The world of pokemon is a wonderful place. It's filled with wonderful creatures with extraordinary power. As these creatures grow and become stronger, they are able to evolve. Going beyond that is mega evolution, a power that comes from the bonds between human and pokemon. The Kalos region is where that power originated from, and a young trainer named Ichigo Kurosaki, along with his friends, are about to enter that great land.

"There! I can see it!" Ichigo said as he looked out the window of his plane. He and his friends looked down and could see the Kalos region was below them. "Take a look, Absol. That's where Mom came from, where mega evolution came from."

"Absol..." All of them were excited to explore this new land. A brand new adventure for them awaits just below.

You're just a kid on a quest

To be the best of the best

Someday your destined for power and glory

You know you're up to the test

There's only one way to tell this story

Be a hero

Be a hero

All the power is at your command

Face your fears and show you're a hero

The future of the world is in your hands

Pokémon

(Ichigo's voice) Kalos, Where it All Began

Ichigo Kurosaki, a young trainer who is aiming to be the best trainer he can. He travels around with his partner: Absol. Joining him is his friends Orihime, Rukia, and Chad. They've all joined together on this journey and have now landed in Kalos.

"Wow!" Orihime said as she ran ahead of the group and exited the airport. "I can't believe we're really here! I can just imagine all the fun and adventures we're going to have!"

"Easy, Orihime. Don't get too ahead of yourself." Rukia said. "We're here so that Ichigo can enter the Kalos League and you can enter Pokemon Talent Star."

"Where did we land anyway?" Chad asked.

"It's called Limas City." Rukia said. "I say we head for the pokemon center so that Ichigo can register for the Kalos League."

"Good idea." Ichigo said. "Absol, are you ready for whatever comes our way?"

"Absol!" A new region and new adventure awaits all of them. All of them headed for the pokemon center for Ichigo's registration. As Ichigo was walking through the streets, he had a look around and kept thinking about someone near and dear to him.

"Ichigo, are you okay?" Orihime asked as she saw his mind wondering off.

"I'm fine. I'm just thinking of someone." Ichigo said.

"That's right. Your mother came from this region." Rukia said as she could see what he was thinking. "How do you feel now that you're here?" Ichigo lost his mother many years ago, just before he actually started on his journey. Since her passing, Ichigo held off on a journey until his father encouraged him to go on one years later. His mother meant so much to him and he misses her dearly.

"I feel like I'm looking at her everywhere I look." Ichigo said. He felt a bit emotional, but tried burying it. "Let's not get sappy. It's nothing." Ichigo might be trying to act tough, but the others know better. They soon arrived at the center and saw it as a great place to relax.

"Wow. This place looks great." Orihime said.

"Look. There's Nurse Joy." Chad said as he spotted her. Ichigo walked right over to her.

"Excuse me, Nurse Joy." Ichigo said.

"Hello and welcome to the Pokemon Center." Nurse Joy said.

"Thank you. I was hoping you could help me out." Ichigo said. "I'm from Unova and I would like to enter the Kalos League."

"Sure. I can help you with that." Nurse Joy said. While she was helping Ichigo with his registration, something else was going on in another part of the center.

"I have all the research. I'll be there soon." A young scientist said over the phone. This scientist also had blonde hair and glasses. He ended the call and was on his way. That was until he spotted Ichigo at the desk and was finishing his registration.

"Okay, Ichigo. You're all set, and here's a badge case." Nurse Joy said as she handed him one. "You'll need a total of eight badges to enter the Kalos League."

"Thank you." Ichigo said as he took it. "Absol, we're all set."

"Absol." The scientist looked and he spotted the ring around Ichigo's rest with the keystone in it. He also noticed the pendent around Absol's neck with his mega stone in it.

"Wow!" The scientist shouted as he rushed right over. "A real mega stone and keystone! This Absol is able to mega evolve?! Amazing!" The scientist was completely fascinated over that fact. It was starting to disturb Ichigo and Absol.

"What do you think you're doing?" Ichigo questioned.

"Ichigo, what's wrong?" Orihime asked as his friends came over.

"Ask this nutcase." Ichigo said.

"I'm sorry. I got a little excited. Let me introduce myself. My name is Lou. I study at the university and what we're studying is mega evolution."

"You're studying mega evolution?" Ichigo said.

"That's right. When I saw your stone with your Absol's, I got a little excited." Lou said. "Mega evolution truly is something incredible and I want to learn all about it that I can. May I ask for your names."

"My name is Ichigo, and you already met Absol here."

"I'm Orihime."

"My name is Rukia."

"I'm Yasutora Sado, but everyone really just calls me Chad."

"It's nice to meet all of you." Lou said. "Ichigo, any data we could gather on you and your Absol would be most useful to us. Would you like to come to the university and be part of our research?"

"I'm not sure. We just got to Kalos and we were planning to hit the road." Ichigo said.

"Come on, Ichigo. What's the hurry?" Orihime said. "Besides, I want to know more about mega evolution myself. I want to find out if any of my pokemon could possibly mega evolve."

"A little education isn't going to hurt." Rukia said, and it would appear that Chad's agreeing with the idea as well.

"Well, okay." Ichigo said.

"Great. The leading professor is going to love this." Lou said.

...

The University

Lou took all of them up to the university to aid in the research. When they got there, they saw other young scholars studying with pokemon and learning all that they can about them.

"This place looks amazing." Orihime said.

"My leading professor is just up ahead." Lou said. He showed them to the lab that was in the back. When they got there, they were met with another professor with dark black hair and a Venusaur. "Professor Laming! I'm back and I brought visitors."

"Great." Laming said as he turned to them.

"Everyone, this is Professor Laming." Lou said. "He's the one leading the research of mega evolution. This is also his Venusaur."

"It's nice to meet all of you." Laming greeted. "Lou, did you bring the research I asked for?"

"Sure did." Lou said as he placed a bag on the table and brought out notes, books, and more that revolve around mega evolution. "I hope it's okay that I brought them here. Ichigo and his Absol are capable of mega evolution. I thought it might be of some use to the research."

"Can they?" Laming said as he liked the sound of that.

"Take a look." Ichigo said as he held out his keystone and showed Absol's mega stone. Laming analyzed them and was quite pleased with what he saw.

"So what about mega evolution are you researching?" Rukia asked.

"I'm glad you asked." Laming said. "What I'm hoping for is to understand the power of mega evolution, and possibly see if there is a way to cause mega evolution WITHOUT the use of the stones." Mega evolution without the use of the stones?! Ichigo and his friends were all amazed at the thought alone.

"Mega evolution without the use of the stones? Is something like that even possible?" Orihime said.

"Theoretically. That's what I'm trying to figure out." Laming said. "I've been using Venusaur in my experiments in hopes that I could unlock something."

"Saur..." Venusaur looked rather uninterested with what Laming was saying.

"I've had Lou gather all the details and data he could about mega evolution." Laming said as he looked over all that he could. "I just know that I'm close. In fact, maybe you can help me in this research, Ichigo."

"How?" Ichigo asked.

"If I can measure the regular energy flow of mega evolution between you and Absol, maybe I can copy it." Laming said. Ichigo took some pride in mega evolution and took it serious. However, he's never encountered a situation like this one before.

"Ichigo, maybe you should try it." Chad said.

"I agree. It could be a great discovery and you'll have a part in it." Rukia said. His friends were encouraging him to cease the opportunity.

"Okay. I'll do it." Ichigo said as it did sound a great opportunity. Laming was excited that Ichigo agreed to do this. Once Ichigo agreed to help, he set up a series of machines around Absol and Ichigo as they got ready.

"We're all set, Ichigo." Laming said as he was ready to copy down the energy flow. "Just do what you normally do to mega evolve your Absol."

"I only use this when I'm battling a fellow mega evolved opponent." Ichigo claimed. "Here goes nothing. Absol, are you ready for this?" Absol was all set to go. "Here we go! Absol, Mega Evolve!" Ichigo pressed the keystone and let the energy flow out. Energy flowed from Absol's stone to connect with Ichigo's. The energy flowed into Absol and it caused him to change forms for him to become Mega Absol. Laming copied down the energy waves of the process and got all of it.

"Perfect." Laming said.

"So, what's the next step?" Rukia asked.

"I make a machine that copies the energy flow without the use of the stones." Laming said. "If it works, Venusaur will mega evolve." It seemed like an exciting moment wasn't coming, but Venusaur didn't seem that excited about it. With the research and data he's acquired, Laming got to work on his device. Laming worked on building a machine that could produce the same kind energy that the two stones can produce. It was a handheld device with him hoping that it works. "All set. We'll start with a smaller trial."

"What do you mean?" Orihime asked.

"This machine should be able to produce the same energy that a keystone can generate." Laming said. "We're going to start with Venusaur having the stone while I use this machine. Lou, I'm entrusting you to monitor the systems. Keep your eye open for any error as well as recording our findings."

"Understood." Lou said as he got ready with his computer. This could be a big moment in history. It seemed like a great idea, but Ichigo noticed that Venusaur didn't look that happy.

"Wait, Professor Laming." Ichigo said. "Venusaur doesn't look all that happy to go through this."

"Nonsense. Venusaur is fine. Besides, it's all for the good of science. Venusaur is more than willing to help." Laming claimed, but Ichigo wasn't buying it with what he saw on Venusaur's face.

"Lou, Venusaur doesn't really look that happy about this." Ichigo said.

"Well, Venusaur has gone through a lot of experiments, but they were all harmless. There've been no problems with Venusaur before." Lou said. "I'm sure everything is fine." Ichigo hoped so for Venusaur's sake.

"Here we go, Venusaur." Laming said as he placed Venusaur's stone right on him and got himself ready. "It's time. This could be a real breakthrough." Laming activated his device and it started to unleash energy waves. It flowed over to Venusaur's stone. It was settle, nothing was really going on, but Laming carefully increased the power. The stone began to shine.

"I think we're getting a reading." Lou said as this all looked promising. They all thought Venusaur was going to mega evolve, but that was when an alert was going off.

"What's going on?" Chad asked.

"I don't know." Lou said as he worked on the computer and tried to figure out what was going on. That was when errors started appearing. "Professor Laming! Shut it down!"

"I'm trying!" Laming said as he was trying to turn his device off, but nothing was working. Venusaur appeared to be in pain as well. Sparks were flying out of machines and causing several malfunctions. This chance for excitement is turning into something disastrously.

It would seem our heroes first day in Kalos isn't going so well. What's going to happen from here? Can the secrets of mega evolution be uncovered or is it all going to go bad? Stay tune to find out.

To Be Continued...

AN: Okay all you pokemon trainers, we're going to do something fun. I'm going to be asking questions and you need to try and figure out what pokemon is the answer. Here's the question: What pokemon has gases in it's stomach that ignite it's flames, but goes out when it's asleep?