AN: Hey everyone this is Dragon here with a new chapter for this story. So far you people like it and I'm happy about that. You guys are awesome! Just to get this out to everyone, the trainers will NOT be weak. Ash will be very strong and only gets stronger but so will the other trainers which include the traitors. Well other than that I'm done. I hope you all enjoy this new segment!

Pokémon- An attack

Pokémon- Pokémon speaking (people won't understand them unless it say otherwise)

"Pokémon"- Human speech

'Pokémon'- Thinking

Chapter 1:

Gather for the Tournament

The winds were howling, but not because of it being windy. It was howling due to the incredible speed Charizard was flying through the air with. On his back was our hero, Ash Ketchum with his infamous partner Pikachu on his left shoulder. He wore the same outfit as before, except with the addition of a necklace that held five Luxury Balls.

"So Ash, do you have any idea where we are supposed to go once we get to the Indigo Plateau?" Pikachu asked him. Thanks to being able to control his aura, Ash is able to use it to communicate with all of his Pokémon, though he's nowhere neared mastered it.

"Most likely we will have to be at the Pokémon Center, that's where you normally register for the leagues," Ash replied to the electric mouse. "The others should have gotten their letters by now and must be waiting for us." Hearing this, Charizard grinned at and began to speed up. "Looks like you're dying for a battle, huh Charizard?" Charizard's response was to release a deafening roar to the heavens above as he shot like a rocket through the air.

(Near the Indigo Plateau)

"Man I can't wait, we are finally here and now we are going to crush the competition," said a young man that wore thick glasses. He wore a white shirt with a zipped open green jacket over it. He also wore grey kakis and grey sneakers with long socks. He had black, mid- neck length hair. He had a grin that had a good amount of arrogance in it.

"Calm down Max! The league isn't going to go anywhere," replied a certain bandanna wearing coordinator. Her clothing has not changed in the slightest over the years.

"She's right you know Max," spoke a young man with spikey hair and squinted eyes. He wore a black and white checkered shirt and long tan kakis with black sneakers. "You don't want to burn out before the tournament even begins." Max looked to the group with a grin and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Sorry guys, I'm just really excited! I mean all the most recognized trainers will be attending this thing," Max spoke excitedly to the two teens that spoke to him. "Trainers, Gym Leaders, Elite Fours, and even Champions, even HE might attend too," his tone went from a kid in a candy store, to a kid who lost everything.

That one sentence sent everyone into down casted, solemn looks. The group consisted of all the traitors, including Prof. Oak and Delia Ketchum.

Delia was exceptionally upset, to a point tears were beginning to flow. She never wanted to push her son away like she did. She was only worried about where his future was taking him. She wanted to help him; she already had a job offer for him which was as a teacher at the prestigious school for young trainers, Poke Tech. They were more than happy to have him, a trainer of such a high caliber, as a teacher in their school. When she read the letter that Ash left at the lab, she knew that she went too far and burst into tears. After weeks of crying, she decided that she needed to go find him. She went on her own journey to find her missing son with Mr. Mime and got herself a good amount of Pokémon and became quite popular in skills. She was even offered to compete in the tournament to which she agreed, hoping Ash would be here as well. Giving a hopeful smile, she spoke to the group.

"We will find him here, I'm sure of it. After all, a mother knows when her child is nearby." She said this, but had no clue who she was trying to convince, them or herself.

Little did she know that her instincts were right about her son being at the tournament, but also someone she expected to never see again.

(To Ash, who arrived at the Indigo Plateau)

"Well, here we are buddy," Ash spoke to Pikachu, who just nodded from its perch. "So many memories here," he smiled as he reminisced, putting his staff on the ground while he looked around.

Charizard looked down, knowing that it was his fault that Ash lost that league. Ash was counting on him and yet, because of his stubbornness, Ash was let down. That's why he always gives out 110% in his battles. He knows Ash will be a legend to the trainers of history, just like a man who went by the name of Red and he, personally, will become more legendary than Red's Charizard.

Feeling Charizard's emotions, Ash smiled and rubbed between his wings, eliciting a growl of pleasure from the Fire/ Flying type. Taking the Pokéball off his left wrist, he returned Charizard. "Let's go," and he left to the Pokémon Center.

A half hour later, the Center was in sight. As he neared the Pokémon Center, he smirked as he quickly moved to the left, dodging a flying kick aimed for his head. His attacker was a young girl, around 18 years of age. She wore a light blue, form fitting training GI. She also wore orange leg warmers that went from the ankle to halfway to the knee. Under that she wore red slacks that hugged her slender legs. Wrapped around her arms were white bandages, it also wrapped around her hands only showing her fingers. She had fiery red hair that only went to her shoulders which was tied in a ponytail. She wore a smirk that screamed confidence. She had a band on her arm with the number one written on it.

"Damn, I thought I had you that time Ash. How about we try that again?" she said as she got into a fighting stance. Ash smiled at her challenge and slipped into a fighting stance with his staff.

"Bring it on then Mia, let's see if you got any stronger," he said ready to put her down with a smirk. As they tensed to charge at each other, a male voice yelled out to them.

"Are you guy's serious right now. Not even five minutes of seeing each other and you guys are already sparring!"

Looking at the voice, they saw a man about the same age as Mia. He had a muscular build, just slightly above Ash's. He had black hair with a white strip along the side. He was also slightly taller than Ash, standing at 6'5 while Ash is 6'0. He wore a white T-Shirt with a number four on the front. He also has black jeans that are jagged at the bottom, giving it a rugged look. He wore purple sneakers with the picture of a Scolipede on the sides. As he walked up, he was shook his head.

To his left was a slightly older man. He stood at 6'2 and has short black hair. He wore a light blue jacket with a black hood on it. On his back was sheathed katana that looked light. Under the jacket he wore a pure black sleeveless shirt, showing small muscle. He was wearing orange slacks with a yellow line that stopped just below the knee. He wore yellow and white sneakers with short black socks. Around his neck was necklace that had a coiling Dragonair with the number three in the middle.

On the left of the first man was another girl, who was slightly smaller than the second male but a little bit taller than the first girl. She had semi- long blonde hair that reached to the top of her shoulders. She also had uneven bangs, the right barely reached her eyes while moving to the left was longer covering the left eye. She wore a long black leather trench coat that reached her knees. Lining the edges of the coat were red and yellow fire patterns. Under it she wore a black shirt and a grey vest with two pockets on the front. She wore black form fitting slacks, with black and grey sandals completing the look. On the back of the trench coat was the number two. Next to her was a shiny Umbreon.

These four people were the new Elite Four of Kalos. The first Elite and Fighting specialist Mia Seas. Alex Rain, the second Elite and the Dark type specialist. Suzaku Ryu, the third Elite and Dragon specialist. Lastly Tai Rider, the fourth Elite and a Poison type master. They are some of Ash's closest friends.

"Hey don't blame me Tai. Your girlfriend started it by attacking me first," Ash replied in amusement.

"Yeah whatever Ash, we all know you would have started a fight with her at some point anyway," Alex sniped smirking. Next to her, Umbreon simply nodded.

"That is beside the point Alex," Ash said as he glared mockingly at her.

"Well, as amusing as this is," Suzaku said as he looked at Ash. "You need to register your room and the league so you can compete and have a place to stay." Everyone nodded their heads at the point he made and entered the Pokémon Center. At the counter was the usual Nurse Joy you find in this region.

"Hello and welcome," Joy greeted with a big smile. "How may I help you today?"

"Yes I came to enroll for the tournament," Ash replied calmly.

"Ah ok then sir," Joy replied. "I just need your invitation letter and your Pokédex as well for confirmation." Ash merely nodded and handed her what she asked for. Joy looks over the letter making sure it's legit. After confirming that it is indeed real, she inputs the Pokédex information and what she saw caused her eyes to widen. Looking up, she spoke in a shocked voice.

"You're Ash Ketchum. You went missing from the league years ago! Many thought you had died." Ash chuckled softly at her shocked state.

"Well as you can see Nurse Joy, rumors of my demise were greatly exaggerated," he spoke pointing to himself. "I am very much alive and kicking, though I would prefer you keep my identity a secret." Nurse Joy looked at him, confused at his request.

"While I have no problem doing that for you, you do realize you can't enter under an alias correct?" Joy responded questioningly.

"I understand and realize this," Ash answered. "I just don't want people to know I am back until the tournament begins. The only one allowed to know is Scott and Mr. Goodshow."

"Yes Mr. Ketchum," Joy responded as she handed him his Pokédex and a key with a silver handle. "Here is your Pokédex and your room key. Your room is in the Legend Hotel in the Lugia Suite. Have a good day sir." Ash nodded and turned to look at his group.

"Let's go look at the suite. I heard that the Legend Hotel is awesome! It is a 5 star hotel after all," Ash exclaimed. Everyone nodded, curious since they are on the middle floor of the Legend Hotel, which was reserved for the Elite Four members of each region. As they were leaving, they heard a voice that made Ash stiffen for a second.

"Come on guys let's get signed in first, then we can worry about sightseeing!"

Knowing who that voice belonged to, Ash quickly popped up his collar and closed the jacket which hid the bottom half of his face up to his nose. Using his aura, he changed his eyes from their usual brown color to an azure blue.

Running into the Pokémon Center was the last people Ash ever wanted to see, Max Maple and the original gang. Max, not watching where he was going, bumped right into Ash. The action caused Max to fall right onto the floor while Ash didn't even budge.

"Max!" yelled the traitors. "Are you okay? You should watch what you're doing," May asked then reprimanded him. Looking to Ash, who she couldn't recognize, she bowed her head "I am terribly sorry about that Mr."

Deciding to swallow down his growing rage he responded "It's quite alright. No harm was done."

The Elite Four were quite shocked as Ash actually sounded sincere, though they knew better. The group walked around the traitors so they could leave but before they could exit, a hand reached out and grabbed Ash's wrist. Turning around they discovered the culprit was none other than Max.

"Wait I want to ask you a question," Max said while eyeing the Pikachu on the strangers shoulder. Seeing that kind of connection struck his heart strings as he remembered the trainer he idolized. Nearly scowling Ash looked at Max with cold eyes as he responded.

"First off kid, it would be in your best interest and health to NOT grab me like that again. You don't know me so don't touch me. Second, depending on the question, I may or may not answer."

May was about to yell at him for talking to her brother like that before Max jumped in, though a bit warily, "I apologize it won't happen again. I wanted to know if you met someone by the name of Ash Ketchum."

Raising an eyebrow to this, Ash decided to see where this would lead "yeah I met a trainer who went by that name. A Pikachu, not unlike mine, on his shoulder. Raven black hair, brown eyes, zigzag lines on both his cheek?"

Everyone from the old group seemed to gain an excited and hopeful look on their faces at his words. Delia jumped right in front of him, with sparkling eyes and practically yelled for Ash's location.

"I'm not telling you where I saw him at though," Ash responded, which didn't yield any positive responses.

"WHY NOT?!" they yelled out, not happy being denied the whereabouts of their missing friend.

"Simple really," he replied not bothered at all. "I just don't feel like telling you since, once again, I don't know you." Delia wasn't about to give up.

"Please sir, please. If you know where my son is please tell us," Delia begged with tears in her eyes and bowed her head. Ash shook his head almost feeling guilty, almost.

"Come on young man be reasonable," Prof. Oak chimed in. "This is his mother who has been searching for him for a really long time."

"That, professor, is really not my problem" the disguised Ash responded coldly. "He earned my respect and asked that I keep silent on where he is, unless I trust them." That's when Max got an idea.

"Then what about a battle! If we win then you have to tell us where Ash is." Ash looked interested and decided to use this as a warm- up for his Pokémon.
"Fine then, I accept. My friend Alex here will referee the battle. I will only battle two of you, with two Pokémon each, so pick wisely. That still gives four chances though; we will use the field in the back of the Center." Everyone nodded in agreement to the idea and conditions. 'Good. Let's if theses traitors will be a match for me,' Ash thought while releasing a cold smirk. Part one of putting those traitors in their place will begin soon.

AN: And that is where it is. People were asking to make it longer so I hope that I lived to the expectations. I'm trying to give everyone a bit of character development so I hope I'm doing good so far. Like I said at the top no trainer who is in this tournament will be weak cause then where is the challenge. As for making Delia a trainer, I decided to be a different and make her a battler. In the manga she was one hell of a trainer and I wanted to bring that back. Well I hope I did good but let me know what you think, just please no flames. I have a set idea of where I'm going but if you guys have any ideas of your own you would like to see in Ash's Harem let me know. They may or may not be added because I'm trying not to add too many to it.

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