki and Azami giggling while a blush appeared on Lucario's face.

The blush only grew stronger when Uncle Ash noticed her red face, but she nodded at him.

"Azami leave her alone. Now come on let's go home, it's getting cold" Ash told them.

Azami shook her head in amusement at her daughter before nodding at Ash.

"Do you want Azami to carry you Yuki? If your tired she can carry you" Ash told Yuki, but she respectfully shook her head negative and grabbed his arm tighter.

"Alright then, Mr. Alakazam are you-" Ash was saying but was caught off guard when a loud splash occurred from the lake.

It was far away for them not to get wet.

"Sorry for that young Ash, I was just depositing the brute's unconscious body to the lake" Alakazam told Ash when he teleported in front of the small group.

"Did you just throw him into the lake?" Ash questioned Alakazam.

"Yes," Alakazam simply said.

"Will he be okay at least?" Ash asked.

"Yes. Azami's attack simply knocked him out but after a few days of rest, I believe he should be fine" Alakazam informed Ash.

"Well, whatever. Can you take us home please?" Ash told Alakazam.

"Of course," Alakazam said.

Once he said that his eyes shone blue and soon after the small group appeared in front of Professor Oak's lab.

"Alright now let's get you checked up Lucario. Once we get this done with, we can all go to sleep" Ash told Lucario who tiredly nodded from Azami's back.

Ash nodded at that and soon the small group stepped inside the professor's lab.

(One and a half-hour later)

(Inside the bug forest) (Pokespeech warning)

Alakazam had teleported Ash and Yuki back to their home once Lucario's check-up was done.

Thankfully Lucario was okay with no external or internal injuries from her skirmish with Gyarados. However, the top of her head was covered in bandages for the bleeding. Beyond that, she was okay and just needed allot of rest and no training for a whole month so that she could recuperate.

Currently, Azami was coiled in on herself as she looked at the figure of her daughter sitting on her knees.

"I'm sorry mother," Lucario told her mom.

"Sigh" Azami sighed before continuing, "Lucario it was very dangerous and reckless for you to battle that Gyarados instead of running away with Yuki."

"Yes, mother," Lucario said as she slightly bowed her head.

"You and Yuki could have been really hurt or even killed if we hadn't gotten there in time. Why did you even stop at the lake?" Azami sternly told her daughter.

"Yuki wanted to stop to rest for a little bit. I complied and we rested on a tree close to the lake. I was drifting off and Yuki had asked me if she could play with a few of the water Pokémons that were playing on the lake. I saw nothing wrong with it, so I let her be as I took a short nap. I told her that once I wake up we would head home" Lucario told her mother while still with her head bowed.

"Sigh" Azami sighed again before continuing, "that does sound like something Yuki would ask for. That girl is to dam playful and curious for her own good."

"Even still why did you battle Gyarados when you were still a Riolu? You knew you had no chance so why didn't you escape with Yuki? Also, why did you use Geppo? You weren't ready at all. You could have shredded your legs." Azami told Lucario.

"Because Gyarados would have chased us if we just ran away. We wouldn't have gotten far away with a Gyarados chasing us. He would have caused more damage to the forest around if I had let him chase us. So, I figured if I could momentarily stun him then that would have given me and Yuki enough time to get out of there without him seeing where we left from. That is also why I used Geppo. I figured that Geppo would increase the power behind my attacks if I used it to smash into Gyarados. I also used it to quickly get away from Gyarados when my first attack landed on him" Lucario explained herself.

"I see. But specifically, tell me why you risked your life for Yuki? Why did you evolve for her?" Azami pressed on.

Azami however was looking for one specific answer.

"I-I don't know. My bo-body just moved on its own when I sensed Yuki's fear. My sole focus was on saving her. I gu-guess tha-that's why I did it" Lucario said.

"Even if it meant sacrificing your own life?" Azami asked as a small smile appeared on her face.

"Ye-yes mother" Lucario shakily said.

Lucario waited to be scolded some more but was pleasantly surprised when she felt her mother's tail pressed on her head gently. Lucario lifted her head up and looked at the smiling face of her mother.

"Lucario while I don't like that you recklessly entered a battle that you couldn't win, I'm proud of you for being so brave," Azami told her daughter in pride.

Lucario couldn't control it anymore and tears fell from her eyes.

Azami uncoiled herself and motioned for Lucario to bring it in.

Lucario immediately tackled her mom into a fierce hug with her burying her face in her scaly chest. She didn't care the scales were a little rough on her face she rubbed her head in her mom's chest. Tears were falling even faster from her eyes.

"I wa-was so sca-scared mo-mommy. I thou-thought we wou-would die" Lucario said through tears and hiccups as she soaked her mom's chest with her tears.

"Shshshshsh, don't cry, Mommy is here. You are safe" Azami said in a loving manner as she gently hugged Lucario, not caring if her chest was getting wet.

"I know. You're still a kid. It's understandable that you would be scared when facing a Gyarados" Azami gently said as Lucario continued to cry out her fear onto her.

"Your father would be so proud of how brave you were," Azami told Lucario as she gently picked up her head with her tail to have Lucario look at her face.

"Yo-you re-really bel-believe that mom-mommy?" Lucario tearily said as she looked at her mom's face.

"I know so. He would be so proud of the brave warrior you have become" Azami gently said again.

"Mo-mommy!" Lucario said again as she embraced her mom harder while crying her eyes out.

"It's all right let it all out," Azami said again as she focused to comfort Lucario as she let out all her fear and relief through her tears.

So that's how it went for a few hours with Lucario crying her eyes out into her adoptive mother Azami and she just being there to comfort her.

By midnight Lucario had literarily no more tears to shed since she had cried herself to sleep while on her embrace with Azami.

"She cried herself to sleep" Azami though as she looked at the sleeping form of her daughter.

Tear stains covered her face and her cheeks were a little puffed out because of all the crying. Her breath had gotten under control as she breathed in and out in her sleep. She also looked very serene and calm. However, even if she was asleep, she hadn't let go of Azami.

"Sigh" Azami sighed for a third time before continuing, "it seems I'm not going anywhere."

After saying that she now had to find a way to lay down without waking Lucario up.

It took her a while since Lucario was fiercely clinging to her, but eventually, she was able to lay down with Lucario still clinging to her.

Azami had laid her head gently over Lucario's head to give her comfort.

As she laid there she began thinking and making up plans for Lucario's new training regimen. She was now a Lucario which meant her possibilities were now endless. She would ask Ash tomorrow. This whole month she would force her to rest to recuperate but once she fully recovered the new training would begin.

Azami chuckled lightly thinking about Lucario's training. Lucario would love it.

For some unknown reason Lucario, while sleeping, unconsciously shuddered.

Azami didn't notice her shudder but as sleep was slowly closing in, she began thinking of a name for Lucario just as her best friend had done for her.

In Azami's eyes, her daughter was no ordinary Lucario so she needed a name that would distinguish her from all other Lucarios.

Unlike her friend Ash she didn't have a giant array of names, she could think of. She tried her best to come up with one that would suit her.

As she thought for a perfect name Lucario moved around in her sleep a little bit.

Azami looked down and almost squealed at how adorable her daughter looked in her sleep as she fiercely hugged her. It was during these moments that she wished she had fluffy fur or feathers instead of rough scales for her daughter to sleep more comfortably on her, but it seemed that Lucario didn't mind it at all.

"Your mommy loves you very much my little one," Azami said as she gently kissed her daughter's forehead. (A/N: Roll with it)

"I love you too mommy. Forever and ever I will always be your little girl. Goodnight mommy" Lucario groggily slurred out in her sleep as it overtook her again and was now fully asleep.

Azami smiled at her daughter before she gently laid her head down next to Lucario.

It was during these times that she was so glad Lucario had come into her life, she only wished her father was here with her.

Azami shook her head getting rid of those thoughts.

As sleep was slowly starting to win her over, she still was thinking of a perfect name for her little one.

"Good night my little one…. goodnight Aiko" Azami groggily said and soon after sleep lured her into unconsciousness.

All that could be seen in a clearing in the bug forest in the Oak Corral was a sleeping Lucario fiercely clinging to her mother who was laid around her in a circle with Lucario in the middle.

However, what both didn't notice was that a pair of translucent Lucarios looking at them from a tree branch.

Both Lucarios smiled warmly at what they saw before they slowly started disappearing.

"I told you she would be okay," one Lucario told the other.

"You sure did. I'm so glad our daughter is doing good and being loved" the other Lucario told the first.

"Me too," Lucario said.

They continued to look at the sleeping pair as they slowly disappeared.

"Goodbye, my daughter. I'm so sorry I couldn't watch you grow or protect you but I'm so glad you have someone who was able to fill my place" the mother Lucario said.

"Thank you for taking good care of my daughter Seviper. Thank you so much for training her to make her stronger. Above all thank you for loving her so much" the father Lucario said.

After they both said their last words the finally disappeared and nothing was left of them.

All that was left were the sleeping forms of Azami and her daughter Aiko.

Both were sleeping soundly.

(Semi long Flashback end)

Aiko was so lost in memory lane that she didn't see that branch that was going to smack her straight on the face.

It was because of her Aura and lightning reflexes that she was able to dodge the branch at the very last second by ducking under it.

"That was a close one," Aiko thought but continued her track to the rocky area.

As she continued to swiftly and gracefully run on the tree branches, she began thinking of her favorite little sister.

To her, Yuki was like the little sister she never had. At first, she was confused about why she was in her final form when mentally, and Aura wise, she was just an infant that was way younger than her but then it all became clear to her when her mother explained to her Yuki's ordeal before coming here.

She had been so furious that day that she had to go to an isolated area in the rocky area to let out some steam by destroying many boulders.

Aiko was thought by her mother to not hate humans without getting to know them but after she told her Yuki's story, she began to absolutely abhor the Team Rocket Humans. If ever anyone of them tried to come here, she would hurt them very badly.

Aiko then began thinking of today.

In the beginning, Aiko had been very sad that her mother and Yuki were leaving to go on a journey with Uncle Ash but after a private and long conversation with her mom, she had accepted it but only with the condition that she would call her with Uncle Ash from any Pokémon Center. Her mom had accepted.

Aiko would have wanted to go too but her responsibilities here made her change her mind. The Pokémons here needed her more.

After a few more minutes of running, she was finally able to get to the outskirts of the Rocky area.

Aiko was currently on a tree branch looking down at the rocky field.

She pursed her lips and shook her head in annoyance at what she was seeing.

"Those two just don't learn," Aiko told herself.

The scene that was playing in front of her was of a Rhydon and Golem wrestling each other into submission.

Aiko wouldn't have minded this since allot of the most experienced Pokémons here or those owned by trainers would battle each other to hone their skills. However, these two weren't trying to hone their skills, they were just battling each other because they didn't like each other.

Aiko could also see that they had made quite the mess around the rocky field if all the raised stones and craters were anything to go by.

This was also a problem with these two since when they fought, they not only wrestled with each other but also attacked each other with their elemental attacks. The problem laid that when either one dodged the other's elemental attack the attack would destroy or leave a large crater where it had impacted.

All those that battled for training or practice had to go to a certain area of the corral that the old human had specifically made for training and battling only. The rest of the corral was off-limits and were only allowed to battle in the corral with specific permission from the old human or the old protectors.

If they didn't abode by that rule that is when she would handle it.

Aiko had been given permission by the old human, the protectors, her mother, and uncle Ash to discipline those that didn't follow that rule. Like Rhydon and Golem.

In the beginning, none of the more experienced or larger Pokémons, that didn't follow the rule, took her seriously but oh how wrong they were.

Her training with her mother and uncle had bored their fruits during those early days.

It took her a while but eventually, the Pokémons here started respecting, and in some cases fear, her.

"Sigh" Aiko sighed before saying, "I better go stop that before they get hurt."

Aiko then jumped from the tree branch she was at.

Rhydon and Golem had separated from each other but were running towards each other with a hammer arm ready to smack the other silly.

As they were about to hit each other they suddenly stopped dead in their tracks, still with their hammer arms ready, when Aiko suddenly appeared in the middle of both of them.

Aiko briefly gave a quick glance at both of them before she shook her head in annoyance.

Rhydon and Golem began to sweat.

Suddenly Aiko made a short jump, but she came down in a handstand.

More sweat poured down from Golem and Rhydon.

"Take this, you idiots! Spinning Low Sweep!" Aiko said. (A/n: Crappy name I know but it's basically Sanji's Party Table kick course but just with two)

Then Aiko, still in a handstand, spun around with her legs wide open and Kicked both Golem and Rhydon straight in their heads with her own powerful legs.

The attack sent both Golem and Rhydon flying a few feet away from Aiko. Once the dust settled swirly eyes replaced both of their normal eyes.

Once Aiko finished her attack she jumped backward to land on her feet.

Instead of the attack hurting Aiko's legs from hitting Golem's and Rhydon's hard rock like bodies the most she did was dust her legs off.

Over the years most of Aiko's attacks revolved around her using her legs.

She remembered the time she met her old sensei.

(long flashback, don't I just love flashbacks! Again, pokespeech in the following)

Aiko was currently training in the training area of the corral against a small boulder.

She would have complained about not training with her mom and uncle, but she didn't because they had informed her in advance that they were going to use his day to focus on her mom's personal training.

She would have loved to just be there to witness her mom's training with her uncle but they had forbidden her since her mom's training was special but that one day when she grew stronger she would participate in her mom's training.

With remembering that promise her fighting spirit was reinvigorated as she continued attacking the boulder.

After a few hours of hard training, she was finally able to destroy the boulder with her powerful Aura Sphere.

Once she destroyed the boulder, she fell down to her knees panting and with sweat pouring out of her body.

"Here," a deep voice said beside her.

Aiko, still on her knees, turned and tiredly smiled at who she saw.

Beside her stood a massive, in muscles, Hariyama with a water bottle on one of his massive hands. On the other, there was a towel.

"Thank you Hariyama" Aiko politely said as she took the water bottle from him.

She slowly drank the water until she was refreshed. The remaining water she poured it over her head refreshing her even more.

Hariyama then offered her the towel he had, and she gladly took it to dry herself off and take some of the sweat away.

Aiko couldn't wait for when they went to a natural hot spring that her mom and uncle Ash had discovered by Mt. Hideaway. They had promised her that they would go to it by the afternoon so that they could all relax.

Hariyama then stretched out his hand to Aiko.

"Thanks," Aiko told Hariyama as she took his hand to get up from the ground.

As soon as she got up, both her and Hariyama started walking towards the exit of the training grounds.

As they walked, they began conversing about various things from training, Hariyama's trainer, her mom, and uncle, and just how their day was going.

As they walked, they passed by many Pokémons from all over the corral that was training right now.

The old man had made this area of his corral to accommodate all the various types of Pokémons in his corral to train and hone their skills.

Every Pokémon appreciated this because they now had a specific area, they could train without having to worry about destroying their surrounding area.

As they continued to walk, they stopped when they heard something big get destroyed.

They turned around and saw that there was a huge cloud of dust and dirt coming from the northside of the training grounds.

At first, Aiko thought that it was one of the more powerful Pokémons here that had used a strong attack but just like her and Hariyama every other Pokémon training here had momentarily stopped as well to look at the cloud of dust and dirt.

The only one who wasn't surprised or bothered by this were a few fighting types around and Hariyama himself.

Soon enough every other Pokémon resumed their training as the cloud of dust and dirt was beginning to fade away.

"Sigh" Hariyama sighed before continuing, "it must be him."

"Him?" Aiko questioned her friend.

"I'm not surprised that you haven't heard about him since he mostly keeps to himself and recluses himself somewhere around the corral" Hariyama was saying before a thoughtful expression was on his face.

"Now that I think about it the old human and the protectors are the only ones who have talked to him and know where specifically, he resides around the corral," Hariyama said.

"Then how do you know about him Hariyama?" Aiko questioned her friend.

"I once saw him training when I was a Makuhita. He seemed to have not noticed me or simply didn't care if I was there. However, I haven't been the only one to spot him from time to time. Many others have stumbled upon him or catch a glimpse of his training. The only time some of us could catch a glimpse of him is when he comes here to train but beyond that, he is never seen around the corral" Hariyama told Aiko.

"But who exactly is him?" Aiko questioned again.

"Have you ever heard the rumor of the "Hermit Pokémon"?" Hariyama told the Lucario.

"Now that you mention it yes. I've heard about a Pokémon that comes to the corral from time to time and then suddenly leaving and not be… seen in…a while" Aiko was saying as realization dawned on her.

Hariyama smiled at her.

"Are you saying that the "Hermit Pokémon" is real and is currently here?" Aiko questioned in shock as she looked at Hariyama and then the cloud of dust and dirt that was slowly disappearing.

"That's right, but knowing specifically where he is here, we can't know. All we know is that he is north from here" Hariyama said as he looked towards the north from where they were.

"Hariyama who is this "Hermit Pokémon"? Do you know anything about him?" Aiko asked one last time.

"All I know is that he is the oldest Pokémon in the corral," Hariyama said but continued before Aiko asked the obvious question, "Yes even older than the protectors and the old human. From what I've heard from the old fighters was that in his prime he was stronger than all the protectors of the corral. Nowadays his strength has diminished with old age, but he is still a capable fighter. Some even assume that he was the teacher of the Protector Machamp but that's only what some assume. Though, Machamp hasn't confirmed it or deny it" Hariyama finished his explanation on what he knew.

"Do you know what Pokémon he is? Also, do you know how he got here?" Aiko asked one last time.

"To answer your first question, No. I don't know what Pokémon he is since when I saw him, he was very far away from me. That also goes for those who have caught a glimpse of him. To answer your second question, No as well. No one but the protectors and the old Human knows how he got here or why he is here" Hariyama said.

Aiko was deep in thought when Hariyama was done with his explanation on the "Hermit Pokémon".

Aiko wanted to meet this Hermit. What Hariyama told her only intrigued her more. She made up her mind that she would talk to this hermit and ask him to train her.

"Uhm Aiko you there?" Hariyama asked as he waved a huge palm on her face.

"I'm going to meet him," Aiko said determinedly.

"I kind of guessed you would say that," Hariyama said as he sighed at the end.

"You aren't going to stop me?" Aiko questioned Hariyama.

"Would you stop if I told you?" Hariyama said in amusement.

Hariyama's answer was a blush of embarrassment on Aiko's face.

"That's what I thought," Hariyama said, and once he said that he grabbed Aiko's sweaty towel from her and started heading the opposite way from her to the exit.

"Don't you want to come with me to see him?" Aiko asked loud enough for Hariyama to hear her.

"Nah I'm really not interested. You go for it" Hariyama said as continued to walk away.

"Thank You Hariyama!" Aiko said as she gave him a bow.

"Just be careful Kid! From what I hear he isn't very fond of Pokémons interrupting him!" Hariyama told Aiko.

"I will! Thank You again and have a good rest!" Aiko said again still in her bow.

Hariyama simply waved her off as he walked away.

Aiko had gotten up from her bow when she sensed that Hariyama was no longer there.

With a steely determination, she looked to where the cloud of dust had been. Since it was now gone, she had to use her Aura to sense where the Hermit was. She was going to do that from the beginning, so she didn't mind.

Aiko closed her eyes and began sensing the area around her with her Aura, her hair like appendages rose to her side to sense the Aura.

Ever since she had evolved her Aura sense distance increased allot more. When she was a Riolu her Aura Sense could reach a distance of 80 meters away but now that she was a Lucario, and with a lot of practice, her distance had increased to about 200 meters. Just enough to sense the entirety of the training ground.

Aiko knew that her distance would only increase more through her training.

Suddenly the whole world became blue and then Aiko began to sense to the northern area of the training grounds for a specifically powerful Aura.

Aiko sensed many strong Auras north from her location, but none felt as what she thought the hermit's aura would feel like. To be fair she had never sensed or felt the Hermit's Aura, so this was going to be a tough one, but she wouldn't give up.

What Aiko had going for her was that she knew every Aura she sensed around the training field since these Pokémons were the ones who always came here to train. She just needed to sense an Aura that she had never sensed before and then she would find him.

Aiko kept it up for a couple of minutes longer until she finally sensed an Aura she hadn't sensed before, or to be more precise never. This Aura was new to her. This Aura felt powerful, but it also felt contained as if the owner was deliberately containing his Aura pressure. The Aura also felt old, like really old, almost ancient.

Aiko, through her Aura, could see that the figure was currently sitting down cross-legged in meditation, a big crater was close to him.

"that must have been the boulder he destroyed," Aiko thought.

"Yes! I found him! Now I just need to get there before he lev-wait is he looking at me?" Aiko was mentally squealing when she stopped and looked at the figure.

The figure was still sitting cross-legged but now was looking directly at Aiko.

"Is he looking at me? No, that's impossible! Only other Aura users can see other Aura users when their sensing Auras" Aiko mentally told herself.

However, the figure was still looking directly at her through her Aura sense.

Before Aiko could ask any other questions, the figure stood up from his sitting position and began walking to another huge boulder that was close by.

"What is he doing?" Aiko questioned herself.

The figure suddenly stopped in front of a huge sturdy boulder. He was bouncing his right leg up and down for some reason.

"No, no there is no way. That boulder is way bigger than me and even bigger than some Rhyperior from the Rocky area. He is going to hurt himself!" Aiko mentally said in worry at figuring out what the figure wanted to do.

After a few seconds of observing, the figure suddenly jumped to the huge boulder and then, while on-air, spun around before stretching out his right leg.

The figure then smashed his stretched out right leg onto the boulder.

The sturdy huge boulder that was way bigger than Aiko didn't stand a chance and was completely shattered into a million pieces.

Aiko was brought out of her Aura sensing when she heard the destruction of the boulder and its shockwave. She almost fell to the ground but was able to keep her footing steady.

Aiko saw that another cloud of dust and dirt appeared from where the previous one had appeared.

"It has to be the hermit," Aiko said quietly enough so that no one could hear her.

After seeing just how powerful the hermit was, in that moment she decided she would meet the Pokémon and beg him to teach her so she could become stronger.

Aiko didn't even bother to sense the hermit's Aura again as she now had a good idea of where he was.

Aiko then began running to the location she was sure the hermit was. She was tired from today's training, but she still had enough energy to go meet this mysterious hermit.

However, as she ran some of the older Pokémons she was passing by gave her a thumbs up, or what passed as one, as if saying good luck.

She found that odd but paid no mind to it and continued her run.

Then Aiko picked up her speed to get to where the Hermit was.

(A few minutes ago)

A brown figure could be seen looking at a huge boulder in front of him. His right leg bouncing up and down.

The figure looked very old and had many scars all around his aged body. One that stood out however was a big X scar on his back. Wrinkles adorned his aged face and he even had crows' feet under his eyes. The figure did not look so tall only standing at approximately 4′11″.

However, instead of looking like a weak old Pokémon he looked and gave the presence, of someone very powerful and worthy of respect.

The figure's eyes showed wisdom only an old man or old Pokémon who has seen and done everything could give off.

One of the two most distinguishable parts of the figure was his strong and muscular looking legs. The other was that the sole of his feet to his brown body was completely black in color.

His whole body was a brown color but from the top of legs to his feet he had black legs.

He wasn't considered what the humans called "shiny" since the black coloring ended as it touched his main body. From what he heard his species "shiny" color was that of green. He wasn't green, he was brown in color and his legs were black.

The humans didn't know how to describe this phenomenon but, in the end, just concluded that he was born with a weird mutation on his legs. From what the humans said he was fascinating because according to them he was the only one in the whole world with this weird mutation.

"Hehe fascinating" the figure suddenly said in a dry old tone, even his laughter was empty.

Then the figure's eyes narrowed as he focused on the boulder before him.

Suddenly the figure leaps high into the air and starts flipping over rapidly to gain speed, then he brings the heel of his foot down on the boulder's top.

The boulder shattered into a million pieces the moment his leg hit it.

The figure's leg completely went down straight through the boulder. The figure's leg was going so fast and strong that once it reached the ground, the force of the impact created a big crater that used to be where the boulder once was.

He had created a huge cloud of dust and dirt, but he didn't care. He knew the others here wouldn't bother him even if some dared to come and see him.

He gave a quick glance at the crater he had created before sighing and walking to another boulder that was casting a shadow. He sat under the boulder's shadow cross-legged and began meditating.

He calmed himself down and ignored everything around him just like his master (trainer) taught him when he was younger.

However, as he sat, he gently rubbed the leg he used to destroy the boulder because his attack had damaged his leg somewhat. It wasn't a dangerous injury, but it just simply hurt a little.

"Sigh" the figure sigh as he rubbed his leg.

He was getting old, no he was already old, and his body isn't what it once was many years ago.

How old you might say? He doesn't even know anymore. He lost count at about 80. All he knows is that the place where he is right now wasn't even here when he was younger. The brats that protect this place and their brat master were children when he met them for the first time, along with that other boy and girl, all those years ago.

As he meditated, he reminisced of his younger days.

Unlike the humans who found him "fascinating," his parents and siblings thought differently.

When they had seen his black legs, they had found that weird. They tried to scrub the blackness out of him by throwing him into a river when he was barely born!

They tried to scrub off him with rocks, sticks, etc., but they could not get it off him. In the end, they had abandoned him in a forest when he wasn't even a week old.

He had been scared, confused, tired, hurt, and hungry.

He had wandered that forest for many days on end with nothing to eat or drink because when he would try to get a berry from a bush or drink water from a pond he would be chased off by a Pokémon larger than him.

How he had survived those early days he didn't know.

One day he had collapsed from starvation and dehydration; he had been sure he would have died if he hadn't met his master.

His master had found him collapsed on the floor hungry and thirsty.

She had taken pity on him and offered him something to eat and drink.

If it wasn't for her, he would have died.

On that day, many many years ago, he had sworn his loyalty to her. He had become her first Pokémon.

At the memory of his master, the figure slightly smiled.

They had gone on many adventures together, they had trained together, they had made comrades of those his master caught, they partied together, they battled side by side, they lived for each other and they…died together.

Or so the figure would have liked.

The many scars he had all over his body were from the countless battles he partook in. However, the one that hurt him the most, emotionally, was the one on his back because he obtained that on the day, he lost everything.

He and his comrades and master were part of the last great war against THE Unovan empire and the Shogunate Hoenn.

They had been part of the main battlefront against the enemy forces. It was there that he had seen how far the brats and their trainer had come from when he first had met them.

They had been true beasts of war. They decimated the enemy forces alongside the other Pokémons of the other two kids that traveled with their master.

He had been impressed by them but he and his master and comrades were to not be outdone and continued to fight the armadas of Unova and Hoenn.

It was even more impressive for them because all of his team and master were already old by this point, but they never let that stop them and fought to the very end.

In the end, they had won the war but not without sacrifices on both sides.

The figure could still remember all the bodies of both humans and Pokémons laying everywhere on the battlefield. There had been a literal river of blood flowing through his feet.

Many scars he had all over his body were from that war. He had been mauled, stabbed, hit, and fired with elemental attacks of all the types.

When the war had been over their master had told him and his comrades that they were going back to her birthplace to rest and recuperate.

He had been surprised when he found out that his master had been born in the Rota Kingdom.

They had been surprised when their master revealed to them that she was one of the famous Aura Guardians of Rota. However, they understood it because to them it had made sense, she was an Aura Guardian since she would spar with them whenever they trained. Keep in mind that all of his comrades were of the fighting type. His master, even in her old age, had endless stamina and life to her. She never let her age bother her or inconvenience her in the slightest.

But there was a reason for that.

What he and his comrades found incredible was when they found out that their master was a descendent of the legendary Aura Guardian Sir Arron of Rota.

He chuckled al little bit at that memory because he and his comrades had fainted when they found that out.

What he had found odd however was not why she was a descendent of Sir Arron but why she didn't have as a starter, or partner, a Riolu like all other Aura Guardians had in the beginning.

His master had told them, yes, she could communicate with them, that she didn't want to be handed a starter, she wanted to find her starter. For whatever reason, his master never found a connection with any of the Lucario lineage.

As he meditated, he couldn't help feeling the pride that he felt in his chest. It happened every time he remembered his master choosing HIM of all Pokémons out there to be her starter/partner.

They had stayed in the Rota Kingdom for two years.

However, even if they were to recuperate, their master wasn't just sitting by idly and doing nothing.

As it turned out his master owned a small restaurant in Rota.

When they were there, she re-opened her restaurant and made them work alongside her to help her run the place. In the beginning, they had been worried since they didn't know anything about running a restaurant because simply put, they were Pokémons!

That hadn't deterred his master because she had taught all six of them how to cook! A human had literally taken the time out of her life to TEACH Pokémons HOW to COOK!

In the end, she had done it and taught him and his comrades how to cook and run a kitchen.

Even to this day, he could cook just as good as any of the best human chefs in the world. The only ones who know of his talent and had even tasted his cooking had been the brats and their trainer.

From what he knew he and his former comrades had been and are, the only Pokémons to know how to cook a decent meal.

He remembered that his master used to be quite the chef herself. She would feed anyone who was hungry in front of her. She didn't care if they were evil or good, criminal or innocent, she would feed the starving.

Or as he remembered her always saying "There are people in the world so hungry, that lord Arceus cannot appear to them except in the form of bread."

He inwardly smiled at that memory.

It was also in the Rota Kingdom that he and his comrades had learned of Aura. They had known the details regarding Aura, but it was in Rota that they had truly inversed into the Aura.

He could still remember the day his master had told him and his comrades that they would start learning how to wield and use Aura.

He remembered his master saying, "by the end of my training you lot will be able to use and wield Aura just like any Lucario out there."

At that point in time, he had thought that it was impossible for him and his comrades to be able to use or even wield the Aura.

How wrong he had been.

As he thought that he began to sense the Aura around him.

It was because of his master's "training from distortion" that he and his comrades were, and are, the only Pokémons outside of the Lucario lineage that were able to wield the Aura perfectly as any Aura Guardian or Lucario.

Whenever he was done with his bit of training he would sit down and just sense the Aura of everyone in the corral in both humans and Pokémons. It was this way that he had been able to keep up with what was going on here.

Everything turned blue around him and once after he began to see around the entirety of the corral with his "Aura Eyes."

As he sensed the Aura around him, he continued to reminiscence about his old master and how she was the reason and the inspiration for his fighting style.

During their stay in Rota, his master had taught him her own fighting style to him.

He had wondered why only him and not his comrades as well, but his master had told him that he was the only one capable to even teach him her fighting style because of his lineage.

He had always wondered why his master's fighting style only focused around her legs.

The answer he would always get from his master regarding her style of fighting was "a chefs' hands are his or her most important tools. I can't afford to damage them."

His master fighting style was taught to her by her master a long long long time ago.

His master's style was called "The Black Leg Style."

The Black Leg Style was created by his master's mentor based on his unique fighting style with a complete emphasis on kicks, repurposing the use of hands into acrobatics such as handstands to augment the force and range of kicks and to prevent the hands from being damaged during a battle, something that was disastrous to a chef like his master. Thus, it boasts a wide and impressive array of kicking techniques coupled with superior acrobatic skills, making it an extremely versatile martial art, able to effectively weave continuous and powerful attacks upon adversaries and overpowered numerous enemies at once with incredible efficiency.

The aged figure inwardly smiled again because that fighting style would fit perfectly with him and him having black legs was a lucky coincidence.

Even though his master was a specialist in her fighting style she also knew the common moves and techniques related to an Aura Guardian. However, she mostly focused all her strength and Aura on her legs. Even with that "handicap", she had on herself she was always considered a force to be reckoned with.

It was because of that that she also trained his comrades to become the strongest.

He remembered all the spars he had with his master and how she would trash him every day.

He shivered slightly at the memory of his spars with his master.

Even though she was human her kicks hurt like distortion.

Eventually, he was able to master the "Black Leg Style" to his master's liking.

Not all was training while they were in Rota. They would also help his master with her restaurant. They had a wonderful time in Rota and them- they meaning his master only- would sometimes get in trouble around Rota because she would peep at the Rota women in the hot springs.

Many thought that his master was a lesbian pervert for doing that but that wasn't the case… to a point.

His comrades and he knew she wasn't a lesbian, she just loved beautiful things and she found women to be beautiful. However, from time to time she would also peep on the men because she thought they were beautiful too.

As for the pervert… yeah, she kind of was.

Another thing that they found interesting was that his master never kicked a woman whenever she was fighting an enemy. He knew that she knew she could since she was a woman but for some reason she never did.

Whenever they asked her, she would say "I'll never kick a woman, even if I die!"

They found it weird but didn't question it.

He had enjoyed his short stay in Rota but like everything in the world, all good things come to an end.

The figure was calm as he meditated but his mood dropped a little bit when he remembered the day, he lost everything.

What many didn't know was that the last great war was in fact not the last war.

There was another one that no one knew about except for him and the individuals involved in it. The brats and their trainer knew very little about that event.

The night in which he lost everything and nearly lost himself to his rage.

"The Cipher massacre" the figure quietly said with allot of venom.

Many years ago, the criminal organization known as Cipher was preparing something big in the Orre region that worried the allied regions of Kanto/Johto and Sinnoh.

Normally that wouldn't have been a problem for the main regions since the Rangers were in charge of the outland regions, but it became worrisome when the Pokémon rangers came to Kanto to ask for the help of the allied regions.

The Orre region had completely cut ties with the rest of the world and had isolated themselves entirely.

Not even the best rangers could infiltrate the deserted region to figure out what was going on. The only piece of information the rangers had was that a machine could be heard powering up and then powering down.

The worrisome part was that in the interlude of that machine powering up and down a huge explosion happened next. The power of the explosion had been so great that it could be seen all the way to the Almia and Ferrum regions.

That piece of information made the allied regions take action on Orre.

They needed to get someone in there to see what was going on. The problem had been that the weather around the entirety of Orre had been going crazy for a couple of days and because of it no ship could get close by to send in an agent.

It was also that the allied leagues didn't want the rest of the regions to know they were doing this.

The war of the regions had been concluded and every region had been ravaged by that war. That war alone cut down by one third the military forces of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Unova, and Sinnoh.

It was also because of that war that the reduced number of available trainers that the 7 regions reduced the age for a trainer to get their license to 10 years old.

The figure found that preposterous and dangerous for the trainers of this time, but who was he to do anything about that.

"Fools," the figure said under his steady breath.

The allied regions needed to know what was going on in Orre.

Normally they would have asked the ROOT organization to do this job since that was what they specialized on, but ROOT had had its own problems in Galar with the SHIELD and SWORD organizations. They could not help.

In the end, they contacted his master to ask if she could do this.

His master didn't need to be told twice and accepted the job since she was a patriot to Kanto, and she would do anything to make sure its safety continued.

The figure had been worried because by that point in time he and his comrades and his master were already starting to get old and that would have been a detriment for them.

However, their master was confident in them and in herself and them, he reluctantly, went to Orre to see what was going on in there.

The Indigo Champion of that time had approved this mission, but he wanted it to be in complete secrecy and for no one in that room to release this news to anyone.

It was supposed to be a simple reconnaissance mission for them just to see what Orre was doing and why they had isolated themselves.

"In and out. Easy they said" the figure said quietly and then sighed at the end.

The X scar on his back throbbed at that memory but he ignored it.

The Indigo League had sailed them the closest they could to Orre without getting caught otherwise the people of Orre would have seen that as an act of war against them and they would have declared war on the allied regions. Also, because the weather around Orre was still as bad as ever and it wouldn't have allowed them to continue any further even if they could or wanted to.

The allied regions could have not handled another war, so they did "Operation Orre" in absolute secrecy.

The plan for them to get in was through the sky and then swim the rest of the way over.

The only way they were able to get in was with the help of Drake Atlas of the Wataru Clan letting them ride his massive Salamence and Hydregion close to the Orre shorelines.

"Hehehe I wonder if those old fools are still alive? Their almost as old as me, but knowing them they probably are" the figure said in remembering his old friends

After they had gotten close enough, the dragons threw them towards the ocean for them to do the rest.

Their master had wanted to return them to their Pokeballs for them not to struggle but all of them refused immediately. If their master was willing to swim in stormy waters, then they would as well with her.

Thankfully, they all had had limbs to swim.

Their master on the contrary had had a different idea.

When they had splashed into the raging ocean, they began swimming for a while until the force of the ocean waves began pushing them away.

Their master had seen a Gyarados heading towards them at that time and she had the brilliant idea of riding the Gyarados the rest of the way.

What a hard battle that had been, but they were able to beat the Gyarados to submission and forced it to carry them the rest of the way.

The figure could still remember their master's crazy laugh and she screaming to the heavens the following: "HAHAHA Look at that even at 71 years old I still got it! Suck it you dammed moss head wherever you are!"

He didn't know who this "moss head" had been but he figured it was an old comrade of his master.

Once they had reached the shoreline, and after letting Gyarados go, they began their atrocious journey through the horrible Orre desert to get to where they needed to go.

Sadly, for the figure, this journey would have been his last journey with his comrades and his master.

They had traveled through the Orre desert during the cover of the night. They had been well equipped but still, the desert was unforgivable to them.

What they had found odd was that they hadn't been attacked by any wild Pokémon from the desert or by the people of Orre.

The desert had been completely barren of any life in humans and Pokémons.

The figure remembered that they had to infiltrate a certain lab that was located in the Orre Desert. First, however, they had to head to Phenac City to rest and try to communicate with one of the locals of Orre.

The figure could still remember the description they had been given of Phenac City.

According to the League intelligence, Phenac City was a gorgeous jewel of a town that overflowed with water in a forbidding desert.

They had been excited, especially their master, to get there so they could have rest and relax even for a little bit.

Even if the figure was calm as he meditated his fist closed in anger at remembering what they had seen or lack thereof.

The figure could still remember the shock in his comrade's eyes and the controlled fury on his master's face.

The reason they had been so shocked and angry was that when they had gotten to the location Phenac City was supposed to be they came to the sight of…nothing at all.

In place of the gorgeous city in the desert that overflowed with bounteous water was nothing more than a huge crater that was of the same size as the city that was supposed to be there.

The figure had no idea how that had been possible. Everything and everyone was gone, and nothing left to see what had happened.

However, his master had had a theory on what had happened, and when she told them they were rightfully furious. That theory had lit a fire under him, his master, and brethren to complete this mission and stop those who did that to Phenac City.

They had continued through the Orre desert to reach that lab, when they had gotten there is when things started to get strange and dangerous.

After a few more hours of traveling, they had finally reached the lab they were to infiltrate during that night. When they got there, they finally met the first Pokémons from Orre since they arrived there. They had only been a pair of Granbulls that were guarding the entrance to the lab.

The figure shivered as he recalled the vile dark Aura those two Granbulls exuded. They were not normal Granbulls, they were twisted in some way.

They had been able to get the drop and them and had been able to infiltrate the lab.

The figure remembered the maze that the place had been in trying to find the main lab room. However, inside the lab is where they encountered some people of Orre. Instead of them being dressed normally they had been dressed in weird clothing and had a strange device attached to their right arm. They had also been followed by some Pokémons that had exuded the same dark Aura as those Granbulls.

They had been successful in avoiding most of those people since it had only been him and his master who sneaked in the lab since she had returned his comrades since they were a little too big and noticeable.

They had successfully been able to find the main lab room and after they had knocked out the scientists that had been there his master began to process to suck up all the information she could into a flash drive for the leagues.

The figure remembered he had been keeping guard for anything that came there.

He remembered his master smash the keyboard in anger at something she read from the computer she was on. He had come to her to see what had gotten her so angry and once she told him he was just as furious and had wanted more than anything to destroy the computer with one of his kicks. He had restrained himself for his master, but he had known she was no better.

According to the files she had downloaded a criminal organization named Cipher had taken control over the entirety of Orre and was making its people work for them to create two weapons of mass destruction called HAARP and F.L.E.I.J.A with a very special mineral only found in Orre.

HAARP was a vile weapon that used hundreds of the Pokémons Castforms to manipulate the weather around all of Orre.

Apparently, HAARP had been a success and the only thing they had needed was many more Castforms.

That vile weapon forced the Castforms to manipulate the weather around Orre to Cipher's specifications.

That had been the reason the weather had been horrible around Orre and why no league ship or plane could get in.

On the other hand, F.L.E.I.J.A was simply a weapon of mass destruction.

The Field Limitary Effective Implosion Armament (F.L.E.I.J.A.) was a "Heavy Strategic Anti-Strongpoint Neutralize Warhead" developed in Orre under the leadership of the Cipher scientist Nino Einstein.

That weapon would have made the concept of war obsolete and it would have made Cipher the most powerful criminal organization in the entire world.

What F.L.E.I.J.A had been was a bomb of an unknown type, developed using a rare element named sakuradite to cause a tremendous collapse effect obliterating all matter within its area of effect. It had the destructive power of fifty mega-collapse effects and was reinforced with sakuradite by twenty units. Its range was at least 3,000 meters within a cylindrical zone, preceded by a 1,300-meter radius spherical zone, and a tertiary range of 5,000 to 8,000 meters. When finished the weapon created by Cipher, however, would have removed Nino's limiter, giving it ten times the set range.

Apparently, they had had a test trial to test the efficiency of the weapon.

The unfortunate victim had been Phenac City.

Again, the figure closed his fists in mild anger as he remembered how many Orrians Cipher killed for their "test trail."

Cipher had detonated the prototype in the middle of the Phenac City, killing over 1 million people and destroying the entire city, leaving the crater they had discovered.

The leagues had to be informed of those two weapons.

It had taken a while downloading every bit of information but eventually, his master was able to.

When she had been done, she told him it was time for them to go. The figure remembered being surprised by that because he had thought his master would have wanted to destroy those weapons so they couldn't be used by Cipher.

He remembered his master telling him that once they delivered that information the leagues will have cause to engage Cipher and stop them from ever completing those weapons.

She had been right and because of it HAARP and F.L.E.I.J.A were never fully completed.

"Weapons like those should never exist," the figure said as he reigned in his emotions.

He remembered as they were about to leave the lab, they had been caught by one of the members of Cipher and his Pokémon.

The Pokémon had been nothing to him and he had been able to knock her out quickly.

The human however had been able to sound off the alarm on the lab before being knocked out by his master.

Every member of Cipher had been informed of their presence and had been ordered to kill them.

He, his comrades, and master had to fight their way through the lab to escape from it and get back to the shoreline.

The figure completely submerged into that painful memory.

(long flashback/backstory in flashback begin)

(Nighttime) (The figure's pov most of the way)

"Finally, we're out of there!" master said as we destroyed the doors.

"Agreed master!" I replied to master with my comrades shouting their approval as well.

We were currently running on the freezing desert, since it was still nighttime, towards the shoreline.

Master had contacted the Indigo Plateau and gave them a quick summary of what they had discovered. she had also requested a ship to pick them up close to the shoreline.

That is where we were heading right now.

"watch out master!" one of my comrades said as he blocked an energy ball fired at master. It hadn't hurt him that much and shook it off and continued running with the rest of us.

"Thanks, Sawk!" master said to my comrade.

Sawk nodded his head at master.

"Shit! Guys we got to hurry!" master urged as she looked back.

I and my comrades looked back, and our eyes narrowed because chasing after us was an armada of those "shadow" Pokémons and allot of members of Cipher.

I could count at least 20,000 in that dark armada after us.

"Guess they don't want Kanto and Sinnoh to know about what they're doing!" master said.

I agreed with master but had no time to think on it as I deflected with my mega kick an Electro Ball from one "shadow" Ampharos.

"Dam it! Their gaining on us!" one of my comrades said.

"We know Loom!" master said then paused thinking before she came up with an idea.

"Guys!... Shunpo!" master suddenly said before taking a forward step and disappearing and reappeared further ahead of us.

He and his comrades understood and did the same thing.

"SHUNPO!" we all yelled out and disappeared just like master.

We reappeared next to her soon after.

"Keep at it! This way we'll lose them!" Master said and thereafter used Shunpo.

We followed her lead.

(With the armada)

"What the distortion is going on?! How are they disappearing and reappearing like that?!" a Cipher agent said as he rode on top a shadow Flygon.

"Dam it! Just continue after them! We can't let them escape!" another agent said on top a Shadow Onix's head.

"Calm down" another Cipher agent calmly said to his fellow agents as he rode on top a Shadow Metagross.

"what do you mean calm down?! Those Kanto bastards have gotten their hands on information on F.L.E.I.J.A and HAARP! If Kanto and Sinnoh get that information it'll be the end of us! The entire world's eyes will be on us and Orre!" the one riding Flygon told his calmed comrade.

"They won't escape," the calmed Cipher agent said calmly.

"What?! How can you be sure?!" the exasperated agent asked again.

"You'll see once they reach the shoreline," the calmed agent said.

"The shoreline?" another agent asked as he heard what they were talking about.

"If they want to escape that is the only logical place they would try and go. Besides even if they get there first, they won't be able to do anything" the calmed agent said almost mockingly.

"Why? How come?" the cipher agent riding on top of Onix asked.

"HAARP is still active," the calmed agent said as a smirk appeared on his face.

Realization dawned on the Cipher agents that were having the conversation and the ones that were listening in when they heard that.

"How come they didn't shut id down? If I would have been them, I would have done that to guarantee my escape" a female agent asked the calmed one.

"We caught them before they could shut it down. Here we are now. Besides even if they by some chance had deactivated HAARP, they would still have to face a nasty little surprise when they get to the shoreline" the calmed agent said as his smile turned a little sadistic.

"Surprise?" the agent on top of Flygon asked.

"As I said in the beginning you'll see when we catch up to them" the agent calmly ended his explanation.

"Tch fine but we will still chase them," the agent on top of Onix said.

"Do so" the calmed agent said.

"Everyone catch up to them! Shadow Pokémons kill them!" the Cipher agent told to spread around their armada and the of Shadow Pokémons themselves.

"Roger!" and grunts/growls/shrieks were his answer.

They all increased their pace.

A veritable sea of dark aura was heading towards the intruders.

In the middle of that sea of darkness, the calmed Cipher agent simply though the following "you will regret ever coming here you little rats. I hope you like the little surprise Evice has for you all."

(With the escaping party)

I, my comrades, and master were still using Shunpo to get farther away. However, once we were sure we had lost the armada we stopped with Shunpo and rested just a little bit.

"Whew, guess we are not as young as we used to be guys if using Shunpo this much gets us this tired" master said between pants and huffs as she sat down on the cold sand.

Master had been right. He remembered when they were all younger and could use the Shunpo indefinitely without breaking a sweat.

Now however they couldn't because their bodies simply put were not as they once were 50 years ago. They were old and this showed it.

Currently, the ones who were trying to regain their breaths were him, Sawk. Loom AKA Breloom, Guy AKA Hitmonchan, Cross AKA Heracross, and Chan AKA Medicham.

After master regained her breath, she took out a device from her pocket and thereafter dialed a number.

"Alexander come in," master said to the device.

"Sora is that you?! My Arceus what happened?! Are you okay?!" the voice from the other line asked worriedly.

"I'm fine Alexander. We were able to make it in, but we got caught" master Sora said.

"Yeah, you told us a while ago. Are you okay now? The ship you requested is just outside the Orre Ocean. We can't get in because of that freakish storm. Dam it, at a time like this" Champion Alexander told master Sora.

"Alexander that is not a natural storm," Master Sora told Champion Alexander.

"What do you mean? Don't tell me it's a storm caused by one of the legends. That would be the cherry on top of this day. Also, since you are there did you discover what that explosion was" Alexander asked annoyed.

"No, that storm is not caused by the legends. It's something much worse. For the explosion, yes, we discovered what it was, but you will not like the answer my friend" Master Sora told Champion Alexander in a worried tone.

"If it's got you of all people worried then it must be something bad," Champion Alexander said.

"It's not bad Alexander. It's something much worse and sinister" Master Sora said.

"Dear Arceus Sora, what did you find?" Champion Alexander asked Master Sora.

"Something that if completed could make warfare obsolete Alexander," Master Sora said seriously.

"Arceus tell me already Sora!" Champion Alexander told Master Sora.

For the following minutes, Master Sora began telling Champion Alexander everything they had discovered from F.L.E.I.J.A, HAARP, the Shadow Crystals, and Shadow Pokémons.

"Sora…you can't be serious," Champion Alexander told Master Sora shocked once she was done explaining everything.

"I am deadly serious Alexander. I don't play around with stuff like this" Master Sora said seriously.

Champion Alexander was left speechless.

"It also seems that the leader of Cipher has a connection with a certain "hidden kingdom" Master Sora said.

"What?! What in Arceus' name are you talking about?!" Champion Alexander demanded.

"All I was able to find out was that they are working on something called the Damocles," Master Sora said seriously.

"What is that? What is this Hidden Kingdom?" Champion Alexander asked.

"I don't know. I wasn't able to get any information on that. It was under extreme protection with many firewalls preventing me from hacking it" Master Sora said.

"Sigh" Champion Alexander sighed before continuing "we'll just have to figure how to proceed once you get back here. Where you able to escape by the way?"

"Currently yes but we are resting. We overused Shunpo" Master Sora said irritably while she silently cursed her old age.

"Currently? Are you being chased?" Champion Alexander asked.

"Yes, every member of Cipher is currently chasing after us with the intent on killing us so the information can't reach Kanto and Sinnoh. Otherwise, you would have every right to invade Orre to stop Cipher" Master Sora said as she got up and them following afterward.

"What?! Of course, we're going in there to stop Cipher! I'm sure Atlas (Current head of the Wataru) and Ginrei (Sinnoh Champion) would agree with me on this. Especially now more than ever. They need to be stopped" Champion Alexander said.

"Very well," Master Sora said sadly for some reason after hearing what Champion Alexander would do.

His comrades were a little confused about why she sounded sad, but he knew why. He had spent over 60 years with their master. He knew her as much as she knew all of them.

The reason his master was sad was that she clearly understood what Kanto and Sinnoh would do. They would declare war…again and more deaths would occur.

If there was one thing his master hated above all else was war and the death and despair it caused.

Master Sora detested the idea of war and it happening. She hated participating in the last war but did so anyway to protect the innocents of Kanto/Johto from Hoenn and Unova.

Her heart broke every time she was on the battlefield and even more so when she caused the deaths of thousands of soldiers and their Pokémons who were just following orders from their region's leader.

After the last war, she had sworn to them that they would never participate in any other war and that she would do everything in her power to prevent any war from happening.

That's why she was sad because she inadvertently would be the instigator for another war. He knew that Master would have said something but stopped because he knew that she knew it didn't matter what she said. The Champion in whatever region had the final say in the course their region would go in.

If Champion Alexander, Champion Ginrei, and Drake Atlas decided it was necessary to go to war with Orre there would be war. The Pokémon Rangers didn't have the manpower to go against Kanto and Sinnoh to stop them. (A/N: For now)

"How many are chasing after you and your team Sora?" Champion Alexander asked Master Sora not catching her sadness.

"At least 20,000 Alexander," Master Sora said as she and they looked on southward of the desert of Orre.

They could sense that the armada of Cipher was catching up to them.

"Master we need to go" Cross had said.

His master nodded but before she could speak Champion Alexander spoke.

"What! 20,000 are after you Sora?!" Champion Alexander asked alarmed.

"Yes," Master Sora simply said.

"Sora you need to get the Distortion out of there! You and your team alone can't beat an army of 20,0000!" Champion Alexander said still alarmed.

"I know, that's why we're heading to the shoreline. From there we will swim again through the storm to the ship you guys have for us" Master Sora said.

"Good idea. Dam it Sora, sorry for not helping you out by being there with you. If I, Atlas, or even Ginrei were there we could have escaped or been able to hold off the army after you" Champion Alexander said angry but at himself mostly.

"Don't worry about it. This was supposed to be a sneaky operation and you my friend aren't the sneakiest person out there. With your brash and loud personality, we would have been discovered a lot sooner" Master Sora said and chuckled at the end.

"Hehehe I can't help it remember I'm a Wataru. We're all like that" Champion Alexander said.

"Hehehe can't deny that factor. How's your son by the way?" Master Sora said monetarily changing the conversation.

"Ha, that brat is traveling around Johto collecting badges instead of preparing himself to be the next Drake of the Wataru. The insolent brat!" Champion Alexander said in annoyance.

"Weren't you like that the first time I met you all those years ago?" Master Sora said amusedly.

"That's what my wife always says when I complain about him. Sigh guess he gets that stupid brash attitude from me" Champion Alexander said as he sighed.

"I guess she's right. How many badges does he have by the way?" Master Sora said.

"Ha! The Kid's already got 6 badges but was defeated by Pryce. Hahaha, you should've seen his face, Alexandra told me he was sulking and Pouting after his defeat. That old Pryce humbled him greatly!" Champion Alexander said and once he was done laughed some more.

"Well last time I met him he was getting pretty cocky, so I guess he needed that reality check and who better to give it to him than Pryce," Master Sora said as she shook her head.

"You got that right, but I know he'll beat him soon," Champion Alexander said sure of his son.

"How can you be so sure?" Master Sora said already knowing his answer.

"Hahahahahahaha because he's my son that's why!" Champion Alexander said boastfully.

"You do know he'll be facing your wife in Blackthorn for his 8th badge if he beats Pryce, right?" Master Sora asked.

"Of course, I know! Alexandra is going to wipe the floor with him in his first two tries. It's going to be hilarious seeing the boy lose to his own mother! Wahahahaha!" Champion Alexander said again boastfully.

"You want to know what he told me the last time he and I talked?" Champion Alexander asked and at Master's "Go On" he continued "that when he beats me, he's going to start a family and have a son. He already told me he will call him Lance! Can you believe the balls on this brat saying he'll beat me?! Hahahaha!"

"You don't think he can beat you?" Master Sora asked.

"Nah, the gap between us it to great. The only one I could see beating me is that ghost girl from Lavender. I think her name was Agatha Ainsworth or something. All I know is she's the last of her family or something but dam if she is strong from what battles I've seen involving her. I think she is the only one who can beat me since those kids Samuel and Charles retired from battling and became Professors" Champion Alexander said and sadly at the end since he wanted to battle Oak to see how strong he was.

There was a short silence that befell them.

Then they all heard many roars and footsteps heading towards them.

They all had turned and saw it was the shadow armada gaining up on them.

"Alexander I'm going to have to cut the line. It seems Cipher is catching up to us" Master Sora said as she looked on into the oncoming army.

"All the information that we discovered has been transferred into the flash drive you gave us. We'll give it to you when we're on the Kanto Ocean. Sorry, we couldn't deactivate HAARP. That storm is going to be a hassle to get through" Master Sora said apologetically at the end.

"Don't worry about it Sora! Sora I'm going to head over there with Ginrei and Atlas to try and help you just hold on and get to the shoreline while you're at it! I'll also bring a small force to help you battle off the Cipher army and get you out of there. We'll run through the storm if we have to! We won't let you or any of your team die! Champion Alexander said determinedly and with a lot of rustling and people screaming behind him.

"Very well. I'll see you soon my friend" Master Sora said but as she was about to turn off her communication device Champion Alexander spoke.

"Sora," Champion Alexander said.

"What is it?" Master Sora said.

"Don't you dare die on us" Champion Alexander said sternly.

Master Sora had been touched by the worry on Champion Alexander's voice, but she gave him and honest answer.

"I can't guarantee anything, but we'll try our best not to die" Master Sora said honestly.

"That all I ask for. Be careful Sora" Champion Alexander said before he cut the line form his side.

"We'll try" Master Sora said to herself as she hugged to her chest the small device.

"Master?" I said with my comrades awaiting orders.

"Sigh" Master Sora said before looking at them and giving out her orders.

"Guys we need to get to the shoreline quickly. Then we will need to swim again through the ocean since we couldn't deactivate HAARP. On the other side of the storm there will be a ship from Kanto waiting for us to retrieve us. With it will be Alexander, Ginrei, and Atlas. All we have to do is get to the shoreline. We'll use Shunpo to get there faster. Don't stop using Shunpo until I tell you to stop. If we get separated use your Aura sense to sense whichever of us and get to the shoreline. Am I understood!" Master Sora finished relaying her orders to them.

"Yes Master!" I and my comrades replied in unison.

"Very well" Master Sora said before quickly glancing at the army heading towards them and then turning her head to the direction where they came from.

They could clearly see it, even if they were miles away from the shoreline, the strong storm caused by HAARP.

"Everyone get ready! On my mark we go!" Master Sora said getting into position.

We followed soon after and got ready.

"Alright…. Now!" Master Sora yelled out.

"Shunpo!" we all yelled out in unison.

We all disappeared in a burst of speed.

Our destination the Orre shoreline.

(Orre Shoreline)

The strong storm, caused by HAARP, was still going on strong over the Orre Ocean. However, it was only focused over the ocean and not on the Orre mainland.

The Shoreline was covered in darkness since a dark cloud, from the storm, was momentarily covering the full moon that had been illuminating the Orre desert.

Contrary to what Sora or her team thought the Orre shoreline wasn't deserted as they thought it to be.

Many growls/thrills/caws/rumbling/roars and muttering could be heard all around the shoreline.

A lone figure on top of a massive Salamence stood out of the bunch that were there.

The figure simply evilly smirked when he was told that the little rats were coming his way.

"They must think they could escape from here. Oh, the look on their faces will be priceless" the shadowy figure said evilly as he darkly chuckled.

"Is our presence concealed from the little rats?" the man said to one of his agents.

"Yes, Master Evice. The Lucarios under our control are masking our Aura with help from some of the Psychics. No one outside here will see us until you give the order to reveal ourselves" the agent said to her leader.

"Very good" Evice paused before grinning madly now and saying, "those fools will regret ever stepping their foots on my Orre. HAARP is almost complete and soon the F.L.E.I.J.A will be fully completed. With those two weapons under our control the 7 regions and those dammed Rangers will not be able to stand against us. Hehehe the world will be ours especially if the Grand Master is able to finish whatever he is doing with his little side project."

A huge lightning bolt came down behind the group gathered in the Orre shoreline and it illuminated the place to reveal another small armada of Shadow Pokémons and Cipher agents ready to follow orders from their leader.

"Get ready Sora because this will be your end" Evice said evilly.

He then saw coming from a distance 7 figures that were speeding towards him.

"Hehehe let this party begin" Evice said as the darkness hid him and his underlings.

(With Sora and her team)

Master Sora and we were still using Shunpo to get away from the army after us. However, he could see that his master had a frown on her face for some reason.

"Master the shoreline!" Chan said.

"Tch" Master Sora said.

"Master what's wrong?" loom asked the question in their minds.

"Something isn't right, but I don't know what is wrong" Master Sora said.

We didn't have time to ask her what she meant because a massive Hyper Beam was fired at us from a distance.

"Scatter!" Master Sora said and once she did, we all scattered away from the oncoming Hyper Beam.

"Impossible! They are catching up Master!" Cross said from the sky.

Sure enough a few miles behind us came the shadow armada with all their forces ready to kill us.

"Dam it! We're getting slower from overusing Shunpo! Guys lets hurry it up!" Master Sora said before disappearing again.

We followed her soon after.

The moon light was illuminating our way to the shoreline, but we could start feeling the droplets of rain from the storm over the ocean. We could also feel the strong wind coming off of it. We heard the thunder and saw the lightning at a distance.

"Something is not right. They wouldn't just leave their shoreline unprotected knowing this was our only way to escape" Master Sora said loud enough for us to hear.

I gulped as I tried to calm my nerves.

After a few more minutes we finally arrived close to the shoreline. We stopped using our Shunpo and were currently trying to regain our breaths. Except for Master Sora, she was just looking into the space between them and the ocean.

"Master?" I asked.

Suddenly the space between us was illuminated with many different attacks, from all types of Pokémons, and those hundreds of attacks were heading to us!

"Guys…. Fortress!" Master yelled out her order.

Me and my comrades quickly did what we were told.

Chan didn't even take less than a minute to materialize a giant Reflective Screen dome all around them.

Guy, Cross, Sawk, and Loom immediately hit the ground hard and many Giant stones came out around the dome covering it even more.

Then the last touch was me and Master Sora putting a shield of Aura around the dome of Psychic energy to make it stronger.

Fortress was completed and soon it was put to the test as hundreds of attacks impacted it from all sides.

I could see that fortress was holding up against all the attacks.

"What was that!" Loom yelled out in anger.

"What do you think it was idiot?! It was a barrage of attacks fired at us!" Guy responded to his comrade.

"I know that Guy! What I want to know is from where they came from?! There was nothing in front of us and yet attacks were fired from nothingness!" Loom said again.

"It couldn't have been from the ones chasing us. They are still far away from us and these attacks were fired from in front of us" Cross said.

"Then how? We didn't sense anyone here?" Sawk said before pausing and looking at Chan and saying, "did you sense anything with your psychic Chan?"

"No there was nothing here and I used both my Aura and Psychic to check this place before we got here just in case and ambush was waiting for us here" Chan asked as she was holding Fortress with her willpower.

Master Sora had been quiet for a while.

"Master Sora?" I asked our master.

"They hid their presence with Lucarios using their vile Auras to hide them. They also used their Psychic Pokémons to hide their forces from any outside view. That is why we couldn't sense them with our Aura sense or Chan seeing them with her Mind's eye. Clever bastards" Master Sora correctly deduced the situation.

My comrades and I were shocked at our master's revelation.

Master Sora clenched her fist tight to the point her knuckled turned white. She was also gritting her teeth very hard.

I understood what was going on with her and quite frankly it worried me because when Master did that then it meant she couldn't think of a way out of this situation.

Normally they would have teleported away with Chan's teleportation but he knew that she knew once the attacks seceded they wouldn't have time to teleport away because he knew that they would be attacked the moment they got out of Fortress.

They would have to fight an innumerable amount of forces without backup to escape Orre. I was starting to prepare myself mentally for the battle.

Master Sora however took out the same device she used to speak with Champion Alexander.

"Chan can you still hold Fortress?" Master Sora told Chan without looking at her while she dialed the number of Champion Alexander.

"Yes Master!" Chan said.

"Good. Try and hold it for a little longer. I've got to make a quick call. Also, guys help her out by using your Auras to strengthen Fortress" Master Sora said.

"Yes Master!" we all responded in unison.

As we went to work Master Sora dialed the number and waited a few moments to get an answer.

"Sora! What's wrong!?Are you okay?!" Champion Alexander said worriedly through the device.

Strong Thunder and howling winds and Roaring Tides could be heard from the device. That meant that Champion Alexander was just outside the Orre Ocean and couldn't get in because of the storm.

"No, we're not okay. We were caught by an ambush and we are currently being attacked by hundreds upon hundreds of attacks from Pokémons from all types. We used Fortress to cover us for a few minutes until their barrage ends. Also, we are about to be surrounded on all sides and we'll probably have to fight our way through this to escape or simply survive. However, I don't know if we'll be able to survive this one" Master Sora said with resignation on her voice.

"What! Sora just how many enemies have surrounded you and your team!" Champion Alexander said sounding more worried.

"20,000 were chasing us and I'm pretty sure they are getting close to us and since the attackers in the shoreline have revealed themselves with their attacks, I can sense approximately 10,000 more of those Shadow Pokémons and Cipher agents" Master Sora said.

"… Y-you can't be serious Sora?" Champion Alexander asked Master Sora in disbelief.

"My senses don't lie to me" Master Sora said.

Fortress was starting to shake.

"Dam it all! Sora you have to hang out! Ginrei and Atlas are here with me! As well as an army of ACE trainers from Kanto/Johto and Sinnoh! We'll push our way through this storm! You have to hang on Sora!" Champion Alexander said.

"Alexander, I don't know if we can hang on that much. Even when I use my secret technique and knock out half of them I don't know if we can survive. We may be strong, but we can't face an army that large in numbers with just the 7 of us. We are not as young as we used to be. We all have grown old and our bodies just wouldn't be able to handle battling for countless hours. If we could have been 35 years younger, when we were in our prime, then we could have stood a chance, but now I don't know" Master Sora said.

"You plan on using "that" to at least bring their numbers down?" Champion Alexander asked.

"Yes. It wont make that much of a difference since "that" has aged like me and its strength has diminished over the years but it will at least give us a fighting chance until you and your army get here" Master Sora said.

Champion Alexander remained quiet.

The stones around Fortress were starting to crack one by one.

"Alexander… If we don't make it apologize to my queen. Also please make sure my shop is taken cared off. I sadly have no family left and had no children of my own, so I have no one too look after my shop" Master Sora said.

"Sora…please don't talk like that" Champion Alexander said.

"Alexander also if me and my team die, I want you to bury us together in Rota. I was born there and there is where our final resting place will be" Master Sora said.

"Sora…. Sensei… please stop. We'll save you dam it Sensei! Ginrei, Atlas, and I won't let you die! Please please for the love of Arceus hang on! We'll get there and we will fight off Cipher together. Please don't talk like that. Ginrei, Atlas, and I wouldn't be able to live with ourselves if you died. You are the person that shaped us to become the men we are now! Sensei you taught us the basics of being Pokémon trainers! You taught us everything we know in battle and life and then some! Even our Pokémons still view yours as their teachers. When we no longer needed to be your students, we still considered you our sensei. You have no idea how much us… no the world respects you! Also, you promised our kids to help them out if they could find you. You're their Godmother for Arceus sake! Imagine how they would feel if they heard you talk like this. So please just hang on as long as you can! We'll get there! I promise you!" Champion Alexander said.

Master Sora and my comrades and I remained quiet after what Champion Alexander had said.

"Alexander thank you for your concern. You, Ginrei, and Atlas were the only students I ever taught. You have no idea how proud I am of all you three of all you have accomplished. Two of my students became champions of Kanto and Sinnoh and the other became the Drake of the Wataru Clan. Hehe how can I not be proud of you three" Master Sora said with a sad smile at the end.

"Sora-sensei please promise me that you'll live. Please promise me you'll hang on until we get there" Champion Alexander begged.

"Alexander I don't-" Master Sora was saying before she was cut off.

"Please Sensei promise me" Champion Alexander begged.

"Sigh" Master Sora sighed before continuing, "we'll try to stay alive until you guys get here. That's all I can promise you. Remember what I taught you all those years ago Alexander regarding the way of the warrior."

"The way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death" Champion Alexander replied.

"Exactly, no matter what happens here we will accept it here with our heads held up high and without fear" Master Sora said with me and my comrades nodding with resolution in our eyes.

"…Good luck Sora. Hang on as much as you can, Also, be careful you don't know how strong that army your going to face is" Champion Alexander said.

"Hehehe, Alexander you never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice," Maser Sora said before pausing slightly but continued, "Alexander if it will alleviate your worries then I promise you that we will hang on until you all get here."

"Thank you, Sora. I promise you we'll get there" Champion Alexander said before he cut the line.

Fortress was barely hanging on as all that was left was the dome of psychic and aura energy.

Once the stones were destroyed, we could all see the thousands upon thousands of attacks being fired all around us. The shadow armada chasing after us had caught up and were firing their attacks at us.

"Master we have been completely surrounded on all sides" I said to Master.

"I know" Master Sora said before pocketing the communication device.

Then she took out the small flash drive were all the data they stole was in. She momentarily looked at it before pocketing it away.

"Guys we're going to have to fight our way through to survive this until Alexander, Ginrei, and Atlas get here" Master Sora said with us nodding in agreement.

"Guys you all have been my family for many years now. We have gone through many adventures and many trials. We have faced all of them together" Master Sora said with us paying close attention.

"I couldn't have asked for a better life. However, this will most probably be our last battle" Master Sora said sadly.

We all closed our eyes in resignation to that statement.

"However, if we are to die, we will die a warrior's death!" Master Sora said with determination.

We nodded with our souls burning with that fire every warrior had within them.

"Guys I might be a Pokémons Trainer and you might be my Pokémons but before that we are all warriors and comrades in arms!" Master Sora said with that passion in her voice.

"Remember my comrades that Warriors are not born, and they are not made. Warriors create themselves through trial and error, pain and suffering and their ability to conquer their own faults! Once we became Fearless all those years ago, life became limitless!" Master Sora screamed out.

We all roared in agreement with our master. We were ready to follow her to distortion itself.

"Remember guys why we all became Aura Guardians. We became Aura Guardians because we love this beautiful world of ours. These vile villains seek to destroy this world with those two horrific weapons they have created, and our job is to not let that happen!" Master Sora said to us.

Our warriors' spirit was burning brighter.

"My comrades you all know this, but I will remind you. A warrior's love is the world. We embrace this enormous earth. The earth knows that we love it and it bestows upon us its care. That's why our life is filled to the brim and our state, wherever we'll be, will be plentiful. We roam on the paths of our love, and wherever we are, we are complete!" Master Sora said again.

We all nodded and then rose to our feet ready to face our death without fear. We were ready to fight with Master Sora to the very end.

"That's what I'd expect from valiant warriors like yourselves," Master Sora said with a proud smile on her face.

The attacks had stopped bombarding Fortress.

"SORA! Come out know!" a voice yelled out from outside Fortress.

"So, its him leading them huh? Why am I not surprised? I never trusted him in the first place" Master Sora said as she sighed in the end.

"Chan release fortress might as well get this started with me. Guys get ready for anything" Master Sora said as she prepared herself.

We all got ready by readying our Aura and getting into battle stances. Master Sora nodded to Chan and at her nod Chan released fortress.

Once fortress was released, we were ready to begin the battle, but Master Sora stopped us.

"Wait" Master Sora said.

"Hahahahahahaha! You thought you could sneak into Orre without me knowing about it?! You are more foolish than I thought!" a man on top a Shadow Salamence was screaming.

The light of the full moon revealed an army of 30,000 Shadow Pokémons and Cipher agents surrounding us on all sides.

We all shivered at all the dark/putrid/twisted Aura we felt coming from al the Pokémons around us.

"Evice, it's been a long time huh?" Master Sora said loud enough for the man to hear.

"Not long enough!" Evice said.

"I got to say that we're flattered that you would use an army this large in numbers just to stop us from revealing to the world your dirty little secrets" Master Sora said.

"If you were younger, I would have had to use an even bigger number to stop you. You've gotten old Sora; this number should be enough" Evice said arrogantly.

"Is that so?" Master Sora replied as she closed her eyes.

"Yes, it is! You don't understand Sora I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible and when I leave, you will finally understand, why storms are named after people!" Evice said with a mad smile.

"Your insane. All of you" Master Sora said with her eyes still closed.

"Oh no no no no. You see Sora the urge of destruction is also a creative urge!" Evice said.

"Your comrades will never get past the storm created by HAARP. We increased the power of it and know the storm behind us is almost at a level like those created by the lord of the sea Kyogre! No one will come to your aid! Besides, we have this just in case!" Evice said and once he finished, he snapped his finger.

At the snap of his fingers two Shadow Claydolls appeared next to him but between them, levitating in the middle of them, was a strange device with a bright pink core pulsating energy.

We tried to get a sense of it, but its energy was something unlike anything we have ever felt.

"So that's the weapon you used to destroy Phenac City and murder all of its people huh? The Famous weapon that would make the concept of war obsolete and the weapon that once completed will bring the world to its knees? F.L.E.I.J.A huh?" Master Sora said as she momentarily opened her eyes to look at it and then closing them again.

"That's right. HAARP is nearly completed and when F.L.E.I.J.A is completed along with Damocles the whole world will know the might of Cipher and the 7 main regions along their leagues and those dammed rangers will bow to us!" Evice said while he muttered the following silently, "also the hidden kingdom will rise again."

Master Sora gave a signal with one of her arms that she was ready and to brace ourselves. Immediately we knew what she would do so we willed ourselves ready for what was to come.

"You will die here and now Sora alongside your team! These sands will run red with you and your teams' blood. This day will mark the end of the last of Sir Arron's bloodline! The last true Aura Guardian will die today! With you gone we will be able to continue our work peacefully and plunder this land for all its Sakuradite and use it to create more F.L.E.I.J.A warheads and something new that will give the leagues "nightmares," Evice paused and then he began laughing madly.

"Hahahahahah you thought you could just escape with that information?! You thought that when you brought that information to Kanto that they alongside Sinnoh would be able to declare war on us?! Well you'll never give that information to them and they will have no reason to come into Orre! Otherwise they will look bad in front of the other regions for attacking Orre without cause!" Evice said evilly.

"Look around you!" Evice said as he stretched his arms to emphasize his point. At that all the shadow Pokémons roared and the agents laughed evilly.

"You can't escape and your reinforces will never get here in time!" Evice said and then followed it with a big laugh.

"Any last words before you die Sora?" Evice said when he stopped laughing.

We remained silent while the shadow army simply stared at us ready to kill us.

"You talk too much Evice. You always did" Master Sora.

Before Evice could respond Master, opened her eyes and an unseen force emanated from Master.

This force encompassed the whole shoreline and the entire shadow army on it.

The unseen force took the entirety of the Cipher army by surprise.

Silent remained for a few minutes until Master Sora sighed and said, "There."

After she said that is when it happened.

Some of both the Cipher agents and Shadow Pokémons were one by one falling to the ground unconscious. Their eyes completely blank signifying they were out cold.

This continued on with more and more of the Cipher army falling unconscious until from the 30,000 that were here, only 15,000 were left. Half the army was knocked out by Master Sora.

"Wha-what ha-happened?" Evice asked in shock at seeing half of his army fall.

"What the distortion did you do Sora!" Evice yelled completely enraged.

"I told you that you talk to much" Master Sora said.

Evice gritted his teeth in anger.

The Cipher army had no idea what Master Sora had done but my comrades and I knew exactly what she did.

Master Sora had manifested her spirit and with it overpowered the will of the army around them.

The first time she had used it was when she used it to knock out a pack of enraged Primeapes back in Kanto.

When me and my comrades and I witnessed it, we were shell-shocked. We didn't know how it was possible for her to do that.

Master Sora had explained to them that her "power" to knock out anyone with a weak will was called Haki.

The only explanation she had given us on what Haki was that: "Guys "Haki" is a power that lies dormant in all the world's creatures... "Presence", "fighting spirit" and "intimidation"... It is not different from the things that humans can naturally sense such as these... 'The act of not doubting'. That is strength!"

The explanation of Haki hadn't stopped there because Master Sora had explained to them that there were three aspects of Haki.

The three aspects were Kenbunshoku (Observation) Haki, Busoshoku (Armament) Haki, and the rarest of them Haoshoku (Conquerors) Haki. However only Kenbunshoku and Busoshoku seemed to have a short-advanced state.

Kenbunshoku Haki, grants users a sixth sense of the world around them and limited precognitive abilities. Users of this Haki can sense people's presence, strength, emotions, and intentions. This Haki was very benefit to all those Pokémons that had elemental attacks, as they need to fire from a distance and the Haki helps them pinpoint their opponents.

An advanced level of Kenbunshoku allows the user to see a short period into the future, from what Master Sora said.

Busoshoku Haki, which allows the user to use their own spiritual energy as armor to defend against attacks, as well as make their own attacks more potent. A person can apply the armament to a section of their body, over their entire body, and even apply it to their weapons. This Haki was beneficial to all Pokémons that used their own bodies as a weapon. The only exception to this Haki were elemental attacks.

An advanced level of Busoshoku allows the user to emit the armament a short distance without a medium.

A higher grade of advanced Busoshoku allows the user to make the emitted armament flow into a targets body and destroy it from the inside out.

Haoshoku Haki, grants the user the ability to overpower the will of others. This results in the victims being knocked unconscious or becoming temporarily subservient of the Haki user. Haoshoku is a rare form of Haki that only one in several million people are born with the ability to use this form of Haki.

Most people and Pokémons who can use Haki tend to have one type that they are better at, and, as a result, focus on training and fighting with that type primarily. However, a person can improve their abilities with all the types of Haki, it just requires more work.

Each type of Haki has levels of usage, so even two proficient users might not be of equal strength. Furthermore, it is possible to use at least two types of Haki simultaneously.

Many people and Pokémons were born with one or both of Kenbunshoku Haki and Busoshoku Haki, but very few are born with being a conqueror and being able to use and wield the "color of the King." Only one in several millions are born, and can use, Haoshoku Haki.

However, even rarer only one in a billion of people and Pokémons are born with being able to use and wield all of these types of Haki.

Master Sora was one of those people that can do that.

There were many others in the past and even right now that could wield the three types of Haki, but Master Sora is the only one who was able to fully master her Haki and her Aura at the same time.

The balance is so perfect that she could use her Aura with her Haki at the same time while battling.

That was why her three types of Haki were so powerful because she added her Aura to her Haki.

That is why she is feared and respected through the whole world by both Humans and Pokémons. Even the toughest and scariest looking Pokémons and Humans would tremble at the mere sight of her.

From what Master had told us, we were born with being able to wield both Kenbunshoku Haki and Busoshoku Haki. None of us could wield Haoshoku Haki but we didn't mind and focused most of our training with master on the first two types of Haki.

Throughout all the years together with Master Sora we perfected our two types of Haki and because of it we became stronger.

Me and my comrades, not counting master, were known by the 7 leagues, and all their Pokémons, as the Guardians.

Master Sora, however, was known by the whole world as "The Tranquil Master" since nothing fazed her and always had a calmed attitude in whatever situation we were in and we were her Guardians that would always support her.

However, like all living beings age, so, did our strength. The strength/power/vitality of our Haki and Aura has diminished over time as we got older. They weren't the same as they were in our prime.

In our prime an army of 30,000 would have been easy for us.

Master would simply knock out all of them with her Haoshoku Haki and the ones that were left we would beat them up to a bloody pulp.

Now in our old age we will need to use whatever there was left of our Haki and Aura to simply survive the onslaught that was to happen right now.

"Dam our old age" I muttered quietly to myself.

I was cut off my train of thought when we heard an enraged yell.

"AHHHH! Dam you Sora! Dam you to distortion itself!" Evice said completely enraged.

"It doesn't matter if you knocked out half my army, we will still kill all of you!" Evice said as he raised his left arm.

"My comrades this will be our end" Master Sora said with Resignation.

"Then let this be a glorious end Master" I said to master.

Master turned around to look at us and said, "You guys?"

"That's right master! If we are to meet our end, let it be an awesome one!" Loom said.

"We are with you to the end master" Sawk said as he slightly bowed to master.

"If we are to die fighting then so be it" Guy said as he was readying his gloved fists and covering them with his Haki.

"I don't mind dying like this. In fact, this is the end I always wanted for my life. Fighting to the very end with my comrades in arms" Cross said as he looked at all of us.

We nodded in respect to him.

"I will follow you to distortion itself Master Sora and battle Giratina itself alongside you if you asked me" Chan said.

"Master Sora, you saved me, fed me, nursed me when I was sick, raised me, cared for me, loved me, and protected me when I couldn't. I spent all of my life alongside you. I am your starter as well as your partner. I… no we will all die alongside you this night" I told master with my comrades nodding in agreement.

A small smile formed in master's face and a single tear fell from her right eye.

"Alright then!" Master suddenly said but once she raised her head her eyes were burning with determination.

"Hahahah! You all want to die that badly with me?! Well then your bigger fools than I thought!" Master said with a huge smile before saying, "but fools I am proud to call my friends!"

We all nodded and got ready. Master then looked at me and I understood instantly.

Master and I raised or right leg and - after covering them with our Busoshoku Haki – we began spinning at a great speed for a few seconds.

"What are they doing" Evice said as he saw our spinning, still with his left arm raised.

After a few more seconds we stopped our spinning.

"Diable Jambe" Master Sora and I said together with our right leg raised and it covered in flames.

Diable Jambe is the perfected version of Blaze Kick. Amplified to a greater power by our Haki and Aura.

Master Sora grinned at me and I responded by nodding at her.

Master then smirked at Evice, on top his shadow Salamence, and that only enraged him more.

"Grrr! Every Cipher agent and Shadow Pokémon that can hear my voice!" Evice said as a lightning bolt crashed into the ocean behind them.

The entire shadow army were listening to him.

"Kill them All! Don't let a single one of them survive!" Evice said as he pointed at us.

All the shadow army that was left looked at us and were snarling at us. The agents were readying their electric batons at us. They were waiting for the signal to attack.

"It was pleasure fighting alongside you guys" Master Sora said to all of us.

We all nodded at her.

"Attack Cipher!" Evice said as he lowered his arm in signal to attack.

The entire Shadow army, that was still conscious, lunged at us from all sides.

"Guys!" Master Sora said but paused and then spoke again, "when life puts us in tough situations, we don't say "why us?" but what do we say?!"

"Try us!" we finished our master's favorite saying.

"Your dam right!" Master Sora said.

The shadow army was coming in hot towards us.

"Let's go!" Master Sora said.

At that we lunged at the shadow army.

"My friends!" Master Sora said as we lunged at the Shadow Army.

"Fear has two meanings…Forget everything and run OR Face everything and Rise! The choice is yours to make! Now what do you choose?!" Master Sora yelled out.

"We choose to Rise" me, Chan, Guy, Cross, Loom, and Sawk roared at the same time.

"Good" Master Sora said.

The battle for our survival had begun.

(A/N: Imagine Sora and her team lunging at an entire army of Pokémons and agents from all sides. That's how I picture it.)

(A/N: I am going to skip the entire battle because I simply can't describe everything in detail. Just imagine a cool battle and go with that)

(During the battle) (Just outside the Orre Ocean)

(3 hours have passed since the battle started) (Current time 4 am)

"Dam it! Its been four hours and we still can't get past this shitty storm!" Indigo Champion Alexander Wataru said while riding his Aerodactyl. Next to him was his Dragonite. (A/N: Imagine a not so old Joseph Joestar but with red hair and a cape because of being a Wataru. That's how I picture Alexander.)

"Calm down Alexander" Ginrei Kuchiki calmly said while he was levitating in mid air with the help of his Bronzong. His Spiritomb was floating next to him as well, not even bothered by the psychic next to it, Bronzong as well was not perturbed by Spiritomb's ghostly pressure. (A/N: Byakuya Kuchiki's Grandfather. Same look as Cannon, clothes and evrything)

"What do you mean Calm down?! Sensei and her team are fighting for their lives right now and your telling me to calm down?!" Alexander said clearly frustrated.

"Alexander! Ginrei is right calm down!" Drake of the Wataru Atlas Wataru yelled out. He was sitting down on his Salamence's back and next to him was his ferocious Hydregion. (A/N: Imagine Bradley from FMAB for Atlas)

"Grr, then what should we do dam it! We tried everything and we can't get past this dam storm!" Alexander said in anger as he stared at the storm in front of them.

Ginrei and Atlas did the same thing.

The storm in front of them was that out of a nightmare. Alexander believes it to be caused by Kyogre himself, but he knew from Sora that this storm was manmade.

(A/N: Imagine the storm like the one from One Piece when Luffy and Co. enter the new world for the first time)

"So, this is the Power of HAARP huh?" Ginrei said loud enough for his companions to hear him.

"It seems so. What a frightening weapon Cipher has created and its not even completed yet. If it were to be completed imagine the destruction it could unleash upon the world" Atlas said with narrowed eyes.

"That's why we're here! To destroy it!" Alexander said.

"Have you been able to get any of our water Pokémons in there?!" Alexander said through his earpiece.

"No sir! The water Pokémons keep getting pushed back by the strong currents and whirlpools in the Orre ocean" an ACE trainer replied to the Indigo Champion.

"What about our flying types? What about our Psychics?" Ginrei said this time in a calm tone.

"It's the same with them as the water types. No matter how strong or huge our Pokémons are, they keep getting pushed back by the strong air currents. The psychic cant teleport to Orre for some unknown reason. They keep telling us that an unknown force is blocking them" the ACE trainer replied to the Sinnoh Champion this time.

"Very well, stand by and wait for further orders" Atlas said this time.

"Yes Sir!" the ACE trainer replied and soon after cut the line.

Under the two Region Champions and the Wataru Drake stood a combined fleet of over 8,000 Ace trainers from Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh,

They had been trying for a few hours to get through the man-made storm to no avail.

From the distance the masters and the fleet could see the lights and explosions of battle coming from Orre.

It was Sora and her team fighting for their lives.

"Dam it all! Why can't we do anything?!" Alexander yelled in anger.

"This is quite troubling. We have to help Sora-sensei" Ginrei said in a clam manner.

"The question is how? This storm won't let us move one inch in it" Bradley said.

They kept staring into the distance and looking at the silhouette of the Orre region that was illuminated with blasts everywhere.

As they kept staring, they suddenly felt something in their hearts. A small ache.

"What the?" Alexander said as he clenched his chest area.

"Huh?" Ginrei said confused as he clenched his chest area.

"Geh" Atlas grunted as he as well clenched his chest area.

They all looked worried at the Orre region as they held their chest.

"Did you guys fell that?" Alexander said to his friends.

They just looked at him in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Alexander asked confused.

"Alexander…your crying" Ginrei said as he pointed at Alexander.

"What?" Alexander asked as he touched his face and sure enough, he was crying.

"When did I start crying?" Alexander thought.

"It seems we are all crying" Atlas said, he was also crying.

"How did this happen?" Ginrei asked.

They all then looked back to the silhouette of Orre, which the lights of battle momentarily stopped, even more worried but afraid as well.

"Sensei..."

"Sensei…"

"Sensei…"

"Please be okay!" Alexander, Ginrei, and Atlas yelled in their heads.

However, they weren't the only ones who felt this.

(Over the Orre Shoreline)

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

A loud yell of despair and sadness was heard all around the Orre shoreline.

(Rota Kingdom)

Every citizen and Pokémons in the Rota Kingdom were fast asleep in their homes and resting places.

The mighty Tree of Beginning loomed over the Rota Kingdom and it gave the kingdom a magnificent glow as it shined under the light of the full moon.

During this peaceful night, a woman stood on one the balconies of the Cameran Palace that had a perfect view of the Tree of Beginning.

This woman had blonde hair, that had a few grey marks here and there, that reached all the way to her knees and wore an elegant violet night gown. Her eyes were a beautiful green color. Next to her stood an old but friendly looking Mr. Mime.

The woman was clenching her chest in pain, but not physical pain but something else. She had been sleeping peacefully until she felt that pain in her heart. Also, for some strange reason she had began to cry.

The woman is the current queen of Rota, Queen Regina.

"Mimey do you think she is okay?" Queen Regina asked her friend.

"I am sure Guardian Sora is fine my queen" Mr. Mime said trying to cheer up his queen.

"Then why do I feel this pain in my chest? Why am I crying?" Queen Regina said again.

"It's because your worried about Guardian Sora and her team, but like I said before I think she is okay. Don't worry she will come back. Guardian Sora promised you she would come back remember? You know she has never broken a promise to you my queen" Mr. Mime said as he put his hand on her shoulder.

"I guess your right" Queen Regina said a she weakly smiled to Mr. Mime.

Even though she said that she continued to cry and feel that pain in her chest.

Queen Regina was one of the very few that knew what Sora's mission was about since Sora told her herself. She knew it was dangerous but if anyone could handle it, it was Sora. She had also promised her that she would come back to her alive and well.

Queen Regina had known Sora for a long time. The first time she had seen her was when she was barely five years old and Sora ten years old.

Sora had joined the military of Rota, under her mother at the time, at the age of ten and at that same age she had also begun her Aura Guardian training at that same age.

Sora was a prodigy that came every hundred years.

When her mother passed away Sora was the one in charge of protecting her,

Sora was like the big sister she never had, and she loved her dearly.

Regina loved her caring nature, her fighting spirit, her team, her food, her confidence, and her humor and attitude.

As Regina thought about the times, she spent with Sora suddenly something changed in the Tree of Beginning.

Regina and Mr. Mime noticed this.

"The Tree of Beginning? It seems as if it shut down" Mr. Mime said confused.

"What happened?" Regina said.

It was true, the beautiful light that the mighty tree produced seemed as if it died down.

A dark shadow seemed to befall the Rota Kingdom when the tree's mighty luster died down.

Now both Regina and Mr. Mime grew worried, but Mr. Mime tried to quell his worry in order to try and alleviate his queen.

Suddenly a semi strong cold breeze swept the Cameran Palace. The breeze made the Queen shiver.

"My queen lets go back inside otherwise you will catch a cold. We don't want you to be sick when Guardian Sora returns. Otherwise she will scold you" Mr. Mime said.

"Your right. Let's go back to bed" Sora said and soon after she began walking back to her room alongside Mr. Mime.

As they were walking Regina gave one last glance at the now lusterless tree.

"Please be okay Sora" Regina muttered quietly with the only one hearing her being Mr. Mime.

They continued their trek into the palace.

However, Queen Regina and Mr. Mime weren't the only ones who felt that feeling.

(In the Tree of Beginning)

The Tree of Beginning had momentarily lost its shine since it "felt" something change.

Unlike what many believed The Tree of Beginning is actually a living organism made up of crystal that feeds on sunlight.

What many didn't know was that it was the home to many believed to be extinct Pokémons.

The Tree of Beginning is a pristine environment and it is home to many kinds of ancient Pokémons thought to be extinct. It has a "circulatory system" of sorts that distributes nutrients to the crystals throughout its body. It also has a complex antibody system that takes the form of Fossil Pokémon that attack humans and machines within it, as well as guardians in the form of the Legendary Titans.

The crystals of the tree actually seem to extend far beyond the formation itself, emerging from the ground like roots throughout the surrounding areas.

"Time Flowers" grow inside and around the Tree of Beginning.

"Time Flowers" are said to reveal past events of those that infused their Aura into them, and the Tree of Beginning is said to be the only place where they grow.

Currently every Pokémon was sleeping. Even the three Titans that defended the tree were resting.

All but one Pokémon were resting.

The said Pokémon was currently floating in one open caves of the mighty tree.

The one floating was the legendary Pokémon Mew.

"Sora… everyone… please be okay" Mew said in a worried/sad tone.

Mew continued to look onto the night sky. The uneasiness still in her small heart.

(Inside the Cameran Palace)

The queen, her Mr. Mime, the Tree of beginning, and even Mew herself weren't the only ones that felt this uneasiness.

Deep inside the Palace in a certain room filled in with many historical objects. The one that stood out among them was a staff with a blue crystal orb on top of it. Suddenly that crystal orb began to shine a deep blue.

The Orb, or what was inside of it, "felt" something terrible has happened.

However, unlike the others this one knew what had occurred.

"Sigh" the orb lowly sighed in sadness before continuing, "It seems the last of Sir Aron's bloodline has left this plane of existence and has become one with the Aura."

Then the Orb stopped shining its blue color and returned to its normal state.

(Back with the champions and drake)

The three masters had stopped crying but still looked worried.

They didn't say anything as they were trying to think of a way to get them, and their fleet, to Orre.

Nothing they thought off seemed to work in practice because of the strength of the freakish storm blocking their paths.

They were all frustrated because already four hours had passed and it was already 5 am. Dawn was about to break anytime soon and here they were stuck, not being able to help at all.

They all silently cursed Cipher and their dammed to distortion weapon HAARP.

However, suddenly they and their fleet felt as if time itself had stopped.

The storm itself seemed to have momentarily stopped.

They all felt a chill, not cause by the storm, run through their spines.

Some Gulped while others had cold sweat running down their face.

The masters were not unaffected by this feeling but had their eyes wide in fear.

Their Master Class level Pokémons were as their trainers. However, unlike their trainers they had a sick feeling on what might have occurred, and they didn't like it one bit.

All of a sudden, they could all see that from Orre a giant pillar of darkness shoots towards the night sky.

"What is-" before Alexander could finish the dark pillar exploded in the sky.

In its explosion it released a wave of energy that went everywhere.

Before the masters could say anything else or get ready, they all felt fear grip their very heart when the wave of energy reached them.

The fleet as well was affected with most of the ACE trainer puking out their lunch, falling on all fours with sweat pouring of their faces, and some shaking violently.

Even all the Pokémons from the ACE fleet and the master's felt as their trainers. The most affected being the Psychic, with most of them even passing out.

They all felt as if death itself has just passed by them and touched their faces with its death grip.

They all had the same though of "What is happening in Orre?"

(One hour later)

After 1 hour of fear paralyzing them; that feeling went away.

"What was that?" Ginrei said after clearing his mind of all fear.

"It felt as if Giratina itself was staring at us in the face" Atlas said as he took calming breaths.

"I've never felt anything like that before" Alexander said as he dried his forehead from the cold sweat, he had.

However, their Pokémon still felt tense because of what they had felt.

As that dreaded feeling disappeared time seemed to resume and so did the storm, covering again their paths to Orre.

"Please be okay Sora-sensei" the three of them thought in worry because that dreaded feeling came from where their sensei was.

After half an hour of waiting Alexander had finally had enough.

"Argh!" Alexander yelled in frustration.

"That's it I don't care anymore! Drago, Mina we're going in! This storm will no longer stop us from helping Sora!" Alexander said as his Dragonite and Aerodactyl roared in agreement.

"Alexander calm down don't be rash!" Atlas said to his comrade.

"Listen to Atlas, Alexander. We already tried to rush through the storm, and we couldn't even get a few inches into it before we were pushed back violently by the winds" Ginrei said.

"Then what else can we do?!" Alexander yelled in anger as he looked at Atlas and Ginrei.

"Our Sensei and her team are fighting for their lives over there" Alexander said as he pointed to the silhouette of Orre.

"I know both of you felt that" Alexander said as he paused momentarily but then continued, "something bad has occurred in Orre and it has something to do with Sensei."

Atlas and Ginrei couldn't say anything to that. They were also worried and wanted nothing more than to get to Orre and help their sensei and her team.

"So, come on let's go Ginrei, Atlas! Our sensei needs us, and we can't let her down after I promised her, we would get there to help her. The Ace fleet can stay put here and once we destroy HAARP; we'll order them to come to Orre. We are the only ones who even stan a chance of surviving this storm. Will you guys follow me?" Alexander ended.

"Hehehe you always say some inspirational words to get people to do what you want eh Alexander? No wonder you're one of the most popular and liked Indigo Champion of recent times. Ah but who cares, count me in" Atlas said with a smile on his face.

Alexander nodded in thanks before looking at the Sinnoh champion expectedly.

"Sigh" Ginrei sighed in exasperation before continuing, "The both of you will cause an international incident if am not there to reel you in when you get to wild."

"So is that a yes?" Alexander asked with a smug smile on his face.

"Yes, we'll go with you" Ginrei said with his eyes closed as his Spiritomb and Bronzong inclined their heads.

"Alright! Then lets-" but before Alexander could finish a transmission came from their earpiece.

"Champions Alexander, Ginrei and Drake Atlas…watch out!" the panicked ACE trainer yelled out.

"What are you-" Alexander was again cut off but this time by Atlas.

"Alexander look over at Orre!" Atlas yelled out as he pointed towards Orre.

Alexander and his Pokémons turned around and were greeted with the sight of an enormous, pink in color, explosion coming from Orre.

The explosion was so huge that it had illuminated the night sky, as if was daytime, and it had even blown away the storm caused by HAARP.

Alexander and Atlas were in shock at what they were seeing.

"Bronzong! Barrier!" Ginrei said to his Pokémon since he was the first to catch the shockwave that was heading to them.

When Bronzong moved, the levitation that was holding Ginrei stopped, but instead of falling to the ocean below he stayed floating on air.

"Shunpo" Ginrei silently said as he staid airborne.

Bronzong headed to his master's orders and teleported in front of the masters. Then his body began to glow the Psychic blue color.

The shockwave from the explosion was getting closer and through its path was almost splitting the ocean in half. It had also blown away the storm clouds completely.

However, Bronzong was already ready and soon after released its Psychic defense… Barrier.

A giant Psychic Barrier engulfed the entirety of, not just the masters, but the entire fleet of Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh.

"Can you hold it Bronzong?" Ginrei mentally told his Pokémon.

"Yes master" Bronzong replied while steadying himself.

"Bronzong is ready. However, still hang on tight to your Pokémons" Ginrei calmly said to Alexander and Atlas. His Spiritomb stood next to him ready to defend him at any time,

"Understood" Atlas said as he held tightly his Salamence, which in turn readied himself for the incoming shockwave. His Hydregion stood in front of them to try and take the hit from the shockwave.

"Roger" Alexander said as he too held on tight to Aerodactyl and his Dragonite held onto Aerodactyl to try and stabilize her from the incoming shockwave.

"ACE fleet!" Atlas said as he tapped his earpiece.

"Yes Sir!" the ACE captains in charge of the fleet said at the same time.

"Inform the fleet to hang on onto anything they can get their hands on. The shockwave caused by that huge explosion is rapidly heading towards us. Ginrei's Bronzong already erected a Psychic shield around all of us but the force will still be very strong, and it will shake all of us. So steady the boats with the water Pokémons and return all others otherwise they will be blown away. Understood?!" Atlas informed the fleet.

"Yes, Sir Drake Atlas!" the ACE captains replied and immediately started relaying the orders to the other captains.

The shockwave was getting closer and closer.

It didn't take them long enough to get ready and soon after every ACE trainer were ready for the shockwave. All high-level water Pokémons were under and in front of the ships to steady them from the currents the shockwave is bringing along with it.

"We're ready!" the ACE captains said in unison.

The masters nodded when they heard that.

The pink explosion coming from Orre was still going on strong.

The strong Shockwave was about to smash onto the Psychic shield that Bronzong created.

"Hang on everyone! Here it is!" Alexander yelled out for everyone to hear.

As everyone mentally readied themselves the Shockwave smashed into the Barrier.

Everyone was immediately pushed back by the force of the winds the Shockwave created.

Ginrei was the one that had the toughest time from not being blown away since all that he was using was his own strength to steady himself.

Spiritomb made himself tangible and moved his body behind his master to prevent him from being flown away by the shockwave.

Atlas was well protected by Salamence and Hydregion because of their tough bodies that prevent them from being pushed back that much. They were also riding the strong winds to better steady themselves.

Alexander was good as well since Dragonite was holding him and Areodactyl firmly to prevent them from being blown off.

The ACE fleet had a little trouble since the ocean currents, where they were, became more wild from the force the shockwave made from impacting the Psychic barrier protecting them.

It was thanks to their water Pokémons that their ships weren't tipped over by the ocean since the Pokémons were steading them underwater.

However, the one who had it the toughest was Bronzong since he was the one that was taking the full brunt of the Shockwave when it smashed onto his shield. He was putting as much power as he could to prevent the shield from breaking.

The explosion, and its shockwave, lasted for a few more minutes longer. Finally, the explosion viewed from Orre ended.

"Bronzong, you can release your shield now" Ginrei told his Pokémon as he was still floating midair using Shunpo.

"Yes master" Bronzong told his master.

Soon after the Psychic barrier that was protecting them all subsided.

One he finished that Bronzong levitated back to Ginrei. Also, once he got close to Ginrei he began levitating him again with his Psychic powers.

"Good work Bronzong" Ginrei told his Pokémon with a small smile adorning his face,

"Thank you master" Bronzong said as he nodded his body. He also gave a glance at Spiritomb and he nodded towards him. Bronzong nodded back.

"Yeah thanks allot Bronzong! You really saved our asses there! If it weren't for you erecting that barrier our fleet and us for that matter would have been blown away by the shockwave. So, thanks allot!" Alexander said to Bronzong with his usual exuberance and giving him a thumbs up at the end.

"You help was greatly appreciated Bronzong" Atlas said as he nodded towards Bronzong.

Dragonite, Aerodactyl, Hydregion, and Salamence all voiced their thanks in forms of grunts and growls.

"It was my pleasure. I thank you all for your kind words" Bronzong respectfully replied as he bowed his entire body in thanks.

The champions and Drake nodded at that.

"Damage report!" Alexander yelled into his earpiece.

"We're all good down here! Thanks to Champion Ginrei's Bronzong erecting his Psychic barrier the damages were minimal at best! We just have many agents seasick" the ACE captain said but once he finished the masters could hear that someone had just thrown up.

"Someone clean that up! Dam rookies, we'll be waiting further orders sirs! Over and out!" the ACE captain said and soon after ended the transmission.

The masters briefly chuckled before returning their focus towards Orre.

However, once they turned around, they noticed something strange over the Orre ocean, or to be more precise lack thereof.

"The storm is not reforming" Atlas was the one who said what was on their minds.

It was true the storm that was raging over the Orre ocean had completely dispersed and there wasn't a sing of it reforming.

"Did that explosion cause the storm to disperse?" Ginrei thought out loud.

"I think it did"" Alexander suddenly said.

Ginrei and Atlas looked at him, so Alexander continued.

"We tried to disperse it as well when we had our Pokémons fire their strongest attacks at the clouds to disperse the storm. Remember it formed back immediately. Not even Ginrei's powerful Bronzong could disperse or even hold back that mighty storm" Alexander said but stopped and pointed to where the storm was minutes ago.

"Now there is nothing and there aren't any sings of it reforming anytime soon. Even the ocean has calm down" Alexander said.

"I think that explosion destroyed the machine Cipher used to create that storm. It destroyed HAARP" Alexander said seriously.

Every Pokémon and both masters looked at Alexander with a shocked expression.

"It must have been Sora-sensei somehow" Alexander said with pride evident on his face.

"You think so Alexander?" Atlas asked.

"Undoubtably" Alexander said again.

"Then what was that sadness we felt a while ago? Also, what was that pillar of darkness and that fear we felt?" Ginrei questioned most to himself than his comrades.

"We'll ask Sora-sensei when we get there!" Alexander said with his exuberance returning.

"Ginrei, Atlas, all three of us will head over to Orre immediately. We will go as fast as possible since their is nothing stopping us now. We'll use this as well" Alexander said as he pointed to the bracelet around his wrist.

"Are you sure Alexander? Rowan and Oak juts recently tested it out with Ainsworth's Gengar. It worked but we don't know if it'll be the same with us" Atlas told Alexander.

"We will have to trust in Oak and Rowan" Alexander said.

"Sigh" Ginrei sighed before he grabbed a Pokeball from inside his haori.

He threw the Pokeball upwards and from inside of it came out a powerful looking Metagross.

Metagross quickly analyzed their current situation from his master's mind and simply nodded at him.

Ginrei nodded back in thanks and then, after giving a quick look to both of them, recalled both Bronzong and Spiritomb.

Before he could fall Metagross levitated under him to prevent him from falling and having to use Shunpo.

Alexander got off his Aerodactyl and was now riding his Dragonite since he was faster than Aerodactyl.

Atlas recalled Hydregion since he was not very fast.

"Are you guys ready?!" Alexander said while Dragonite was getting ready.

"Yes" Ginrei said before touching the Mega Key, that was on top of the hilt of his sword.

"Yeah" Atlas said as he too touched the Mega Key located on a pin in his military style uniform.

After both did that the Mega stones on Metagross and Salamence began to glow and then soon after a Mega Salamence and Mega Metagross appeared from the light of Mega Evolution.

"Wish you could mega evolve old friend" Alexander said as he patted Dragonite's head.

Dragonite simply shrugged, not really caring if he could mega evolve or not.

"Alright, with that out of the way" Alexander said before touching his ear.

"ACE fleet me, Ginrei, and Atlas will be heading onwards towards Orre! The storm has been dispersed and it is not reforming! I want all of you to follow us as fast as you can! Also inform the Pokémon Rangers of this! They already know what we are doing but tell them anyways! Understood?!" Alexander said his orders.

"Sir yes Sir!" the ACE captain said and soon after Alexander, Ginrei, and Atlas could hear many people shouting and getting ready through their earpiece.

"Alright! You guys ready?!" Alexander told Ginrei and Atlas.

They both nodded at him.

Alexander smiled at that but before they could go to Orre; he turned towards Aerodactyl to give her his orders.

"Now I want you to stay with them so you can protect them from anything that might try and attack them. Is that okay with you girl?" Alexander said as he patted his Pokémon's tough head.

Aerodactyl gently roared at her trainer saying she didn't mind.

"Good girl" Alexander said before turning away from her and looking towards the silhouette of Orre.

"Alright! Ginrei, Atlas we've made Sora-sensei wait long enough! We will stop Cipher!" Alexander said as he patted Dragonite's head.

Dragonite nodded.

Ginrei gently tapped Metagross' head with his foot.

Metagross nodded.

Atlas gently hit Salamence's rough scales.

Salamence nodded.

Soon after all three of the Champion class level Pokémons got ready.

"Onwards!" Alexander yelled out as he pointed towards Orre.

Dragonite, Metagross, and Salamence blasted off towards Orre at incredible speeds.

They went so fast that they created a sonic boom in their wake. The sonic boom even shook a little bit the fleet on the ocean surface.

"Alright all you lot let's go! The champions and drake already headed of towards Orre! Let's not drag behind!" The ACE captain in charge of the fleet said out loud.

"Yes sir!" the entire ACE fleet said while saluting the captain.

Soon after they all started working double time to get the ships ready.

The ACE captain nodded at this. He then looked towards where the masters were heading.

"I don't know what going on in Orre but whatever it is we will stop it" the ACE captain muttered quietly as he looked towards Orre.

He then caught a glance of Champion Alexander's Aerodactyl flying outside the main ship of the fleet.

Aerodactyl nodded at him as well as smiling towards the captain.

The ACE captain understood and then gave a light bow towards Aerodactyl in thanks.

Aerodactyl nodded again and then started flying over the ship to protect them. Many ACE trainers had released their Flying type Pokémons to backup Aerodactyl.

"Sir everything has been done! We are ready to go at your command!" an ACE trainer told the captain.

"Good. Then let's go!" the ACE captain simply said.

"Yes Sir!" all the ACE trainer said.

Soon after the ships started moving but then after a few minutes they were at full speed.

Everyone's destination…The Orre region.

(3 hours later with the masters) (Current time 8 am)

Even though the champions and drake were going at full speed on their mega evolved Pokémons, it was still taking them a while to get to Orre since the storm had encompassed a large part of the Orre ocean and had therefore separated them a long way from the Orre mainland.

"Dam it! Sora-sensei hasn't called me at all. Please be okay" Alexander said as he tried to contact Sora but getting no response.

"The sun is starting to rise!" Atlas said out loud as he pointed to the small rays of light coming from the incoming sunrise.

"Dam it! Faster everyone! Sora-sensei and her team have been battling all night against an army of 30,000!" Alexander paused before continuing, "they must be exhausted beyond belief! We need to get there now!"

At that Dragonite kick the speed up even more.

Ginrei and Atlas nodded and told their Pokémons to go faster.

Both Pokémons did the same as Dragonite and kick up the speed.

"Hang on just a little bit longer sensei, we're almost there" Alexander said.

(1 hour later, current time 9am)

"There it is! We've arrived!" Atlas said as they had reached the Orre region.

"Yeah!" Alexander said in excitement.

Ginrei remined silent because he noticed something both Atlas and Alexander didn't notice.

"Is that a Fog? Why is there a Fog there? Why is it black?" Ginrei thought as indeed there was a thick black/purple Fog covering the entirety of the Orre shoreline.

"Wait! Stop!" Ginrei shouted for Alexander and Atlas to hear.

Both stopped and looked at Ginrei.

"Why did we stop Ginrei?! Orre is right there! We need to help Sora-sensei!" Alexander yelled at Ginrei.

"Alexander is right Ginrei. We've made sensei wait long enough" Atlas said in a calmer manner.

"Look at the shoreline and you'll understand" Ginrei said as he kept his stare on the shoreline.

Atlas and Alexander were confused but did as told and looked at the Orre shoreline. When they did their eyes were as wide as dinner plates.

"What the?" Alexander said.

"Is that a dark Fog?" Atlas said with shock as well on his face.

"Yes" Ginrei said but then he felt that his Metagross was wavering and seemed almost scared?

Dragonite and Salamence were nervous but were not as affected like Metagross. They simply narrowed their eyes at that dark fog since they had a guess on what had caused that fog.

"Metagross are you okay old friend?" Ginrei asked his Pokémon mentally.

"That fog is hurting me master. Me or my comrades won't be able to help you as long as that fog is there. It is messing with my Psychic energies and disturbing my brainwaves. I'm barely keeping myself from passing out" Metagross said grimly as his levitation wavered.

Ginrei was shocked beyond belief. Never in the later years of his life has he heard his strongest Pokémon say what he just said. His Metagross was strong and could even take on both Alexander's and Atlas' main Pokémons in Dragonite and Salamence at the same time without fear and give them a round for their money.

However, that dark fog scared his first Pokémon. His face became unreadable as he stared at the fog. Whatever caused it must still be there and if Metagross was weakened by it then he would handle this matter with outmost seriousness.

"Metagross I'm going to recall you. Is that okay?" Ginrei told his Pokémon.

"Yes master. I'm sorry I couldn't have been of more assistance" Metagross said dejectedly.

"Its okay. I just want you to be okay old friend" Ginrei told his partner with a warm smile as he recalled his Pokémon.

Ginrei didn't fall since he used Shunpo to stay on air.

"Huh? Ginrei why did you return Metagross?" Alexander asked Ginrei.

Ginrei first released his Spiritomb and Staraptor before answering Alexander's question.

He went into detail on what Metagross had told him.

To say that some fog could make Ginrei's mighty Metagross scared and weakened it for that matter was a shock for the both of them. Even their Pokémons were shocked.

"We need to get rid of that Fog" Alexander said as they all stared at the dark Fog.

"We must go in first and then we'll use our Pokémons whirlwinds to disperse the Fog" Atlas said.

"Good idea Atlas!" Alexander said as he gave a thumbs up to Atlas.

"Very well but we must be careful and stay vigilant at all time" Ginrei said with everyone nodding at him.

Soon after they made their slow descend towards Orre and into the dark Fog.

Once they made land the champions and drake ordered the Pokémons to disperse the dark fog.

The Pokémons were not able to fully disperse the dark Fog but what they were able to disperse revealed something gruesome. What they saw shocked them to the core.

Everywhere, where the dark fog had covered, was filled with thousands upon thousands of dead bodies in both Pokémons and humans, that were Cipher agents.

The ground they had stepped on, when they got a good look ai it, was extremely red from the dried-up blood that covered the entire area. There was even some fresh blood flowing down from deep within the dark fog. They had literally stepped onto a river of blood and said river was filled with dead bodies.

The champions and drake had seen their fair share of blood and carnage, especially from the last great war since they had a major role in it.

What they were seeing all around them was a complete massacre.

(A/N: It would take me forever to describe the whole thing so just imagine the London massacre from hellsing ultimate but with Pokémons and humans and a whole bunch of elemental and physical attacks everywhere. Go with whatever you can imagine. Blame me from not being able to paint a proper picture.)

"What the distortion happened here" Atlas said as he stared at his surroundings. His Salamence ready for anything.

"This was a massacre" Ginrei said with a stone face. His Staraptor was also on edge, ready to attack anything that would come against her master. Spiritomb could feel what had just happened here and he knew that what has caused this was still in the fog somewhere.

"What caused this?" Alexander said but then a grim look appeared on his face before saying, "do you guys think Sora-sensei caused this?"

"No" Atlas said before elaborating, "Sora-Sensei and her team are warrior's not butchers. Whatever caused this didn't simply kill all these Pokémons and Ciphers it massacred every single one of them."

"We have to find sensei and her team quickly. If whatever caused this massacre is still here, then they are in great danger" Ginrei said.

Alexander and Atlas nodded at Ginrei's words and soon after the group started moving slowly through the cleared area of the fog.

When they reached areas covered by the fog, they would order their Pokémons to disperse it with a whirlwind.

The more of the fog the cleared the more cranage they saw. The blood and bodies were unending and even through all of it they still couldn't find Sora and her team.

"Where could they be?" Alexander thought as he looked around.

"Guys I think I saw something!" Atlas suddenly said but he didn't wait for a reply and dashed off with his Salamence to where what he saw was at.

Ginrei and Alexander, along with their Pokémons, followed quickly behind.

They passed through more carnage, but they didn't pay attention to any of it and just followed Atlas. They hoped that what he saw was Sora or one of her Pokémons. How right would they be.

After a few more minutes of running they all stopped in front of a bunch of Rocks, from a rock tomb attack, that were all stacked together. It almost seemed as it formed a small cave covering something…or rather someone.

"Should we move them?" Alexander asked his companions.

"We have to see what's inside" Ginrei said.

With that the Pokémons started to move the rocks carefully as to not make the structure fall down on whatever was inside.

When they removed most of the stones from the structure, they were able to get a clear view on the inside and what they saw shocked them and filled their hearts and very souls with an unbelievable sadness and a seething rage.

"What the distortion is this?!" Alexander yelled in anger and grief; tears of anger fell from his eyes. He continued moving the stones that were left along his comrades and Pokémons.

"Dam it!" Atlas cursed out loud as he was, like alexander, desperately moving the rocks.

"This cant be!" Ginrei himself was also clouded with anger and sadness at what he saw.

Dragonite, Salamence, Staraptor, and Spiritomb were of the same mentality as their trainers at what they were seeing.

When they removed the last stone is when they saw their worst fear becoming reality.

In front of them were the dead bodies of Medicham (Chan), Cross (Heracross), Sawk, Loom (Breloom), and Guy (Hitmonchan).

What broke their hearts was that in the middle of the dead Pokémons was the dead body of their Sensei…Sora.

All the dead bodies had many bruises and burns from allot of attacks that they had taken head on.

However, their master had a huge hole on her torso area and their appeared to be burn marks around it.

In the end their Sensei had died with a peaceful smile on her face.

"No! Dam it all!" Alexander said as slumped onto the ground and hit it with all his force once down there.

"Sora-sensei" Atlas said as he lowered his head in sadness.

Ginrei didn't say anything and simply closed his eyes. He was so desperately trying to control his emotions.

Dragonite, Salamence, Staraptor, and Spiritomb were as well saddened by the death of Master Sora and their own personal masters in Medicham, Breloom, Heracross, Sawk, and Hitmonchan.

After a few more minutes in grief Alexander, Ginrei, Atlas, and their Pokémons were finally able to get their emotions on check.

"We will take you, all of you, back to Rota so you could lay there and rest Sensei. I'm so sorry we couldn't get here in time, but I promise that your death will be avenged. For know though rest because you dam well deserve it" Alexander said as gently caressed Sora's hair.

He then stood up and started walking away. Ginrei and Atlas did the same.

"We will make Cipher pay for this" Alexander said with allot of venom when saying Cipher.

"Indeed. They will regret killing sensei" Atlas said with a barely controlled fury.

"Every single last one of them will die. We will search for them all in every part of Orre and Almia if need be" Ginrei said with fury as well.

Their Pokémons agreed with their trainers.

Soon Ginrei remembered something or rather someone that they had forgot about in their grief and anger.

"Wait, did you guys see master's partner anywhere?" Ginrei said in realization.

Alexander's and Atlas' eyes shot open in realization at that. They had completely forgotten of Sora's partner.

Before any of them could say anything, they heard a loud yell.

"AAAAGHHHHHH! DAM YOU!" they all heard coming from deep inside the dark fog.

"Let's go!" Alexander said seriously and afterwards released all his Pokémons.

An Altaria, Flygon, Sceptile, and Druddigon appeared alongside Dragonite. Aerodactyl was with the fleet protecting them.

They all nodded at their trainer and got ready for anything.

Atlas did the same thing and released his Pokémons which consisted of his Hydregion, Kingdra, Noivern, Goodra, Kommo-o, and a rare Pokémon from the Galar region called Dragapult. His Salamence was still alongside him.

Ginrei couldn't do much since the majority oh his team was Psychic. They were Metagross, Bronzong, Reuniclus, Grumpig, and a Beheeyem.

The two only non-Psychic were the ones he already had released in Staraptor and Spiritomb. Metagross had already warned him that he and his psychic comrades would not be of any use within the dark fog. Even if they had somehow dispersed all the fog, the residue left would still harm them. Therefore, when the storm disappeared, they couldn't teleport immediately to Orre.

"Sigh" Ginrei quietly sighed before looking at his two Pokémons.

"I'm counting on the both of you" Ginrei said with a serious face.

Staraptor and Spiritomb nodded at him. They knew their comrades couldn't battle in the dark fog so both of them would be their master's only protection.

Ginrei nodded at that and then touched the hilt of his sword.

"To think that I would have to use you again after all this time" Ginrei said as he unsheathes his sword, "Senbonzakura."

Alexander and Atlas saw what Ginrei did and inwardly smiled because they knew how proud Ginrei was of his sword that brought him many victories in battle.

"Your all ready?" Alexander asked everyone to which they all nodded.

"Alright! All Pokémons with wings, use them to disperse the dark fog as we go! Something is still in it and we will need a clear view of it if we want to be able to defeat it!" Alexander said.

The Pokémons nodded at him.

"Alright, lets avenge Sora-sensei! Go!" Alexander yelled out loud.

"AAAAGHHHHHH!" was heard again.

"Lets hurry!" Alexander said.

With that they all headed of too deep within the dark fog to face whatever was inside it.

They were going to have the shock of their lives at what they would see.

The sunrise was beginning to happen over Orre and the light was slowly approaching the shoreline.

As they ran deeper into the dark fog the Pokémons, with wing appendages, were blowing the fog away. As they did more carnage and bodies were revealed laying everywhere.

They were also now running in a sea fresh blood coming from the dark fog. They also saw attacks exploding inside the deepest parts of the dark fog.

As they were getting closer Ginrei sensed something coming towards them fast.

"Everyone Dodge now!" Ginrei said as his Pokémons and him did that.

Atlas and Alexander immediately did as told and dodged alongside their Pokémonsnd and right after they did the massive form of a Tyranitar flew passed them at an incredible speed.

The Pokémon went flying until it crashed hard into a boulder and destroyed said boulder on impact.

"What the-" Alexander was about to say but was interrupted by Atlas.

"There is no time we have to hurry" Atlas said and continued his trek with Ginrei. Alexander followed afterwards.

"Here, whatever caused this massacre is there" Ginrei said as he pointed at the densest part of the dark fog.

Sure, enough the group of masters stopped in front a dense part of the dark fog. They could hear screams and cursing coming from inside the fog. However, they also felt that fear they felt when the pillar of darkness shot from here hours ago. Although, it wasn't as potent as it once was. Now it felt weak and almost out, as if a fire was about to go out.

They all looked towards each other and then nodded. They all got ready with Ginrei getting into his battle stance. Atlas did the same as he took off his uniform and drew out his Spadroon. Alexander unclipped his cape and got into the traditional fighting , stance of the Wataru clan called the Dragon fist style, (I know real original right?).

Then the trainers looked at their Pokémons and nodded at them. They nodded back and got ready for a battle.

Dragonite, Flygon, Altaria, Noivern, Salamence, and Staraptor soon began to fly until they had surrounded the last reminder of the dark Fog.

They all spread their wings as far as they could and got ready to blow the Fog away. They just waited for the order.

"Now!" Alexander, Ginrei, and Atlas yelled out at the same time.

The Pokémons surrounding the Dark Fog nodded and then with a big flap of their mighty wings they released a massive wind current that was dispersing the last remainder of the dark fog.

As the dark fog was slowly disappearing the masters and Pokémons could see many figures lying on the ground.

The sunrise had finally happened, and the rays of the morning sun was illuminating the shoreline and whatever was inside it.

They could also see the silhouette, because of the sunrise, of a figure lying on the ground with another standing over the downed one.

The Pokémons that were dispersing the dark fog flapped their wings even faster to finally make the dark fog go away.

When the last of the fog dispersed and what was inside was revealed it left the masters and Pokémons speechless and with their eyes open in shock.

"Is that him?" Alexander asked in complete shock.

"Did he cause this?" Ginrei asked in shock too.

"This is impossible" Atlas said with shock as well.

All the Pokémons had a single thought running through all their heads and it was the following, "he did it. He actually did it. Master…became like…the…Ancients."

The scene that shocked everyone to the core was that of Sora's first Pokémon/starter standing over the downed form of Evice, the head of Cipher here in Orre.

He had one-foot stomping onto Evice's chest to prevent him from moving. His whole body was covered with fresh new scars over his old ones, especially a big X one covering most of his back. He was also covered from head to toe in blood.

Around him and Evice were the dead bodies of Slowking, Scizor, Machamp, Salamence, and Slaking. They figured out that the Tyranitar that was sent flying was also one of Evice's Pokémons.

What made them shiver, and scared them a little, however was the dead look in his eyes and the black and red Aura surrounding him. (A/N: Same aura as cumber from dbz heroes. I'll explain it in a little bit)

It was the same feeling they felt when the pillar of darkness erupted from here. So, they were all beginning to come to the same conclusion.

"Did he cause this?" Alexander thought in horror.

"That Aura feels the same as the pillar of darkness that came from here" Ginrei also though as he gulped in nervousness.

"Did he take out an entire army all by himself? How is that possible?" Atlas thought with a bead of sweat falling from his forehead.

All the Pokémons were also worried because of what the master had become but it also seemed as if 'that' power was running out.

Also, it seemed as if both Evice and Sora's partner hadn't noticed them, since Evice was still struggling to escape and the Pokémon not letting him move by applying more pressure to his chest with his leg.

All they could do was listen in and so they did.

"Dam you! Dam you! Dam you!" Evice was cursing with all his lung power.

"You've ruined everything! You have destroyed everything we have worked to obtain by destroying that dammed lab and everything in it!" Evice continued his ranting.

"He destroyed the Cipher lab. How?" was in the mind of the masters.

"No matter! Even if you destroyed us here in Orre. The Cipher branch in Almia will continue the work for the Hidden Kingdom! Cipher was created for that specific reason!" Evice paused before he lost all sanity left in him.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SOON THE 7 LEAGUES WILL TREMBLE AGAIN WHEN THE HIDDEN KINGDOM RISES!" Evice was rambling on.

"What is he talking about?" Alexander thought.

"Hidden Kingdom?" Atlas though as well.

"Is he talking about 'that' kingdom? No, it can't be that Kingdom ceased to exist hundreds of years ago. Its greed and its way of viewing people and Pokémons was what brought its end" Ginrei thought.

Sora's partner continued with his dead look at Evice. Before speaking in a dark tone.

"Any last words human?" he said as he raised the foot on Evice's chest over his head. The feet also exploded in dark flames.

"YES! ALL HAIL-", "Squelch" Evice was cut off as Sora-sensei's partner smashed his foot covered in dark flames onto Evice's head, instantly killing him.

The masters and Pokémons were left speechless at the brutality they just watched.

Afterwards the dark Aura surrounding him completely disappeared and that feeling the champions and drake felt vanished along with it. Life once again retuned to his eyes.

Suddenly he looked to the sunrise towards the east.

"Sigh" he sighed before he spoke again loud enough for all of them to hear, "You have been avenged master."

The Pokémon's bloodied body made the morning orange light of the sun look red as it touched its body. (A/N: Imagine the morning sun standing behind Sora's partner. Illuminating him as he stands in the middle. That's how I see it.)

The bloodied and exhausted Pokémon finally took notice of the masters and their Pokémons around him.

They all tensed at his stare wondering if he recognized them.

Before the masters could talk the Pokémon spoke.

"I regret nothing" he said before falling face first to the ground.

He was out cold upon impact.

At that they al ran at him to check him.

(Hours before the masters arrived, on the Orre Shoreline. During the battle)

Many bodies of dead Pokémons and Cipher agents littered around the entire shoreline. Although, there were still many that were still standing.

Out of the 15,000 that were left, after master knocked them out, there were only 1,000 left.

Master and we had killed over half of the army that was left but it came at a heavy price.

Medicham, Heracross, Sawk, Hitmonchan, and Breloom had been killed during the battle. The only ones that were left were master herself and I.

Both of us were mentally and physically exhausted. Our bodies taken to the absolute limit and we were still going on but just barely.

"huff huff huff" master was panting in exhaustion; I am the same way as her.

"Hahahahahahahahahah!" Evice was laughing evilly on top his Salamence as he looked at the scene below him.

"Bravo Sora Bravo!" Evice said as he clapped sarcastically. The two Claydols still holding the F.L.E.I.J.A. war head with their psychic energies.

"Just hold on a little more partner. This is almost over, just 1,000 left" master said tiredly.

Her entire body was covered in bruises, scars, and scorch marks. Her left eye was also completely shut because of how swollen it was.

I was just as injured and bruised as master but through my willpower I forced my body to continue to move.

"You think you've won Sora?! Hahahahahahahah! You're an even bigger fool than I thought then!" Evice said as he took out a strange device with a shadow crystal in the middle and a button on top.

"Hehehe" Evice was chuckling but then it turned into a full-blown maniacal laughter as he pressed the button on the device.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! NOW RISE MY SHADOW ARMY!" Evice yelled out.

We didn't understand but then our faces morphed into shock when we saw, with wide eyes, every Shadow Pokémon that master had originally knocked out with her Haki rise up again.

However, this time as they rose their entire bodies were fully engulfed with the 'Shadow' Aura that they had been forced upon by the Shadow Crystals. Their eyes were also glowing red with malice. Since it was nighttime it felt as if thousands of dark spirits had risen from the underworld to attack them.

The 15,000 that master sora had knocked out had risen back up to support the 1,000 that were left.

Now the two of us have to face an army of 16,000 by ourselves.

"What did you do Evice!" Master Sora yelled out in anger.

"Since you are about to die, I see no harm in telling you both. What I have done is simply make the Shadow energy consume the Pokémons in their entirety. Basically, they are nothing more than empty husks of their former self that will do anything I tell them and with their power triplefied!" Evice said with a mad glint in his eyes.

Master's and my eye's simple narrowed at Evice's statement.

"Now you see Sora! You and your pathetic Pokémons never stood a chance! But I commend you for being able to take out almost half of my army at your age. I guess you truly haven't lost your touch after all these years" Evice said with all the shadow Pokémon glaring at us.

(A/N: Imagine the scene from hellsing ultimate with the major being beaten up and the Nazi vampires staring on. Picture it like that.)

"I'm sorry partner. I guess this is our end. Hehehe I'll take pride in the fact that it took an army of 30,000 Pokémons and men to kill me and you at our age. Don't you agree with me?" Master Sora said as she looked at me with resignation in her face.

"Like I said master, I will fight alongside you to the bitter end" I said as I eyed smile my master.

Master nodded at me and then both of us looked back at Evice and his army glaring at us from behind him.

"Any last words Sora!" Evice said as he raised his hand up.

"Yes!" master suddenly said before looking at me.

"Yell for me!" master said, and I immediately understood.

We used what was left of our Aura and Haki to make or final dash towards our final battle. All the while we roared.

"Yelling?! Really Sora?!" Evice said.

"No Evice we are not yelling!" Master screamed as we ran and soon after we jumped towards Evice.

"This is our war cry!" Master screamed before we both yelled out at the same time with our Aura amplifying our voice so that everyone could hear.

As we lunged towards our inevitable deaths we roared out:

"WE ARE WARRIORS NOT BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WINS BUT BECAUSE WE WILL ALWAYS FIGHT!"

"Then die! Attack my Shadow Army! Kill Sora and that stupid Pokémon next to her!" Evice yelled out as he lowered his arm.

The Shadow Pokémons lunged at us.

This is our last stand but if we were to die, we would die fighting.

(A few hours later)

A few hours have passed by and we had only been able to take out over 1,000 Shadow Pokémons out of the 16,000 that there were. There were still many left ready to kill us.

During the whole ordeal master and I had been separated and now were facing our respective army alone.

Every bone in my body was broken, every muscle torn, and I was bleeding from all over my body, and the only thing keeping me up was my sheer willpower.

I couldn't tell how master was since my Aura was almost completely depleted but in the face at death, I readied myself to fight this last battle.

The Shadow Army lunged, and I began to attack and defend myself. Every physical attack that landed, that was by me, only hurt my body even more. I could barely do any elemental attacks and the attacks that were able to hit me only hurt me even more. I still pulled through all the pain and fought.

After another hour passed I couldn't doge anymore and wasn't fast enough to dodge a bullet punch and Iron tail attacks onto my back from a Steelix and a Scizor.

The attacks cracked even more of my bones as it sent me crashing onto the hard floor.

Everything hurt and my body was just yelling at me to stay down but I didn't listen to it and forced it to move but I was simply to weakened to fully stand up so I was on all fours juts waiting for the finishing blow to hit me and end me.

I could feel the Shadow army all around me glaring.

"Kill him once and for all!" Evice yelled out as he was probably looking at me.

"Noooo!" I could hear master Sora yell out from wherever she was.

Then I felt a huge figure looming over me, and the temperature rising significantly to the point I began slightly sweating.

I, with allot of force, looked up and over me was a vicious looking shadow Magmortar that was smirking at me.

I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of seeing me frightened so I retuned his smirk with a defiant glare from me.

That seemed to make him angry because then the temperature rose even higher as he began preparing his Lava Plume attack on his flame covered claw.

The attack was so concentrated on his claw that it seemed to make Magmoratr's claw into a magma fist.

He then lunged his attack at me ready to kill me.

I closed my eyes in resignation and simply said, "I'm sorry master."

"Die!" I hear Evice yell out at me.

"SHUNPO!"

Time seemed to slow down as Magmortar lunged at me but after a few seconds nothing happened.

"what happened?" I thought as I was still alive.

My eyes were so wide that they almost fell out of my skull. My mind became clouded with sadness and anger at what I saw.

In front of me was Master Sora with a Magma fist through her torso. (A/N: The same way Ace died from One Piece)

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Evice laughed madly.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" I yelled out in despair.

Magmortar just smirked at me and removed his magma fist from master's body, hurting her even more in the process.

"Guhg" master grunted in pain as the magma fist was pulled out of her.

There was a huge hole on master's torso. Once Magmortar remove the magma fist master began to fall to the ground.

I was removed from my shock state when I saw Magmortar prepare a Hyper Beam from his hand cannons, ready to fire it upon my master.

"Noooooo!" I yelled out as I disappeared in a Shunpo without thinking about it.

Adrenaline rushed again all over my body as I smacked Magmortar over and over with my Close Combat. After I was done with Close Combat, I again disappeared in Shunpo and smacked Magmortar on the throat with my Throat Chop. That attack made Magmortar stumble as he had momentarily lost his breath. That was all I needed since I then used my Rapid Spin to enhance my next attack. I spun and spun until I jumped, while spinning, and delivered a skull crushing attack.

"Concassé!" I yelled out in anger.

My attack had sent flying the Magmortar straight to the rest of the Shadow army, knocking some of them over.

I then disappeared again and caught my master before she could hit the ground. (A/N: Yes, everything happened before Sora hit the ground)

"Hehe sorry" Master Sora said weakly.

"Ma-master ple-please stop tal-talking. You'll be okay" I tried to say with a steady voice, but I couldn't fool myself.

"Why did you do it?! Why did you save me?! Why did you give your life for mine?! Your life is more valuable than mine! So why?!" I yelled to my master in anger and sadness as tears fell from my eyes.

"I don't know" master said weakly, "My body just moved on its own."

At her answer the dam burst, and more tears fell from my eyes as I gently hugged my dying master.

"There is a time flower in my room back at the restaurant in Rota. I hid it there in case this ever happened. Use it. In it will be my final message to you" Master said even more weakly.

I continued crying but gave my master a nod in understanding.

"Listen to me" Master said weakly and at that I gave her my undivided attention.

This was master's last words to me, and I would listen to them.

She gave me the brightest smile she could muster up in her weakened state before saying, "I was chosen today, I'm learning to fly the world took me away, but please don't you cry. And I chose you today to try and be strong so please don't you cry and don't say that I'm gone. When you're feeling alone just remember our love, I'm up near the stars looking down from above. Remember our love in a moment you'll see that I'm still here beside you when you're thinking of me."

I recognized what master had just said and all I could do was cry even more as I was losing the most important person in my life.

"Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it" Master was saying but then she touched my check with her hand and gave me the brightest smile she had ever giving anyone.

"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will" master said with her smile adorning her aged face.

"Goodbye…partner….my first and best friend…. live on…Lee" master told me as her hand fell down my face.

At my name master's hand fell next to her and her chest stopped rising.

My master Sora had passed away with a peaceful look and a smile on her face.

More tears fell from my eyes as I hugged my master.

"Rest master because you deserve it" I said mentally.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I DID IT! I FINALLY DID IT! THE LAST TRUE AURA GUARDIAN IS DEAD! SORA IS DEAD!" Evice yelled out in madness, the shadow Pokémons around him roared in agreement.

I could feel in me an anger and rage unlike anything I've ever felt before. Something was about to snap in me.

"ALL THAT IS LEFT OF SORA AND HER PATHETIC TEAM IS THAT ONE HOLDING HER DEAD BODY!" Evice said as he pointed at me.

"YOU TWO STEELIXS AND ONIX! KILL THAT ONE! WITH HIS DEATH SORA'S LEGACY AND LEGEND WLL DISAPPEAR!" Evice said.

At his command two huge Shadow Steelixs and an Onix lunged at me and master to kill me and destroy master's body.

"I won't let you" I quietly said as a shadow covered my eyes.

That something that was about to snap…snapped.

I gently put master down and afterwards stood up, with my back facing the incoming Shadow Pokémons.

My body was filling up with power beyond my imagination. All my injuries, minus my scars, had completely healed up. I was connecting with a power that I knew very little about. That source will give me power beyond my wieldiest dreams.

It will also cost me allot once this power leaves my body. I will never be the same Pokémon as I once was before this. However, I simply didn't care anymore.

I was becoming one with the ancients of the past.

I, and my comrades, knew of this power from master since she told us about it and its history.

The 'Ancient Instinct', as master called it, was one of two levels of powers any Pokémons was born with but couldn't use since it was a level of power that couldn't be controlled and if used would revert the Pokémon back to one of the Ancient Pokémons of the Ancient Pokémon world.

The 'Ancient Instinct' would grant the Pokémon the powers the ancient Pokémons held. It would turn the Pokémon into a true apex predator with unimaginable power and speed.

Unlike todays Pokémons and the world, the ancients were much different than the Pokémons currently inhabiting the world.

The ancients were the masters of the sky, land, water, and wind. They were ferocious predators that fought each other to prove their strengths dayly. Back then they were the dominant species, with the humans being the submissive ones.

As time went on the world changed and so did the ancients to the point, they became what they are right now.

The only Ancients that were able to survive that great change and that were still alive to this very day were very few.

The last true Ancients that didn't change and wanted nothing more than to battle had been sealed by the ancient humans of Pokémopolis. They had been a Gengar and an Alakazam.

The only Ancients that were still alive currently were a Dragonite, a Tentacruel, an Onix, and a Rhydon all in Kanto, a Claydol in Hoenn, a Trevenant in Kalos, a Golurk in Unova. Or so master told us.

If any Pokémon wanted to activate that 'Ancient Instinct' they would need to have a strong mind and body to be able to hold all that power and predator feelings, you will get.

I had only the strong body to hold all that power, my mind was clouded with anger and grief. I wanted nothing more than to kill all these mockeries of Pokémons and Evice. If this power will grant me that power, then I will accept the consequences afterwards.

The power of the ancients began to flow all over my body increasing all of my attacks from physical to elemental. It was also increasing my body mass and muscles. As well as my Aura and Haki were increasing in strength. It even created a mouth on my face with sharp teeths.

As the power flowed through me, I was also using all my willpower to stop myself from fully loosing myself to the Ancient's power and become just a mindless predator. If I truly gave myself in, then I would also damage my comrades and master's bodies even more.

I didn't want that so I would retain as much of my own self as I could while this power began flowing through me.

(A/N: Play Courtesy Call until I say stop)

As the Steelixs and Onix were about to crush my master and me with and Iron Head attack, I stopped them.

"NO!" I jumped then spun and delivered an enhanced Mega Kick to one Steelix's head completely tearing it of its body and sending it flying to another batch of Shadow Pokémons that were nearby, crushing some of them in the process.

I didn't stop there as I used Shunpo, which was incredibly faster, to appear over the other Steelix's head and delivered a skull crushing Brick Break into its head.

The attack landed and cracks appeared on Steelix's head as my attacked smashed Steelix's head into the floor. The Steelix laid dead, with its skull crushed next to me.

I didn't even batter an eye as I disappeared once more, and this time appeared in front of the charging Onix and fired a massive Aura Sphere into its chest. My attack had sent it flying to the Shadow Army and crushing the smaller Pokémons under its massive weight.

I then disappeared and reappeared in front of master but with all my comrades on my arms. I gently put them all on the ground next to master. I had used Shunpo to get all my comrades' bodies and bring them to master.

I then used Rock Tomb to create a makeshift tomb for my comrades and master so they wouldn't get caught up in the massacre that was going to happen.

After I finished my makeshift tomb, I retuned my gaze to the shocked faces of the Shadow army and the Shocked, but mixed with anger, face of Evice.

Then I finally let go and let the Ancient Instinct take over me in its entirety. I would become an Apex Predator once I let go and this army would be slaughtered by me.

Once I let go, power unlike anything I have ever felt before flowed through my body. I could feel everything in me become more powerful and my mind becoming more sharper and calculating. My Aura and Haki were also growing in power.

Afterwards a dark Aura manifested all over my body and shot up into the sky. Once up there it released itself into a shockwave of dark primordial energy that engulfed the entire shoreline.

I could see, with what little I had left of myself, that the Shadow Army and Evice himself were starting to look at me in fear.

"Im-impossible" Evice quietly said as he stared at me in disbelief and fear.

"Grrrrrr! No matter there are still 15,000 of my army here and only one of you! Kill him!" Evice ordered and even though some of the Shadow Pokémons looked at me in fear they obeyed, and everyone lunged at me.

As the shadow army was lunging at me, I made the dark Aura that surrounded me explode. All the while covering my entire body with my Armament Haki. (A/N: Like Vergo)

When my dark Aura exploded it covered the entirety of the shoreline in a dark fog that made anything inside it blind to its surroundings.

"Fly up Salamence! Levitate everyone of my Team Slowking! Claydols you follow me as well!" Evice desperately said wanting to get out of the Dark Fog since he felt the touch of death on him.

Slowking followed suit by levitating Evice's team out of the dark fog and the Claydols did the same with the F.L.E.I.J.A. war head still in their Psychic grasp. However, both Slowking and the Claydol pair were starting to feel a bit weak because of said dark fog but since they were juiced up with the power of the shadow crystal they were able to handle that ungodly pressure that easily surpassed those created by any Spiritomb.

Once they were finally over it Evice's face was a mix of anger, fear, and shock at what he was seeing under him.

The entirety of his Shadow Army was caught and locked inside the dark fog and couldn't get out. The lighting storm on the background only made it look more ominous and scarier looking.

Then Evice heard a voice that chilled his very self to the core since it was unlike anything he had ever heard before. It was something old, powerful, primordial, something Ancient.

"It's him" Evice quietly said as he looked at the Dark Fog.

"You will all die in here." I suddenly said with my voice become something monstrous in tone.

I could feel every single Shadow Pokémon inside this Dark Fog grow in fear and anxiousness. I could also feel that Evice had escaped my Dark Fog but was still close by.

None would escape, none would survive, none will live to see the sunrise. Everyone here would pay for my comrades and master's deaths.

I appeared behind a Shadow Charizard and then drove my hand through its chest effectively killing it instantly.

At this death the entire army noticed me and were simply looking at me in fear.

I liked the fear of my preys and smirked evilly at them.

"Let the slaughterBegin" I darkly said all through the fog and loud enough so that Evice could hear me.

Then the Cipher Massacre began.

(A few hours into the massacre) (Also end of Lee's POV)

Evice was seething with rage at what he was seeing below him.

His Shadow Pokémon Army of 15,000 was being decimated as if they were nothing by one single old Pokémon.

He could hear yells of pain and fear from inside the dark fog. He could see attacks fired inside the Fog.

"Dam it all! How is he doing this?! He is just one against and army! How is he killing every single one of them?!" Evice yelled in anger.

It was true. The army that had once numbered 15,000 had been lowered to just barely 5,000.

Lee, Sora's partner, had single handedly killed over 10,000 Pokémons by himself. All the while protecting the tomb where the bodies of his comrades and master were in.

Nothing was successful in stopping his rampage and anyone that tried was easily killed.

Every type that was in the Shadow Army was no match for him. Even those that had a type advantage over him didn't stood a chance against him.

From time to time Lee would disperse the dark fog in a few areas so that Evice could see the slaughter going on inside the Fog. That only served to infuriate Evice even more.

Before Evice could yell out in anger again, he saw a Shadow Pyroar and Houndoom escape the Dark Fog and trying to run away once outside.

They never got far as a Lee appeared in front of them an immediately killed them by kicking them so hard that they exploded upon impact.

When the bodies fell, he looked straight at Evice with that dead look in his eyes. The dark aura around him making him look like a bringer of death and destruction.

"Grrr" Evice growled in anger at the smug look Lee was giving at him.

"Fine! You want to play like that!? Then congratulations you'll be the second test trial of our F.L.E.I.J.A.!" Evice said as he took out the triggering device from his coat pocket and held out for Lee to see.

Lee continued to give Evice that dead look.

"You will die here and today you stinking Pokémon along those useless Pokémons that couldn't even kill you even when they had the numbers advantage over you!" Evice yelled out in delight.

"Claydols release the F.L.E.I.J.A. at my signal and then detain him with Psychic so that he gets to feel the full force of the explosion. With him being so close to the point of impact he will be vaporized by the explosion along with every useless Pokémon down there! Got it?!" Evice told the Claydols who were holding the war head.

The Pokémons knew they were being sent to their deaths but simply nodded in understanding.

"Good. Slowking be ready to teleport all of us as far away from here on my signal!" Evice told his Slowking, who nodded, who was making sure Slaking, Scizor, Machamp, and even the dark type Tyranitar were still afloat with his Psychic powers.

Lee's stare never left Evice, He didn't have to worry of the Shadow Pokémons still inside his Fog since he left the remaining 5,000 just barely alive. They wouldn't be moving anytime soon and once he was done with what Evice was going to do he would come back and kill them.

"So, you're going to try and kill me with your weapon huh Evice?" Lee told Evice in his dark tone.

"Don't dare and talk to me as if you're my equal you lowly Pokémon! But for your information yes! I will kill you with the most powerful weapon ever created! Not even the legends will be able to stand the might of the F.L.E.I.J.A!" Evice yelled out with anger at the beginning but pride in the end.

"The F.L.E.I.J.A.'s are almost complete but once Damocles is fully functional the end of the Pokémon Leagues will be soon enough!" Evice was ranting but then stopped and looked at Lee before saying, "And you will be the second one to feel the might of F.L.E.I.J.A! Now go Claydols!"

Just before the Claydols could move Evice heard a dark laugh coming from Lee.

"WHATS SO FUNNY YOU DAMED POKEMON!" Evice yelled out in anger.

"The fact that you think you can kill me now is funny to me. No matter" Lee said in amusement with the dead look never leaving his eyes.

"Dam you!" Evice said in anger.

"Well then I guess I better destroy everything you worked hard for here in Orre" Lee said as his eyes narrowed towards Evice.

"What are you-" Evice was about to say but stopped when Lee disappeared from his point of view.

"What where did he go!?" Evice said again as his Pokémons looked around.

"I'm right here Evice" Lee said from in between the Claydols.

The Claydols didn't even have time to react as Lee Kicked them with a dark Aura infused kick that killed them instantly on impact. The bodies were sent crashing down hard.

Before the war head could fall, since nothing was holding it, Lee grabbed it before disappearing and reappearing in front of Evice and his Pokémon who all had stunned faces at what Lee had just done.

"When did? How did?" Evice was saying in shock but then that shock turned into anger as he squeezed tighter the triggering device, "Give that back you vile Pokémon!"

"No" Lee simply said before disappearing and reappearing at the exact same spot but this time with the triggering device of the war head on his hand.

"What?! When did you?" Evice said again in shock as indeed the triggering device that Lee had was the one, he just had in his hand.

"Give it back! Salamence go!" Evice said in anger as he rocketed towards Lee on his Salamence.

Lee simply dodged by disappearing and reappearing over Evice and his Pokémons.

"What are you doing?!" Evice yelled again.

"I'm going to destroy everything you worked for" Lee said as he looked towards the Orre desert for a specific place. He soon located it.

"What are- No No stop don't do this!" Evice begged this time to Lee.

Lee didn't care for Evice's begging as he threw the war head upwards and once it came down, and was directly in front of him, he kicked it so hard towards the place were all this started.

The Pink comet, since that's what it looked like as it was flying, was heading towards the Cipher Lab.

"Nooooooooooooooooooo!" Evice yelled out as he saw the warhead flying off.

(A/N: Stop Courtesy Call for now)

(Cipher Lab)

The lab was in absolute chaos with many scientists trying to escape from the lab because of the incoming F.L.E.I.J.A. They were all scrambling and getting as much information as they could into their computers.

Most thought of using some of the Psychic Pokémons at their disposal but for some odd reason every single one of them passed out and no matter what they did they couldn't wake them up.

Their only means of escape was running away as fast as their legs could take them. Some scientist didn't care and ran away the moment they were alarmed that the destructive war head was heading to them. That thing would destroy everything here and kill everyone in it once it made contact.

There was pushing, shoving, trampling, cursing, screaming, and fighting all around the lab with all the scientist panicking.

There was also the creator of said F.L.E.I.J.A, Nino Einstein, trying to get all of his paperwork of the various projects he was working into his briefcase.

"Dam dam dam dam dam" Nino was saying repeatedly as he shoved more papers into his briefcase.

After he was done, he closed his briefcase and then grabbed his laptop and held it under his right armpit as he grabbed the stuffed briefcase with both hands.

Out of all his work, his laptop contained the most vital information regarding F.L.E.I.J.A, Damocles, and the "Nightmare project." All in all, the laptop under his arm pit is the most important thing on him right now.

"Alright now I need to get away someway. I know I will use one of the secret jets Cipher has under this lab. But what could have caused every single Psychic Pokémons to pass out? Does it have something to do with the battle on the shoreline?" Nino was muttering but then a voice interrupted his muttering.

"Hehehe something indeed occurred to make every Psychic Pokémon to pass out. It is something truly terrifying" the obviously female voice said.

"Who's there show yourself!" Nino said as he looked around.

"I'm right behind you Nino Einstein" the voice said.

Nino turned around and indeed right behind him, close to the door of his office, was a woman in a red suit and with a man and woman on each side of her. There was also some powerful looking Pokémons in Alakazam, Xatu, Hypno, and Malamar. Nino figured they were very powerful since they hadn't passed out just like the rest of the Psychic Pokémons.

However, what gave them away was the big red-letter R on the man and woman next to the lady in the red suit.

"Team Rocket" Nino said in realization.

"Exactly. I'm flattered that Cipher knows about my organization" the woman in the red suit said.

"What do you want with me? How do you even know about me?" Nino said again but there was worry this time in his voice since he knew the war head was getting closer to the lab.

"I don't think we have the time to talk fully with your little toy heading towards here. How about we go back to my base and then I'll answer all the questions you might have. Oh, and don't worry I know who you truly serve and what the entirety of Cipher was created for" the woman said.

"How does she know about his majesty?" Nino thought as he looked at the trio in front of him.

"Because me and him go way back. You could say we got to know each other very closely. In fact, I was the one who helped him ascend to the throne all those years ago" the red suit woman said.

"How did you-" Nino was about to say but was interrupted.

"Malamar here is a great mind reader" the woman said as she petted Malamar.

"So, what do you say, do you want to come with me and live or stay here and die? You know you can't escape in time if you refuse me. All your precious work and plans to make 'that' kingdom rise again will go to waste if you die tonight" the woman said as she smirked.

Nino knew he had no choice, so he sighed before saying, "Fine, but where are we going to teleport to? No Pokémon or group of is powerful enough to teleport to a whole different region miles away from Orre?"

"You'd be surprise by the power these four possess. Now come on let's go. By the way do you need one of my agents to carry that briefcase of yours? It looks quite heavy" the woman said.

"Yes, please if you don't mind" Nino said as he released the heavy briefcase.

The woman nodded at him and then signaled for the male agent to carry the briefcase. The man did as told after saluting the woman.

Once the male agent was holding the briefcase Nino hesitantly approached the woman. Once he did that the four Pokémons with them surrounded them and were preparing to teleport them all away.

They all momentarily stopped as they heard something smash into the Lab and then they heard a loud boom as a pink light was converging on them quickly.

"Alright you four know what to do. Make it snappy I'd rather not die here. I have to get back to my son you know" the woman said in a calm tone even as the pink light from the explosion was just about to reach them.

Th Pokemons nodded and soon after their eyes began to glow blue.

The Pink light was about to consume them.

"If I might ask, what is your name?" Nino asked the woman as the light was about to consume them.

The woman darkly smiled at him before replying, "Just call me Madame Boss."

After she said that they all disappeared in Teleportation as the light consumed the room, they were in moments ago.

(Back on the Shoreline)

Evice's face was that of horror as he saw the huge pink explosion coming exactly from where the lab was, used, to be.

The explosion illuminated the night sky as if it were day for a couple of moments.

Lee looked on with grim satisfaction.

After the sky returned to its nighttime color, they all felt the ground shaking and they all could see a shockwave from the explosion coming at them full force.

"SlOWKING! RELEASE MY POKEMONS AND CREATE A PSYCHIC BARRIER IN FRONT OF ME USING LIGHT SCREEN. MIRROR COAT AND REFLECT! NOWWW!" Evice said desperately.

Slowking obeyed and let go the levitation he had played on his comrades and left them to fall to the ground below. He then stood, floated, in front of Evice and created the Psychic barrier using all his power.

Lee didn't even move from his place midair as the shockwave was heading to them.

The Shockwave hit with full force the shoreline. It even blew away some of the lighter Pokémons lee had beat down. It had even dispersed the storm covering the Orre ocean.

Even as the shockwave hit Lee with its full force, he didn't even budge from were he was. He just looked towards the ocean and focused his senses to see if they were there.

Indeed he 'saw' with his enhanced Aura that the Champions of Kanto, Sinnoh, and Drake of Johto, and small fleet of ACE trainers were stationed just outside the Orre ocean.

"I know you can survive that" Lee thought as he refocused his attention at the huge pink explosion far away from him.

"That truly is a destructive power. It could destroy any city in any region in the blink of an eye if released upon it" Lee thought as he saw the explosion.

The Explosion continued for a few minutes longer until it finally dissipated.

Even mid-air Lee could see that all that was left from where the Cipher lab was nothing more than a huge crater. From behind him he saw that the storm had also disappeared with the destruction of HAARP.

"Arceus forgive me for what I've done to those poor Castforms" Lee thought as he briefly closed his eyes and gave a small prayer.

"Nooooooooo! Dam dam dam dam dam dam dam you!" Evice yelled in anger and frustration.

"You ruined everything! I'll kill you even if it's the last thing I'll do! Salamence Dragon breath and Slowking Scald! Kill that bastard!" Evice yelled out in anger.

Salamence fired his Dragon breath at Lee and Slowking did the same with the boiling Scald.

Lee didn't even flinch or move as the attacks were heading at him full force. He looked at the attacks as if they were a mere nuisance.

Lee then raised his left arm and then opened his palm towards the direction were the attacks were coming from. (In front of him)

"Sekizo" Lee said as from his palm a massive and pressurized gust of wind was fired from it to the Dragon Breath and Scald attacks. (A/N: Same as Guy's from Naruto)

Sekizo was the move Vacuum Wave but taken beyond its capabilities. Instead of condensing air into the palm of the Pokémons hand and then firing towards the opponent, Lee literally punched the air so hard that a straight column of condensed air was fired.

The Sekizo destroyed the Dragon Breath and Scald attacks at impact and it was now heading directly towards Evice.

"Salamence Fly up! Slowking teleport up too!" Evice desperately said and his Pokémons did as told and flew/teleported higher into the sky.

It wasn't a second longer than the Sekizo passed from where they once were.

"That was close" Evice said in relief as he evaded Lee's attack.

"You didn't think it'd be that easy didn't you Evice?" the deep voice of Lee said just above him.

"Wha…...Slowking!" Evice said in alarm as he saw Lee just above him.

"Sekizo" Lee said again as he fired his attack point blank at Evice.

As the attack was fired Slowking appeared in front of Evice.

It didn't matter as the attack sent Evice, Salamence, and Slowking crashing into the hard floor and into the dark fog.

"Huff, huff, cough, cough" Evice was coughing and huffing because of the dust and sand he had inhaled as he crashed here. It was only because of Slowking that he had survived this crash because Slowking had created another powerful Psychic barrier using all his strength to protect him from the impact.

Once he got his bearings, he realized that he and his Pokémons were now deep inside the dark fog Lee had created. He was also to finally able to see the massacre that had occurred inside the dark fog.

"My Arceus" Evice said in horror as he saw the countless bloodied and beaten bodies of his once mighty army.

Just as Lee had said there were still some of his Shadow Pokémons that were left alive, but they were severely beaten to the brink of death, so they won't be of any help to him. He could also see from a way from him an almost tomb.

"I bet that's were he is protecting Sora's body. Maybe if I destroy that tomb and crush her body it would break him" Evice thought as a smile appeared on his face.

By this point the rest of his own Pokémon had surrounded him and were now protecting him.

Then the top of the dark fog spread out and it could be seen descending towards Evice the form of Lee.

The Dark Aura surrounding him and the full moon on the background of Lee only made him look more intimidating and deadlier.

Evice gulped because for the first time in his life he was fearing for his own life as an agent of death was descending upon him. Even his own Shadow Pokémons were starting to get nervous at the intimidating sight of Lee.

Once Lee had touched ground the part of the dark fog that had opened up for him had closed back up.

Lee was simply looking at Evice and his Pokémons as if they were nothing more than bugs that he could easily step on.

This only made Evice forget his nervousness and fright and replaced it with anger.

"Don't you dare look down on me!" Evice said in anger but then looked at the tomb were Sora was in.

Lee's eyes narrowed at what Evice was looking at.

"Slowking, Slaking, Salamence, Machamp, Scizor, and Tyranitar use a combined Hyper Beam and destroy that tomb! Crush the dead body of Sora and her Pokémons!" Evice yelled out as he pointed at the tomb.

His Pokémons immediately went to work as they quickly began powering up their combined attack and once fired it would be allot stronger than any normal hyper beam because of their enhanced strength because of the shadow crystals and them combining into one huge Hyper Beam.

Lee saw this and immediately disappeared from where he was and reappeared in front of the tomb that contained Sora and her team.

He would need something stronger than Sekizo to combat the attack headed at the tomb.

"very well" Lee said as he reeled his arms back and a blue sphere of energy was beginning to form in between his hands.

"Fire!" Evice yelled out behind his Pokémons.

His Pokémons fired their Hyper Beam attacks at Lee. During midair the 6 Hyper Beams combined into one massive Hyper Beam destroying everything in its path, it was even blowing some of the dark fog way but not all of it.

Lee saw the attack headed at him with an emotionless look as he continued to charge his attack.

The Hyper Beam was getting closer to him.

"Take This! Focus Blast!" Lee yelled out as he fired a massive Focus Blast.

The Focus Blast and Hyper Beam collided midair and now there was a power struggle between both. (A/N: Imagine a power struggle between beam from DBZ)

In the end, focus blast won the struggle and was now heading towards Evice and his Pokémons.

"PROTECT ALL OF YOU!" Evice yelled out in desperation at seeing the massive focus blast heading to them.

His Pokémons did as told and created the green barrier Protect with allot of their power. The Focus Blast hit the Protect shield, but it was barely able to hold up against the Focus Blast.

Lee smiled at seeing that and then willed the dark fog that surrounded them to completely obscure the outside world. The fog condensed even more and now not even the light of the full moon could pierce the dark fog.

Lee disappeared into the fog.

Once Evice and his Pokémons were able to regain their bearings they began looking around for Lee in the dark fog.

"Where are you?! Show yourself you monster!" Evice yelled out as he and his Pokémons looked around.

Then a dark laugh could be heard from all around them in the dark fog. That laugh chilled every bone in their bodies.

"You say I'm a monster after everything you've done? Hmm then I guess it takes a monster to kill a monster" Lee said again with his voice sounding as if he was everywhere.

"Dam you to distortion!" Evice yelled out in anger.

"Distortion huh? Well I know after what I've done here, I'm going there but I am not going alone. Your going to come with me Evice and soon the rest of Cipher will too. Giratina himself will have a great time with monsters like us" Lee said.

"FUCK YOU! I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE! I WILL SURVIVE THIS AND START ALL OVER! EVERYTHING IVE DONE WILL NOT BE FOR NAUGHT!" Evice yelled out with the full force of his lungs.

"Well it doesn't matter really" Lee said as he momentarily stopped talking and reappeared in a deep part of the dark fog with just his red glowing eyes signifying where he was.

This only frighten even more Evice and his team but what they saw and heard next almost made them piss themselves.

A sharp smile from under the red glowing eyes could be seen but then that smile, that was Lee's, said the following "like I said in the beginning…You're all going to die here."

"ATTACK!" Evice said as there was nothing else to do.

His Pokémons charged towards were Lee was.

And so, the last part of this massacre was about to begin.

(A few hours later and moments before the masters see Lee)

The morning sun was rising over the Orre region

Three people and their Pokémons had just arrived on the Orre Shoreline and were currently in a Dark fog.

Or it was what Lee thought as he looked at the squirming from of Evice.

Lee was covered from head to toe in blood, his aura almost disappearing and along with it the control of the dark fog. He could feel someone had entered his fog, but he was simply too tired to care. He would deal with it if they found him. All he wanted to do now was end this once and for all.

He could feel the power of the ancients slowly diminishing in his body and his Haki and Aura almost being depleted to dangerous levels. Lee didn't know how long he had been fighting but he knew this was it, his aged body was screaming at him to stop but he ignored it. The only reason he was still moving was because of his desire to end this.

Lee had killed all the reaming 5,000 Pokémons that were left and most of Evice's Pokémons with only Tyranitar being left.

Lee again disappeared using what remained of Shunpo and appeared over Evice and soon after he crushed Evice's right leg completely shattering the bone and making it useless.

"ARGGGGGGHHHH! DAM YOU!" Evice yelled out in pain and anger.

Lee could already see that Tyranitar was about to attack him so before he could he used Shunpo to appear right over Tyranitar and delivered straight to his shoulder a devastating High Jump Kick infused with the little Haki he had left..

"Épaule" Lee said as he smacked Tyranitar hard on the shoulder.

Tyranitar screamed in pain as he was smashed into the ground because of the attack.

Evice could only stare at what had just happened but then he felt again Lee looking over him

Lee could feel that someone was heading here and were blowing away what was left of his fog someway. He could also feel that the sun's rays were heading here too. It wouldn't be long for this nightmare to finally end.

Lee then returned his attention to Evice and then broke Evice's left leg like he did with the right.

"AAAGHHHHHHH!" Evice screamed again in pain.

The Aura surrounding him was about to vanish and once that happened, he would suffer the aftershock of said forbidden power.

Once this was over, he will never be the same Pokémon he once was.

Lee could see that Evice was trying to crawl away.

"Its time to end this" Lee thought as he slowly followed Evice.

As he was following him, he saw that Tyranitar somehow was able to get up from his attack and was going to attack him.

Lee sighed at that before using Shunpo one last time.

"I've had enough of you" Lee said as he delivered a Haki infused Bullet Punch straight not Tyranitar's chest.

Lee used what was left of his Haki and Aura into that attack to finally defeat Tyranitar. And defeat he did by sending it flying away somewhere.

With that final attack all his armament Haki had been run dry. He had nothing left in the tank and all that was keeping him standing was his will and what little Aura he had left.

Lee then refocused his gaze onto Evice who was still trying to crawl away. He also had no more speed left in him, so he slowly walked his way towards Evice.

As he walked, he began musing about everything that has transpired this night.

"I wonder what the Leagues will do to me" Lee thought.

He could also feel that someone, or someones, were getting closer to him but by this point he was simply to tired to care.

Soon enough he caught up to Evice and had flipped him onto his back.

Evice glared at Lee but said Pokémon didn't care and stomped into his chest with one of his leg.

"I will not beg to a Pokémon!" Evice said as he struggled with the pressure on his chest.

Lee could feel the dark fog around him being blown away.

It wasn't long enough until the sunrise had finally happened, and the rays of the morning sun was illuminating the shoreline and whatever was inside it.

He could feel many powerful presences around him, but he paid no mind to them and only focused on Evice.

"Dam you! Dam you! Dam you!" Evice was cursing with all his lung power.

"You've ruined everything! You have destroyed everything we have worked to obtain by destroying that dammed lab and everything in it!" Evice continued his ranting.

Lee was going to let him rant since these were his final moments.

"No matter! Even if you destroyed us here in Orre. The Cipher branch in Almia will continue the work for the Hidden Kingdom! Cipher was created for that sole reason!" Evice paused before he lost all sanity left in him.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SOON THE 7 LEAGUES WILL TREMBLE AGAIN WHEN THE HIDDEN KINGDOM RISES!" Evice was rambling on.

Lee continued with his dead look at Evice, before speaking in a dark tone.

"Any last words human?" he said as he raised the foot on Evice's chest over his head. The feet also exploded in dark flames.

"YES! ALL HAIL-", "Squelch" Evice was cut off as Lee smashed his foot covered in dark flames onto Evice's head, instantly killing him.

Afterwards the Dark Aura surrounding him completely disappeared. Life once again returned to his eyes.

Suddenly he looked to the sunrise towards the east.

"Sigh" he sighed before he spoke again loud enough for everyone around him to hear, "You have been avenged master."

The Pokémon's bloodied body made the morning orange light of the sun look red as it touched its body. (A/N: Imagine the morning sun standing behind Sora's partner. Illuminating him as he stands in the middle. That's how I see it.)

The bloodied and exhausted Pokémon finally took notice of the masters and their Pokémons around him.

They all tensed at his stare wondering if he recognized them.

Before the masters could talk the Pokémon spoke.

"I regret nothing" he said before falling face first to the ground.

He was out cold upon impact.

At that they al ran at him to check him.

(A few weeks later in the Rota Kingdom)

(Nighttime)

Currently there could be seen a bandaged-up Lee walking through a kitchen of a small restaurant.

"Sigh" Lee sighed as he looked upon a picture of his master and his comrades and him smiling while cooking and serving the dinners.

Lee then put then picture down and looked upon the time flower on his other hand.

"Master" Lee said as he looked upon the flower.

After a few hours after Lee passed out the rest of the ACE fleet arrived on the Orre region and just like the champions and drake they were horrified at what they saw.

The masters had ordered the fleet to go to all the cities and towns of Orre and look for any remnant of Cipher and capture them. They were also ordered to locate any safehouses the criminal organization had.

The people of Orre were helpful in finding the safehouses of Cipher because like Sora had said Cipher was forcing the people of Orre to work for them and treating them and the Pokémons as if they were nothing more than tools that they used.

As a result of that, they were able to find all the Cipher safehouses and agents that were left in Orre, but with the death of Sora, and what they had discovered from the information she had collected, the allied regions of Kanto, Johto, Sinnoh, and the Pokémons rangers declared war on Cipher, since they were still active in Almia.

That event was forever known as the "Cipher war."

From what he knew the invasion of Almia was about to begin next week.

The champions and head ranger had asked him if he had wanted to take part in it, but Lee had refused saying that he was just so tired of fighting. After he said that they left him be.

Also the investigation had started to figure out where or what was this "Hidden Kingdom," to build a countermeasure for the F.L.E.I.J.A, to learn more about what was Damocles, and lastly figure out what was the Knightmare project.

In the beginning, the Leagues wanted to lock him up and be put under strict surveillance because of the slaughter he had committed but he was able to escape that fate because of the champions and drake fighting for him and him being the sole survivor of Sora's team. The reputation of his and his master's deeds also helped him allot.

The Leagues reluctantly let him go back to Rota for Sora's and his comrade's funeral.

Lee could still see fresh in his mind the sad and crying face of Queen Regina after she saw the dead body of Sora. Not only her but the entirety of Rota was devastated by the passing of Sora.

The funeral was and event where everyone in Rota attended to pay their respects for Sora. The champions of Kanto, Sinnoh, Kalos and their Elite four members attended the funeral, even the king of Galar was present. Even important figures like the heads of the stone family of Hoenn, the Shirona family and Kuchiki Family of Sinnoh, and the Athear foundation. Most of the captains of the Pokémons Rangers, and most if not all current and active Aura Guardians were present to pay their respects to the legendary Sora.

Lee could even sense that all the Pokémons around Rota were watching on with a sad expression on their faces. He could even sense the presence of Mew watching from somewhere.

Lee was touched that his master had touched so many people and affected their lives in some way. He was very happy that his master would not be forgotten so easily and that she had carved her place in history.

The queen had given a very touching speech of Sora and the legacy she had left behind.

After the queen had been done, he even gave a speech of thanks and appreciation for the love and respect that everyone that had attended had for his master.

When the eulogies where over Lee was the one to disperse the ashes of his master and teammates under a specific area of the tree of beginning since his master had wrote that when they day came she or any of her team would die then they were to be cremated and their ashes dispersed under the tree of beginning. After that everyone present lowered their heads and closed their eyes and gave a small prayer for Sora and her deceased Pokémons.

That was a few days ago and now all Lee had left was the time flower his master had told him to find just before she died.

The time flower on his hand was the last bit he had of his master and in it was the last of her Aura.

"Sigh" Lee sighed again before saying, "let me hear your final message master."

After that he walked to a table and set down on a cushion and afterwards put the flower on the table. He closed his eyes before touching the flower and infusing just a tiny bit of his aura to activate it.

The Time Flower opened up and in the dinning room he was in appeared the image of his master touching the flower.

"Hello? Did this thing work? Arceus I hope it did" the projection of Sora said.

"Master" Lee quietly said as he looked at the projection of his master.

It seemed his master had made this message a very long time ago because his master still had her lively blonde hair and her face wasn't as aged as it once was. She was also wearing her trademark black suit.

"Well it doesn't matter; I'll just check it later if it worked" Aura Sora said as she took out a cigarette and after lighting it up took a smoke.

"Well I'm pretty sure that the one hearing this message is you Lee" Aura Sora said after she puffed out a smoke cloud.

"How did-" Lee was shocked but before he could finish his sentence he was cut by the projection.

"You're probably thinking "how a projection of me knows its you" huh? Well call it a gut feeling but I always felt that you would be the last of us, hehehe I can guess your expression right now" Sora said as she smoked again.

Lee shook his head in amusement at his master's bluntness.

"Lee if you're seeing this, it probably means I died. Hopefully, I died in an awesome or heroic way. I would be okay with either or" Aura Sora said as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Yes, you did master" Lee said to the projection even though he knew that it would not respond to him.

"sigh" the projection sighed before continuing, "Lee I know you probably blame yourself for my death, so I got to make this clear to you. It wasn't your fault. Whatever I did that caused my death was because of my own choosing and nothing else."

Lee remained quiet with his head down.

"Lee I might be gone but I know I'm not forgotten. I live on now inside you" Aura Sora said as she coincidentally looked where Lee was sitting.

Lee looked up at his master's projection.

"With my passing Lee you are the last user of the Black Leg Style. You are what remains of me and my legacy. I don't want you to dwell on what has happened but focus on what will happen from now onwards. You need to continue moving forward partner. Find a student in either human or Pokémon and teach them our style so that it won't be forgotten to time" Sora said.

"Lee, life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, too keep your balance you need to keep moving forward" Sora said but then stood up and walked to where Lee was.

Lee looked up to his master's face for the last time.

"Remember what I always said Lee whenever we were in a tough situation" Sora said to Lee.

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward" Lee recited his favorite saying from his master.

"Exactly" Sora said guessing correctly what Lee just said.

"Lee, I know your probably tired. I know you are physically and emotionally drained, but you have to keep going. Life has many ways of testing someone's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once" Sora said as she stopped to take a smoke.

A few tears were falling from Lee's eyes at Sora's words.

"Lee the pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth. Strength grows in the moments when you think you can't go on, but you keep going on anyway" Sora was saying before she stopped to take another smoke.

The tears continued falling from Lee's eyes.

"You're a fighter Lee! Like myself! Look at everything you've overcome! Don't give up now just because I'm not here! Be the kind of Pokémon who dares to face life's challenges and overcome them rather than dodging them! You can always take the easy way out and give up, but real strength comes when you decide to keep pushing forward no matter what the circumstances are! I believe in you! So, stay patient and trust your journey!" Aura Sora said in the tone he'd know her for most of his life.

"I will master I promise you" Lee said with a determined face, his tears gone.

"I knew you would" Sora said with a warm smile on her face.

"I have said everything I wanted to say Lee, this is it" Sora said but stopped as her voice began to crack and a tear fell from her right eye, "Hehehe sometimes I wish I never became so close to you. That way it wouldn't be as hard saying goodbye. How lucky I am to have had someone that makes saying goodbye so hard."

"Lee, we started with a simple hello but ended with a complicated goodbye. But that is how life sometimes is. Leaving is sometimes a tearful, sad and heart-wrenching even but I smile because I know you will forever be my partner and distance would never change that. Goodbye Lee be happy and keep moving on. Continue your journey without me" Sora said to Lee for the last time.

"I will miss your forever my master, but I promise you that you will never be forgotten. Your and my comrade's wills will live on in me" Lee said as he pounded his chest.

"Welp that's what I wanted to say!" Sora said as she stopped and wiped the tears from her face before continuing, "I hope the time flower got all that. Oh, and if it did please destroy the time flower once this message is over Lee. I want no one to hear this message but you."

"Of course, master" Lee told the projection of his master.

"Well I better get back to the kit-" Sora was saying but stopped when a loud "CRASH!" was heard coming from the Kitchen in the projection.

"Dam it Loom! We told you to be careful with the plates!" the voice of his deceased friend Sawk said.

"Well I can't help it! My arms are too short, and I don't have thumbs to boot!" the deceased Loom said in defense.

"Then why did you grab the plates?!" Sawk yelled in annoyance.

"Because Guy asked me to!" Loom said.

"Guy! Come here now!" Sawk yelled out again.

Then came allot of shouting and threats of fights breaking out.

Lee couldn't hide a chuckle at his comrades' antics when they were alive.

"Master, Loom and Sawk and Guy are at it again. Cross is currently trying to calm then down to no avail. Chan is the only one handling the kitchen and she's starting to get overwhelmed" the projection of Lee said in the projection.

Lee was surprised to hear himself but quickly got over it.

"So that's what master did that time" Lee said in realization.

"Sigh" Sora said before resuming, "Guess I better go stop them. Lee go on ahead and keep trying to calm them down. I'll follow behind."

"Yes Master" the projection of Lee said as the door closed behind him.

"I better go fix that otherwise they'll destroy the restaurant," Sora said as she began slowly walking away.

However, as she walked away, in the projection, she passed by him and stopped right next to him.

She then put her hand on, where she believed was, Lee's shoulder.

"Lee, the true measure of an Aura Guardian is not how he/she lives but how he/she dies. It's not what they do in life but what they did before dying that proves their worth" Sora said and soon after let him Lee go.

However, as she walked away, she began laughing loudly, "HAHAHAHAH if you're a man or a woman for that matter do everything with Gusto!"

"Of course, master" Lee said with a sad smile.

Just before the Time Flower closed Lee heard the following, "All right you three calm the distortion down! Otherwise I'll kick all your collective asses!"

Lee chuckled at that and afterwards the Time Flower closed and with that the message was over.

All that remained in the dark and empty dinning room was Lee looking at a time flower.

"Goodbye master" Lee said as he grabbed the time flower.

Lee then crushed the Time flower in his palms. The time flower erupted into tiny pieces of Aura and Crystals. After a few more minutes of musing Lee stood up.

"Where am I going to live now? I'm too old to continue traveling, especially with my injuries" Lee began saying to himself.

In the beginning Alexander, Ginrei, and Atlas had offered him a place to stay in their own personal homes and or with the Wataru clan compound, but he had refused saying he didn't want to cause them any trouble. It had taken a while to convince them that he would be okay by himself but in the end Lee prevailed.

The main reason he didn't want to say with the Wataru Clan was because of how rambunctious they could be. There wasn't anything wrong with that and he quite enjoyed his time spent there when he and hid master visited the compound but they where simply to loud for his tastes and he knew those old dragons would want to challenge him constantly to battles to prove their strength.

Also staying with Kuchiki clan of Sinnoh was a big no no for him simply put because they were too strict with tradition and pretty much everything else. He knew that the Kuchiki's would gladly accept him because oh him and Sora's accomplishments but even then, he would have to follow every single rule that they had to follow.

Lee remembered how stressed they were all were when they had to visit the compound, especially Sora with being the way she was.

Lee was brought out of his train of thought when he heard a knock coming from the main door of the restaurant.

"Who could be awake this late at night?" Lee wondered as he walked to the door.

He then got the surprise of his life when the ones that stood outside the small restaurant were Queen Regina herself, along with her aide Pokémon Mr. Mime, and Samuel Oak, with his Machamp standing beside him.

"My Queen" Lee said through Aura since both humans didn't understand Pokespeech.

"No no you don't need to kneel before me. I don't want your wounds to reopen or for you to hurt yourself because of your injuries" Queen Regina said as she saw Lee try to kneel down.

"Very well" Lee replied before he looked at Oak.

"Samuel, Machamp" Lee said as he nodded at said individuals.

"Lee" Oak said as he and Machamp nodded their heads in respect at Lee.

"To what do I owe this visit?" Lee told the two humans.

"I just came to check on you, but Samuel here came here with an offer" Queen Regina said with a smile.

"I'm doing better thank you for worrying for my well being my queen" Lee said as he bowed his head to her.

"I've known you and Sora since I was a little girl. Of course, I will worry about you Lee" Regina said.

"Thank you" Lee told the queen before putting his attention on Oak.

"What is this offer you want to propose Samuel?" Lee asked the Professor.

"Right. Well first I'd like to ask you something" Oak said an at Lee's nod he continued, "from what her highness has told me you are leaving Rota right?"

"That is correct. I just can't stay here anymore. It will be detrimental to my meant health because it will only bring me memories of my master and comrades. I need to move on. However, I know even if I leave, my queen will take care of this small restaurant of my master" Lee said with a smile at the end.

"Of course, Lee. It's the least I-no the Rota Kingdom could do for Sora. Even if I can't be here myself, I will always have someone watch over it. I made to many memories in this small place to simply let it rot away. Even when I die, I will make sure my daughter will continue watching over this place, you have my word on it Lee" Regina said with Mr. Mime nodding.

Lee nodded in appreciation while Oak and Machamp just smiled at the queen.

"Very well. Well my offer is that if you would like to come and live in my ranch?" Oak told Lee.

"Ranch?" Lee asked confused.

"Right you probably don't know since its been a really long time since we last saw each other. Well you see after I became a Pokémon Professor I married my girlfriend now wife Claudia and after that I returned back to Pallet Town with her to start a family" Oak said with a smile as he talked about his wife.

"Do you have any family yet?" Lee asked in curiosity.

"Soon, my darling Claudia just told me a few day ago, before I came here, that she was pregnant" Oak said happily with Machamp smiling at his trainer's happiness.

"Congratulations Samuel!" Regina said as she gave a hug to Oak.

"Congratulations Professor Samuel!" Mr. Mime said.

"Congratulations Samuel" Lee said as he shook Oak's hand.

"Thank you all for your congratulations. Me and Claudia are very happy, and we can't wait for our child to be born" Oak said.

The Pokémons and queen nodded at Oak.

"Well anyway we digressed a little bit, but my offer is for you to live in my ranch with the rest of the Pokémons from the trainers I'm sponsoring. I created it with every specification for all the different types of Pokémons that were going to live there. You don't have to reveal yourself if you don't want to" Oak offered Lee.

"Why are you offering me this?" Lee asked Oak.

"Because of everything you and Sora did for me, Charles, and Agatha in the short time we all traveled together. It's the least I can do in offering you a home. I don't know the specifics of what you went through and from what I've been hearing I don't even want to know. I wont judge you. You did what you had to do. Come to my ranch and leave in peace there until it is time for you to pass on" Oak said as he extended his hand to Lee.

Lee looked at the outstretched hand for a few seconds.

"Keep moving forward and never look back" Sora's words echoed through his mind.

"Very well. Thank you for having me Samuel" Lee told Oak as he shook his hand.

Queen Regina and Mr. Mime smiled at Lee and Oak.

"When will we be leaving?" Lee asked.

"Early in the morning. In fact, we need to get some sleep otherwise we'll be to tired to go in the morning" Oak said as he looked at the time on his pocket watch.

"I think Samuel is right. This day has drained me out of all my energy" Regina said as she yawned at the end.

"Shall I teleport you and the professor back to the palace your highness?" Mr. Mime asked.

"Please do. I'm to tired to walk any more. It's taking everything I have to not fall asleep here" Regina said as she rubbed her tired eyes.

Mr. Mime nodded and then looked at Oak who nodded at him.

"We'll see each other in a few more Hours Lee. Please take the time to rest" Oak told Lee.

Lee nodded.

At his nod Mr. Mime teleported back to Cameran Palace Queen Regina and Professor Oak and Machamp so they could rest.

"Sigh" Lee sighed as he was left alone.

Soon after Lee began walking around the small restaurant for the last time.

As he walked many good memories flooded his head. He continued walking and reminiscing until he stopped in front of a portrait with a picture of him, his comrades, and Sora.

He then gently took the portrait form where it was and held it close to him. Lee smiled as he saw the picture. The picture was of the grand opening of the small restaurant of Sora. All of Lee's comrades and Sora smiling as the cameraman took the picture.

"This will be the only thing I will be keeping for myself. Her majesty can keep everything else" Lee said to himself as he held the picture on his hand.

After a few more seconds of reminiscing he began to quietly walk back to the front door.

Once he was there, he gave one last look to the empty dark restaurant.

"Goodbye" Lee said with a smile as he closed the sliding door to the restaurant.

Lee sighed again as he looked at the starry night sky.

"There is one last thing I need to do before leaving Rota" Lee said.

Then Lee looked towards the Cameran Palace.

"Let's see if I can still do this after what I've done" Lee said again to himself.

Lee monetarily closed his eyes in concentration. Before disappearing in a burst of speed.

(Deep inside Cameran Palace)

In an empty room appeared the form of a panting and bandaged up Lee.

"Huff, Huff, Huff hehehe guess I won't be able to use Shunpo as I once was able to. I guess it doesn't really matter my Shunpo was starting to get slower as I continued aging. I can probably do it about 8 times before it drains me out" Lee said to himself as he controlled his breathing.

Once he controlled his breathing his eyes landed upon the staff that was hung up on the wall.

The Staff that belonged to the legendary Aura Guardian Sir Arron.

Lee walked towards it and once he was in front of it he sat down crossed legged underneath it.

"Master Lucario" Lee told the staff quietly as to not wake anyone who is currently sleeping.

The crystal orb on the staff began to gently glow.

"Lee. We have much to talk about" the voice of Lucario said.

"Yes, yes we do" Lee simply said.

For the remainder of the night a silent conversation happened between Lee and the Aura of Lucario.

(At the gate of the Rota Kingdom) (Before the Crack of Dawn)

The form of Lee could be seen staring down into the beautiful crystal-clear lake water flowing peacefully under the Rota Kingdom from the entrance of one of the two bridges of Rota.

It was a very cloudy and cold morning, but Lee didn't mind. No matter the weather he always enjoyed the view of the crystal lake under Rota. He's faced more harsher climates, so this was nothing to him.

"I'm really going to miss this view" Lee said to himself as he leaned into the bridges railing.

"I never understood how you, Sora, as well as the others could wake up this early in the morning" the voice of Regina said as she hugged herself because of the cold foggy morning.

"And here I thought I was an early bird" the voice of Samuel Oak said as he adjusted his coat and scarf.

"Good Morning Samuel, Good Morning my Queen" Lee said once he turned around and saw both Regina and Oak walk to him.

"And Good Morning to you as well Lee" Oak said in a happy tone.

"Good morning" Queen Regina said groggily to Lee with Mr. Mime by her side.

"I can understand Samuel being here but why are you awake this early my Queen?" Lee asked.

"I just wanted to give my proper goodbyes to you" Regina said while looking slightly at Oak.

"I'll leave you two to say your goodbyes. I have to call Claudia anyway and tell her I'm returning back to Pallet Town" Oak said because he understood what Regina meant and walked away for a little bit.

"Lee I just want to say thank you in part of the entirety of the Rota Kingdom for everything you and Sora did for us. Not just us but for the entire world!" Regina said as she and Mr. Mime bowed to Lee.

"I never understood why Sora wanted her contributions to be remained a secret but even though the world didn't now of her exploits the Kingdom and the 7 leagues do and for that in behalf of them we thank you" Regina said still bowed.

"I don't know what happened in those final moments of Sora but knowing her she probably died protecting the one she cares about the most. Her first partner, you Lee. That is the kind of woman she was, always thinking about others first than herself" Regina said as she got up from her bow.

"That she was my Queen." Lee said to the queen.

"You've done enough for us Lee. Rest and enjoy what is left of your life without the struggles of the world. The world can take care of itself without you intervening in any way. You've already done enough. Don't worry about Rota, I'm still its monarch and I will make sure to protect it to my dying breath or until I pass on the royal seat to my daughter and her to her future offspring's. We will also take care of Sora's restaurant, it will not be gone with her passing, that I swear to you" Regina said with a determined expression.

Lee inwardly smiled at the queens determination, He had been worried that Rota wouldn't be safe without him here but seeing the fire in the queen's eyes reassured him everything would be fine and that his master would not be forgotten.

"You've really grown up haven't you little Regina huh?" Lee said and chuckled, like Mr. Mime, when he saw the blush of embarrassment in the queen's face.

"It was always so easy to tease her" Lee thought.

"I am not a little girl anymore Lee! Stop treating me like one! You and Sora always treated me like one no matter how old I was!" Regina said a little loud but not loud enough for Oak to hear.

"Well me and Master Sora knew you since you were just a little girl" Lee pointed out but at seeing the queen getting redder from embarrassment stopped the teasing.

"Alright alright I'll stop" Lee said but stopped and then looked at the queen with a proud expression.

"But you're right. You have grown up to be a very dependable and kind queen. I can assure you that I and master sora are extremely proud of you and we know without a shadow of a doubt that your descendants we'll be as capable of you" Lee told the queen.

Lee had also caught glimpse of Samuel smiling at him.

"Thank you, Lee. You have no idea how much those words mean to me" queen Regina said as a few tears escaped her eyes.

The moment was ruined when a cold morning ocean breeze passed by the Queen and Lee.

"Achoo" "Sniff" the queen sneezed and shivered as the cold breeze hit her.

"I think you should go back to the Palace my queen. Otherwise you will catch a cold if you stay out here," Lee said before looking at the cloudy sky, "in fact I think it might rain any second now."

At that its started to lightly drizzle.

"I hate it when you do that" the queen said as she shivered some more.

Mr. Mime saw the queens red face and her continued shivering and therefore created a psychic shield to protect his queen from the coldness.

"I believe Sir Lee is right your Highness. I've created a shield to cover you, but it will not do any good from the cold breezes that pass us" Mr. Mime said in a worry tone.

"Mr. Mime is right Queen Regina. You should head back otherwise you will catch a severe cold" Oak said as he returned.

Oak had his umbrella opened up to cover him from the rain. He had also tightened his coat/jacket/scarf tighter around his body.

"I guess you three are right but before tha-" "Achoo" the queen interrupted herself when she sneezed.

She gathered her bearings before speaking again, "Sorry. Samuel before you go, I just have to ask you for one favor."

At Oak's nod she continued.

"Please make sure to give Lee a peaceful life. He's gone through so much and has seen so much that I just want him to rest and even though he won't admit it I know he too wants that" the queen said.

Oak looked at Lee who had his eyes closed. He knew the queen was right. In that moment he swore to himself that he would give Lee a peaceful life in his ranch.

"I will your highness. I swear to both you and Lee" Oak said.

"Thank you, Samuel," Regina said as she lightly bowed to the Professor.

The queen then looked at Lee before she gave him another deep bow.

"As for you Lee all I want to say is thank you. Since you are bidding farewell to us, please know that Sora's and henceforth your legacy will forever remain in our hearts. Thanks to the both of you for being great leaders for when my mother or I couldn't perform our royal duties well. The both of you led and protected us through some hard times and its only because of the both of your leadership and supervision that Rota survived" the queen said still in her deep bow, as she was trying to control her shivering.

"Regina, my master, my comrades, and I worked for a cause, NOT for Applause. We lived our lives to express, NOT impress. We didn't strive to make our presence noticed but just to make our absence felt" Lee said as he monetarily stopped to look at the cloudy sky, he didn't even feel the cold drizzle falling on his face.

Regina had gotten up from her bow to look at him just like Oak.

"Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends - honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every citizen of their respective region , that we have duties to ourselves, our regions, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task" Lee said as he looked the cloudy sky,

Regina, Mr. Mime, and Oak looked in awe at the wisdom that was just shared by the old warrior Pokémon.

"Regina you call me and Master Sora great leaders but we just did what we had to do to protect our home" Lee said before he looked directly at Regina, "but there is a secret to be a great leader that my, master, comrades, and I learned from our own sensei many many many years ago."

"So, listen closely because this will be my final peace of wisdom, that I will share with you Regina" Lee said in a serious tone that demanded respect and attention.

Regina listened closely to the wise warrior. She would take whatever he would say to heart and apply it herself and teach it to her descendants.

"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone. The courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He or she does not set out to be a leader. But becomes one by the equality of his or her actions and the integrity of his or her intent!" Lee told the queen.

Lee could see that a fire was beginning to burn in the queen's aura. She just needed that final push.

"Do you understand my words Queen Regina of the Rota Kingdom?!" Lee told the queen.

"Of course, Sir Lee! I swear upon my family's name that I will strive to be a great leader to the people of Rota, and I will teach my descendants to strive to be great leaders as well!" Regina said as she pounded her chest with right hand,

Oak and Mr. Mime smiled at the queen's determination.

"That's all I can ask you Regina" Lee said as he patted her head after getting close to her.

Even though she wouldn't admit it she enjoyed Lee's and Sora's for that matter, head pats.

After Lee stopped patting her head, Regina tackled Lee into a big hug. She was mindful of Lee's injuries, so she didn't give her one of her famous bone crushing hugs.

Lee felt the hug was coming so he braced himself so as to not fall on the cold hard ground with Regina. After a few seconds he returned the hug.

"Lee you and Sora have been more than friends… mentors and guides. And someone's who I can confide. Now that you are going Lee, I will miss the guidance, but will always follow the path you both have shown" Regina said as she hugged Lee.

"Thank you, Regina," Lee said in appreciation.

Oak and Mr. Mime simply smiled at the pair of old friends.

The hug lasted for a few minutes longer until they both ended it.

Another cold breeze passed by that made the queen sneeze and shiver again. Also, the cold drizzle had not stop.

"I think we should get going Mimiey otherwise my cold will get worse" Regina said as she sneezed again.

"As you wish your highness" Mr. Mime said as he readied to teleport the queen away.

"Thank you for having me here Queen Regina" Oak said to the queen.

"It was no problem Samuel" the queen said.

"Take care of yourself Regina. I'll write from time to time. Also, when your daughter is born send Samuel a picture so I can see the face of your offspring" Lee said.

"Of course!" "Achoo!" Regina said happily but then sneezed hard at the end.

"Let's go mimey otherwise I will die here" the queen said as she got close to Mr. Mime.

"I'm ready whenever you are" Mr. Mime said.

Regina nodded at Mr. Mime and as the light of teleportation was slowly enveloping her, she gave her final goodbyes to Lee.

"Goodbye Lee! Please take care and enjoy your peaceful life!" Regina said as she waved her arms.

"I will your highness!" Lee said as he pounded his chest just like the queen had done moments ago.

The queen chuckled at that gesture as she disappeared in the light of teleportation.

The only ones left on the bridge were Oak and Lee.

"Should we get going?" Oak asked.

"Lets" Lee replied.

So, the duo started walking for the exit of the bridge that would lead them to the forest just below Mt. Moon.

"So how long will it take us to reach your home?" Lee questioned Oak as the walked on the bridge.

"At our current pace and with this weather I would say approximately 4 days" Oak said.

There was a moment of silence before Lee broke it.

"Hmm what about if we had a way to get there faster?" Lee said in a mischievous tone.

"What do you have in mind Lee?" Oak asked Lee while trying to figure out what the Pokémon meant.

"How about a little race?" Lee asked.

Oak now understood what Lee meant. He knew that Sora and all of her Pokémons knew a technique that granted them the ability to move at incredible speeds that would even allow them to walk on air.

"Hehehe Shunpo huh?" Oak thought.

"Are you sure your up for it? You are hurt. And you are starting to get a bid old." Oak told Lee.

"Bah these injuries and my age are nothing! I could beat in race any of your brats" Lee said.

Oak couldn't hide the chuckle that escaped him at the way Lee referred to his Pokémons.

"Very well but only because you insist" Oak said as he closed his umbrella and took out one of his Pokeballs.

"Come on out my friend" Oak said as he tapped the release button on the Pokeball.

Out of it materialized the giant form of Samuel Oak's Dragonite.

The cold and the rain didn't even faze Dragonite in the slightest as he stretched his sore muscles.

Dragonite looked at his trainer and nodded at him before catching the sight of his one-time sensei. He then proceeded to bow his head to the elderly warrior.

The only Pokémon who the proud Dragonite, or any of his partners for that matter, would ever bow to would always be the Pokémon in front of him and his comrades. That is the amount of respect they have for them. After everything he went through and survived for that matter only increased their respect for him.

"Good to see you again brat. My my you have grown so much. I could still remember when you were that little Dratini" Lee said to the mighty Dragonite.

Dragonite simply puffed out his chest at that statement. Then he looked at Oak to know why he was released from his Pokeball.

"It seems your old teacher here wants to race us back to Pallet Town" Oak told his Pokémon with a smirk on his face.

Dragonite's eyebrow raised at what his trainer just said and then looked towards his old sensei to see if it was true.

"Yeah its true. So, what do you say kid? You want to race your old master? Who knows maybe now that I'm old and injured for that matter you could beat me? You and your comrades never could defeat us" Lee asked and taunted the dragon in between.

Dragonite's eye twitched at that shot at his pride. He would beat this old Pokémon finally, while him not fully healed and old.

Dragonite nodded at Lee who gave a challenging look at him.

"Sigh" "Dragons and their pride" Oak said in exasperation.

"Let's go at max speed" Lee said but then looked at the cloudy skies above.

"After you Samuel" Lee said as he gave Dragonite a sarcastic bow.

"Are you sure it is wise to give us a head advantage Lee? Dragonite here is pretty fast" Oak told Lee as he got on Dragonite's back.

"I'm not giving you guys a head start. Just wait for me at the top and from there we will begin" Lee said.

"Very well. Let's go Dragonite" Oak said as he held tight to his Pokémon.

Afterwards Dragonite flapped his wings and he was off in the air, and the place Lee asked for, in less than a minute. Some of the fog being blown away by the winds of the wings flapping.

"Cocky Kid" Lee thought as he looked to the flying form of Dragonite.

Lee then began stretching his uninjured muscles to rub of the stiffness.

"Alright I can only do this 8 times now, but it'll be enough to beat the kid. Hopefully, I can find I nice place to settle in in the ranch" Lee said quietly.

"Shunpo" Lee said and disappeared in a sonic boom that shook the bridge and blew away more of the fog.

Dragonite and Oak jumped in fright when Lee appeared just right behind them. Even though they knew he was going to do that. Both tried to control their breathing with Lee chuckling in the background.

"Are the both of you ready?" Lee asked the pair.

"Yeah" Oak said with Dragonite nodding.

"Alright then…Go!" and with that Lee disappeared in another burst of speed.

"Wha? Go Dragonite after him!" Oka ordered his Pokémon.

Dragonite began flying after Lee in an incredible speed.

(A few kilometers away from Dragonite and Oak)

"So, the kids gotten faster huh?" Lee asked as he moved at incredible speeds on air.

With every Shunpo Lee used the clouds and fog dispersed from the sonic boom Lee created.

Lee could feel that Dragonite was getting closer to him but that didn't deter him at all. In fact, it only made him want to beat the cocky Dragon even more. So, he used another Shunpo.

As he was getting closer to the outside of Rota Lee smiled sadly. He was leaving the past behind and moving forward.

As he continued on, he felt as if a hand had just touched his shoulder. (A/N: The same way Jiraiya touched Naruto when he died)

"..!" Lee stopped mid air and looked behind him and then smiled at what he saw.

Over the Rota Kingdom he could see the images of his master sora and his comrades smiling at him and waving too,

Sora just looked at him with a big smile on her face and a proud look in her eyes, her signature cigarette in her mouth.

Lee's smiled only widened at seeing that image of his master.

Sora then gave a big toothy smile at Lee and gave him a thumbs up while doing it.

A lone tear of happiness fell from on of his eyes as he as well gave Sora a big smile in return and a thumbs up too.

Both just smiled at each other for a couple of seconds more.

When they stopped, Sora and her team gave Lee a good-bye salute before disappearing into a million Aura particles.

Lee returned the goodbye salute even though they had disappeared already.

"Goodbye my master….my partner… my best friend, Sora" Lee said as he closed his eyes in a small prayer for his master.

A few seconds passed by and once he was done, he opened his eyes again. It wasn't long before Dragonite caught up to him and zipped by him in his incredible speed. It also made Lee spin around comically.

"Catch up if you can old man!" Dragonite screamed at Lee in Poketongue a few feet in front of him.

Oak was hanging on to Dragonite for dear life.

After Lee stopped spinning around, he became very dizzy but shook it off after shaking his head.

"Cocky Brat. Better put him in his place" Lee said as he was getting ready for another shunpo.

"Hehe, I wonder what kind of future awaits me" Lee said to himself.

He then looked towards where Dragonite went off.

He gave a challenging smile before disappearing in another shunpo after Dragonite and Oak.

(Long Flashback/Backstory in Flashback done)

"Sigh" Lee sighed as he was deeply in memory lane.

After the whole conflict in Orre was resolved the Leagues and the Pokémon Rangers started a "Shadow War" against Cipher in Almia without the rest of the regions knowing about it.

In the end they were able to destroy most of Cipher and completely purge it from Almia. The only downside was that the Grand master of the organization was able to escape at the last minute from being captured. He had also managed to take many documents and files regarding everything Cipher was working on. These including HAARP, F.L.E.I.J.A, the Knightmare program, and Damocles.

Even though he had escaped with those files the League didn't worry that much because they could counter it if ever these weapons came to be and were used against them. The Leagues would be able to create countermeasures against them.

All because of the information that Sora was able to acquire from Cipher.

Sora and her team, including Lee, were memorialized forever deep inside a special room in the Indigo Plateau reserved only for the greatest heroes of Kanto and Johto.

However, the biggest question right now that the leagues had was where the Grand Master had disappeared to?

On the other hand, Lee believed that this Grand Master escaped to this "hidden Kingdom" Evice mentioned before Lee Killed him.

"I shouldn't have killed him" Lee said to himself.

With the defeat of Cipher in both the Orre and Almia regions relative Peace returned with the rangers taking control back of the Regions.

In appreciation for the allied Leagues help against Cipher, Sora's sacrifice, the rebuilding of Phenac City,and also for helping to bring back order to Orre and Almia; the Pokémon Rangers made a trade deal with the allied leagues for the rare element of Sakuradite.

For what purpose the Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh needed that thing Lee had no idea and quite frankly didn't care. He, his master, and comrades had done their job, and he was retired already anyway, so whatever happened to the world was someone else trouble now.

Even though he had secluded himself from the rest of the world in the Oak Corral he still kept informed of whatever was currently happening around the world.

Lee had laughed out loud when he found out that Alexander had been dethroned of the champion tittle by Samuel's old friend Agatha. He had also been surprised when Ginrei lost his championship status to his own son Sojun Kuchiki nonetheless! He wondered if there will ever be a champion from the Shirona family of Sinnoh.

From what Lee heard was that Ginrei retired soon after and was still living peacefully in their manor in the snowy city of Snowpoint. He had also heard that Alexander did the same as Ginrei with him returning back to the Wataru compound in Blackthorn City.

Atlas was still the drake but from what Oak had told him he was ready to step down and give his tittle to one of the Wataru's that was worthy of the mantel.

What saddened him though as time passed on was that the former queen Regina of Rota had passed away in her sleep a few weeks later after turning 60. That had saddened him greatly, but he was happy that the kingdom was doing great under her daughter Queen Rosalie. Also, that, just like Regina promised, his master's restaurant was still doing great in the hands of a man named Aoki Yukihira and his young son Joichiro Yukihira. In fact, it was doing better than ever!

Lee was happy Sora's restaurant was still feeding people and that her legacy has not been forgotten. He had also gone, covertly, to pay his respects to Regina in Rota.

Ever since coming here Lee had had a peaceful and uneventful life. And he loved it! He didn't have to worry anymore about anything at all. Yes, some Pokémons here tried to find him since he was known by the moniker "hermit Pokémon" since he lived in a cave in the rocky field of the corral. They never found him however as he would quickly disappear afterwards.

Even though he didn't have to worry about anything, he still trained himself whenever he wanted to. Just to keep himself ready if anything came to arrack his home here. He would never be as strong as he once was but was still plenty strong enough.

One thing that still bothered him was that he still couldn't find a worthy student to pass on the "Black Leg style" too. None piqued his interest, but he was still searching from afar when he could.

However, one thing that did pique his interest was that purple eyed child and his friend whom he called Azami. He didn't know why though? There was just something there that intrigued him.

He had still not met them in person, but he knew that they knew that he spied on them from time to time. How he knew that? Because one time when he was watching them, they stared at him from where he was and simply smiled and waved at him before walking off.

"Interesting kids" Lee muttered to himself still in a meditative pose.

He was finally brought out of his long train of thought when he felt someone was looking at him with Aura sense.

"Hmm spying on me, aren't you?" Lee said as he looked towards the one that was looking at him with his own, more advanced, Aura Sense.

It was a young Lucario that was looking at him through the Aura. Lee couldn't help chuckling at the shocked expression on the young Aura user's face as he looked at her.

"She's probably shocked that I can sense her. Hehe you'd be surprised at how many different types Pokémons could wield Aura if they put their mind into it" Lee thought as he kept looking at the shocked Lucario.

"Might as well give her something more shocking" Lee said out loud as he got up from his meditative pose.

He could feel that Lucario was still looking at him as he walked towards another huge boulder, he found close by.

Once he was close enough, he begun bouncing his right leg up and down, just to remove the soreness of sitting down for a while. When he was ready, he jumped and then spun mid air before delivering a devastating Rolling Kick to the boulder.

His attack destroyed the boulder and he couldn't help but smile at his handywork and the cloud of dust he had created. He also smirked when he felt the Lucario was heading his way.

Normally, he would simply leave before she got here but for some reason he didn't want too, so he sat back down in his meditative pose and waited for the young girl.

"Let's see what you want child" Lee said to himself as he closed his eyes and waited for her to get here.

All the while his smile never leaving his face.

(Back to Aiko and Normal tine)

Aiko was getting close! She could feel the Hermit's Aura not moving at all as she was running to where he was.

"Please stay there" Aiko thought as she ran.

Also, Aiko had to hurry because later in the afternoon her uncle, and mother would take her to the natural hot spring they had found under Mt. Hideway.

Aiko was excited about that but refocused herself at the situation at hand. It wasn't soon enough because she would have slammed straight into a stone wall.

After Aiko stopped, she looked up and then narrowed her eyes because she knew that the hermit was just on top of this stone wall. This wall wouldn't stop her!

Aiko concentrated for a moment before giving a long jump upwards. Then she began climbing the stone wall by jumping on the some of the stones that were sticking out.

The reason she was jumping so gracefully was because she was focusing her Aura and her foot to make them stick on the short and narrow stones.

It didn't take her long to climb the wall and was at the top in less than 8 minutes since it was very tall.

Once she was on top, she fell on one knee panting because she had gotten tired of the rock climbing because she had already previously been training for a couple of hours.

"Took you long enough girl" Aiko heard an elderly, but powerful, voice tell her.

After controlling her breathing Aiko looked up and sitting crossed legged a few feet in front of her was an ancient and scarred covered Hitmonlee with his eyes closed.

"A Hitmonlee?" Aiko though as she looked at the old Pokémon.

"Well what do you want kid? You came here to ask me something or just gawk at me? I just don't let anyone see me you know" the ancient Pokémon told her.

"Oh, uhm yes sir! Are you the Hermit Pokémon every adult talk about?" Aiko asked.

"And what if I am?" Lee asked her.

"Well here goes nothing" Aiko thought before saying, "Please teach me so I can become stronger and protect this place just like the protectors do!"

Lee opened his eyes and then raised his nonexistence eyebrow at that declaration the young Lucario had told him.

"I am ready for anything you might throw at me and any challenges you will put me through to become your student but I don't care I will pass them all and you will become my sensei!" Aiko thought as she was prostrated Infront of the Hermit.

"Very well" Lee told the young Lucario.

"What? That's it? But I thought that-" Aiko was saying in surprise but was stopped by the hermit himself.

"You thought I was going to put you through some tests and challenges just too see if you were worthy of being my students, didn't you?" Lee told her and at her dumfounded nod he continued, "nah not really. I've been looking for a student for a while to pass on my teachings, but none have interest me so far."

"Except you. You remind me of someone I knew a long time ago" Lee told her as he brought his hand to his face in a thoughtful position.

"I remind him of someone he knew?" Aiko thought.

"Besides, I have nothing better to do at the moment" Lee shrugged but then got up from his sitting and looked at the Girl with a serious expression.

"Let me tell you this, however. If you become my student get ready for training every single day from morning to afternoon. My training will be like distortion itself and I will not go easy on you just because you are a female and young. I will push you to your breaking point and even beyond that and if I feel at any moment that you're not worth my time anymore I will simply walk off and leave you and you will never be able to find me again. I don't like quitters or complainers; you will follow my word to the teeth. You will probably hate me but by the time I am done with you, you will become a powerhouse with both speed and strength to match it up. So, what do you say? Do you want to become my student?" Lee told the young Lucario as he let out some of his Haki infused Aura around him to create a dark Aura surrounding him to intimidate her.

He also gave her the same evil smile he had given Cipher all those years ago before he killed them.

However, instead of her being intimidated in the slightest at the sight of him she looked at him with a determined expression. Her aura also flaring up with determination.

"I don't care whatever training you put me through because I will not surrender or give up! Even if you break me, I will still not give up! Even if you break every single bone in my body I will get up! I will not complain or quit!" Aiko told the old Hitmonlee in a determined voice.

"Because…" Aiko was about to say but paused and then looked at Hitmonlee's eyes directly.

"I Don't quit… I Don't run, I never go back on my word! That's what my mother taught me, and I live my life that way because that is my warrior's way!" Aiko declared to Hitmonlee.

The smile on Lee's face only grew wider at what he saw.

"I've found my student master. The black leg style will live on in this child" Lee thought as he looked at the determined Lucario.

"Hahahahahahah! You got guts to talk to me like that brat!" Lee told the young Pokémon in front of him.

"Oh…Uhm sorry I meant no disrespect sir" Aiko said embarrassed after realizing she had just yelled at the hermit Pokémon.

Lee waved her apology off before becoming slightly serious.

"From this day forward, you shall call me Lee-sensei or sensei. Which ever you prefer. The training will begin tomorrow morning here, and I expect you to be there in time or I leave. Am I understood?" Lee told his student.

"Yes Lee-sensei!" Aiko told her sensei.

"Good now off you go. Also, inform your mother that you will be training with me from now on. I want nothing to disrupt your training with me. I will take over your mothers training of you" Lee said again.

"Yes Sensei! Thank you, Sensei!" Aiko said before bowing to her teacher and then running off back to her mother.

Lee lingered at the retreating form of his student for a while before sighing.

"I wonder what I've gotten myself into" Lee said out loud before disappearing in a Shunpo.

(Nighttime that same day)

Aiko was currently resting next to her mother's coiled up sleeping form.

They had had allot of fun a few hours ago at the hot spring her uncle and mother found and had just gotten back an hour ago.

They had all been drained and were just about ready to drop dead in sleepiness.

Aiko also wanted to sleep but she still hadn't told her mother of her new teacher since she had forgotten about it while they were having fun. It wasn't until a few minutes ago that she had remembered that she hadn't told her mother. She wanted to tell her, but she also didn't want to wake her up.

Aiko was panicking slightly on the inside on what to do.

"What's wrong Aiko?" her mother suddenly said groggily with her eyes closed.

"Mom, what do you mean? I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you up" Aiko told her mother.

"Its okay just tell me what's wrong?" Azami asked her daughter still with her yes closed.

"well…" Aiko then began explaining everything with her new teacher and what he asked her to do.

"I see. Very well go ahead" Azami told her daughter as she coiled herself up more.

"You're okay with it?" Aiko asked slightly surprised.

"Yeah, it will be a great learning experience for you to learn from one of the greats that's still alive. I don't mind. Just be careful and don't push yourself to much" Azami said even more groggily as sleep was starting to win over her.

"I won't disappoint you mom" Aiko said happily.

"I…know...youve wonth… nowth…goth… to sleepht… ohervise youd…tired…omoroww…zzzzzzz" Azami was trying to say but sleep beat her during what she was saying.

Aiko chuckled at his mother's sleepiness before snuggling close to her and soon after falling asleep.

(Tomorrow early morning)

Aiko had woken up even earlier to be there on time for her training.

It was so early that everyone in the corral, minus Mr. Alakazam, was still deeply asleep. Aiko had to move carefully as to not wake anyone up.

She was currently sitting down on the edge of the small cliff she had found her master on eating an Oran berry she picked up on the way here.

"Well well seems you're an earlier riser than me" the voice of Lee-sensei said from behind her.

Aiko ate up what was left of the Oran berry and darted forward to her sensei.

"Good morning Sensei" Aiko said as she bowed to him.

"Morning kid" Lee said before pausing and then smirking at her.

"So, are you ready?" Lee asked.

Aiko eagerly nodded.

"Very well…" Lee said before stopping mid-sentence and spinning rapidly.

Aiko didn't know what her sensei was doing but paid close attention. After he was done spinning her eyes grew wide because her sensei's right leg was on fire. She would have thought it was a Blaze Kick, but this was nothing like any Blaze Kick she has seen before.

"Let's begin" Lee said as he gave a sadistic smirk to his student.

Aiko gulped at the sadistic look in her sensei's face.

"Arceus help me" Aiko prayed in her mind.

(long flashback end.) (Sorry about that but I hope you enjoyed it)

(Normal Time)

Even though she was lost in memory lane, Aiko still gave Rhydon and Golem a sturdy talking too to never fight again without permission from her or the protectors. Otherwise she would hurt them again until they learned.

All the while creating an oni mask with her Aura behind her to increase her intimidation. (A/N: The same one Miya from Sekire creates)

That as a trick she learned from her sensei during her training.

Aiko was currently heading back to the main area of the corral because a Pidgey had told her that her mother and uncle were there, and they were ready to leave on their journey.

There was one last thing she needed to ask her mother before she left.

As she was jumping from tree branch and tree branch, again, she began thinking on how strong she had gotten.

Ever since she had met her sensei, she had become much stronger than allot of the adult Pokémons in the corral. Yes, she was still not strong enough as the protectors, but she was still strong.

Her sensei had sworn to her that once her training was completed, she would be as strong as the protectors.

Aiko shivered in excitement at that promise.

Aiko had learned allot about the black leg style her sensei taught her, about the Aura and a weird power called Haki, about Shunpo which was a faster version than Soru, and about her sensei himself.

After everything he had told her, her respect for him only grew more. She knew he didn't tell her everything, but she didn't mind because it wasn't her place to dig for something that didn't concern her.

It wasn't long enough before she was just outside the bug forest.

"There they are" Aiko said as she smirked at seeing her mom and uncle high fiving each other.

"Let's do this" Aiko said as she closed her eyes in concentration.

Then she Shunpo-ed away to her mother and uncle.

(Back with Ash and Azami)

Ash and Azami had just High fived each other, or what counted as one.

They then laughed for some reason.

"Those two" Oak thought at seeing the odd pair.

Teddiursa just look curiously at his big brother and his friend.

Then Azami stopped laughing when she felt a very familiar presence heading towards her at a great speed.

Azami smirked and Ash instantly knew what that smirked meant.

"So, she's finally going to do it huh?" Ash asked his friend.

Azami nodded at him with amusement in her eyes.

"Do you think she has a chance?" Ash asked again.

Azami shrugged in response.

"Do you need me and the professor to move?" Ash asked one last time.

Azmi nodded at that as she turned around from Ash.

"Very well. Go easy on her though. She's gotten strong…but you are still stronger" Ash told Azami as he walked off to the professor.

Azami simply stood there and waited.

"So, she's really going to do it?" Oak asked Ash after handing him his Teddiursa.

"Yup" Ash told the professor as he held Katsuki close to him.

Katsuki just snuggled into him even more.

"Do you think she has a chance?" Oak asked Ash as they stared at Azami.

"Who knows. She's gotten a lot stronger form her "special training" with you know who" Ash said.

"Indeed. Well we'll see" Oak said.

It wasn't long after a blue and black figure appeared out of nowhere midair spinning at great speeds.

Oak and Ash smiled at the figure while Katsuki just looked on confused.

Azami smirked grew into a full-blown smile at seeing her.

When she had landed, it was revealed to be Azami's daughter Aiko with her right leg in an intense flame.

"Today is the day I defeat you mother" Aiko said confidently when she saw her mother smiling at her.

"We will see" Aiko said in Pokespeech.

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A/N: Well done with that finally! Again, sorry for the wait but I think I should point this out now but expect slow updates from me since I'm returning to work finally. Although in this environment I don't know how long it will take for the next update. There might be a hiatus but be sure I am not abandoning this story. With that out of the way I hope you enjoyed this chapter and everything I put in it. Also, I wonder if you liked all the different elements, I put from different anime's in this one. Don't worry I'll make it work somehow and it will all be relevant in the future arcs. Did you expect Lee to be a Hitmonlee huh?! Well I guess you kind of did with the clues I put in it but still it was a good reveal huh? I don't think many fanfics do that with a Hitmonlee of all Pokémons. Also, I don't know I there is an actual Pokémon world map but to me the Orre regions is a big Island region. I think I should point out that any power that a can think off that is regarding spirit or something like that will revolve around Aura. Basically, Aura will be my equivalent of Chakra from Naruto and every attack from any other anime you see will be a version of a Pokémons attacks. Some humans will also have special abilities. Hmm I think that is all. Anyway, please review/favorite/follow it. Have a great day/night/morning/afternoon from wherever your reading this. Like always constructive criticism is accepted but flames will be ignored. One last thing, lease all of you take care of yourself during these scary times with the whole covid-19 thing.