Chapter 46

In the ruins of Team Rocket's base, an unharmed stasis tank opens as a girl walks out of it. "What is going on?" The girl looks around the place and finds that it is ruined.

Just then, they hear a sound, and the girl jumps, "Get away from me...don't hurt me..."

The sound turns out to be Raticate gnawing on the wood on the ground, it gets scared at the girl's voice as it runs away. The girl also flees as she wants to find some help, and when she arrives at Viridian City, she notices the time.

"I have been sleeping for 10 years?" The girl mutters, and she also notices the movie "Love in the Darkness" on a big screen. It shows how Giovanni was killed by Ash and Alice. She says, "So Fath- no, Giovanni is dead...serves him right for what he has done...But where should I go?"

When she continues to walk, she suddenly arrives at Pallet Town. She notices Delia who is watering the flowers, and she decides to ask her for help.


"So we have a new mission?" Ash, Alice, and Golly are now at the International Police's headquarters. Anabel says, "Yes, this is a serious one."

Looker says, "When the boss is practicing her psychic powers, she has detected something that shocks us the most. Traces of Dark Aura, from the Sakaki Family."

Ash, Alice, and Golly widen their eyes and Ash yells in anger, "Are you telling me that Giovanni is not dead?! How! We saw him being shot!"

"It is too soon to determine that the person is Giovanni, after all, we still have his body and nothing has happened to it." Anabel says. "However, we are not sure if Giovanni has any relatives."

"That's why we need you to find out." Looker says. "If that person is someone as evil as Giovanni, kill him/her without hesitation."

The three of them nod as Anabel gives them the last location of the aura traces, which turns out to be Pallet Town.

"Pallet Town...no! Mom!" Ash yells in horror as the three of them rush out, before Anabel can say anything to them.


The girl walks toward Delia and she asks, "Excuse me..."

Delia notices her and she asks, "Is there something I can help you with?"

"My name is Minami, and I am looking for a person named Ash Ketchum. I only heard that he lives in Pallet Town..." The girl named Minami says.

"Oh, the person you want to meet is my son. Are you one of his students or something? Because I have never seen you before..." Delia says, but then she notices the Dark Aura emitting from the girl and she flinches a little.

"Is there something wrong?" Minami asks in confusion at the sudden change of expression of Delia.

Delia takes a breath and asks, "Do you have any relatives?"

Before she can answer, they hear a loud yell, "Mom!"

They notice Ash, Alice, and Golly rushing towards her. Delia blinks in surprise and she asks, "Ash? Golly? Alice? What are you three doing here?"

"Mom, are you hurt?" Ash asks.

"No, she didn't hurt me." Delia says, as they notice Minami, who flinches a little as Ash is staring at her. "You...so you're the one who has the Sakaki Dark Aura..."

Minami feels anger from hearing the name, and she says, "Sakaki...that cursed name..."

Alice says, "We are the members of the International Police, what are you doing here and what are you going to do the Kanto Champion here?"

Minami says, "I am looking for a person named Ash Ketchum."

"I am Ash Ketchum, why do you want to find me?" Ash asks, and Minami is surprised to see the boy in front of her, if she takes a look, she really looks like the same person from the movie.

"I should introduce myself, I am Minami Sakaki. But I don't like to be called by the last name, it is cursed."

"Sakaki...so you are related to Team Rocket's boss Giovanni?" Ash asks.

"When I was little, I was bought to the Team Rocket with my father's help...but then those grunts...they try to rape me...I tried to call Dad for help, but he ignores me every time because of his plans...and I suffered...he didn't care... And you know what? He also put me inside the Stasis Tank for my aura or some sort of stuff, he tries to make a weapon to make Ash Ketchum in hell. I don't know why he wants my powers to destroy an innocent person who is somehow caught in a mess wherever he is traveling... And then I don't know everything because I have been in that thing for 10 years."

"So the Control Cloud is your Dark Aura, not Giovanni's?" Delia asks in shock.

"That really helps me with the question I have been wondering for six years." Ash says. "If he is the one using aura for the Control Clouds, he wouldn't be able to fight back when I declare an aura battle with him."

Golly says, "You see, our families were nemesis in the past, and your father wants to end us. But he failed and he is in his doom..."

"I saw the movie." Minami says, "He doesn't deserve to be a father...he should pay..."

"But that doesn't mean we can just let you go." Ash says, "You still have that Dark Aura inside you, it was just like a bomb without a timer."

Minami sighs and says, "What could I do? Even though Team Rocket being destroyed freed me from my father, I have nowhere to go as well. I don't have any Pokemon and I don't know what I can do."

Delia notices the heart of the girl, she says, "How about we adopt you into our family?"

"Hold on, Mom? Are you serious about that?" Golly asks in surprise.

"Of course, I will give you a home, something that Giovanni didn't give you." Delia says as she walks forward, giving her a hug, something that she has yearned to do.

Ash asks, "So that means we have another adopted sibling...and a sister as well."

Golly says, "But that doesn't change the fact that she still has Dark Aura...but I can report to Anabel about the situation."

Alice says, "Please do it for us."

Once Golly leaves, Ash, Alice, and Delia bring Minami to Sevestar Island using the Teleport Pads that they created as Alexander and Relena in the house. Once they get out of the teleportation, the others see that Ash brings another person.

"Ash, who is she?" Eve asks. "You found another one of the Gym leaders already?"

"Not yet. She is really complicated...her name is Minami Sakaki, and she is...Giovanni's daughter." Ash says, causing everyone to widen their eyes.

Minami lowers her head as she feels unease at the glares she is receiving. Delia says, "Guys, calm down for a second. It is true that she has Dark Aura, but she doesn't want to have them. She has been forced to stay in a stasis tank for 10 years and she just got out recently."

"You mean the thing that makes you being neither live nor dead? That is so cruel..." Elline gasps.

"We want to clean her blood from the Dark Aura. So I want to know if any one of you knows how to do it?"

Valerie thinks for a little and says, "This is really a headache...since we haven't heard of this before."

Diantha nods in agreement and says, "But I suggest that you find Ilene, she has been the smartest of us, maybe she will know how to clean her blood."

Ash nods as he teleports to the Rota Kingdom, and then he asks the same question to Ilene.

"So a Sakaki Member wants to get rid of the dark aura in the blood...then there is a way, but it needs the help of Lucario with you."

"I have Lucario with me." Ash says as he sends out the Pokemon. Ilene looks at his aura of Lucario and he says, "His aura is not enough."

"What? What do you mean it is not enough?" Ash asks in confusion.

"Ash, your Lucario had been affected by the Control Cloud back then, hadn't not?" Ilene asks, and Lucario lowers his head with shame. "It is true that your Lucario has earned the power of Mega Evolution, but for the aura training, it doesn't have it, right?"

Ash frowns and says, "I guess you're right, I just love him like a Pokemon, not an aura user like us..."

"Don't worry." Ilene says as he takes out a red staff, much to Ash's confusion. "Ash, do you remember how you have saved our ancestor's Lucario? Use the same way."

Ash nods as he raises the staff, and then a shiny Lucario comes out of it. The Lucario has its eyes closed, and he says, "Master, you are back!"

Ash says, "Wait, I am not your master..." Ash's own Lucario is also shocked at the shiny Lucario as he is ready to fight.

Ilene says, "Lucario, he is not your master."

Lucario hears the voice of Ilene and he slowly opens his eyes, he notices Ilene and he bows, "Your highness."

"Lucario, this is Ash, he is the son of your master Red, and this is his Lucario." Ilene says.

"So you're master's son." The shiny Lucario bows at Ash, and when he looks at Ash's Lucario, he says, "Interesting, are you perhaps my kin or some sort?"

Ash's Lucario is confused, and Ash says, "I don't know...I mean, I only found him as an egg and then hatched it on my own."

Ilene says, "We can talk about this later, Lucario. You see, Red has been gone thanks to the Sakaki family..."

"They will pay dearly!" Lucario yells, but Ash stops him and tells them that they are stopped. Then he explains the aura cleaning.

"You want to clean a Sakaki member's Aura? It is not impossible. But if it is for the greater good, then I will help out as well." Lucario says. "Master Ash. I shall become your Pokemon as well. That way, I can help you and my kin."

Ash nods as he captures the shiny Lucario, then they go back to the Sevestar with Ilene coming as well.

Diantha sees Ilene and says, "Ilene, you have come."

"Hello to you, Diantha." Ilene says. "I heard you lost against Ash in the League."

"Don't worry about that." Diantha says. "Now can you tell Ash how to clean the blood?"

"Sure." Ilene turns to Ash and says, "Just like how you saved Mew, you have to transfer some aura to her, and the reason you have to have a Lucario with you is that if you do this alone, you would die. And the other members can't interfere since it is no use. The reason Lucario can do this job is that his aura is similar to Ash and Red."

"I see. Lucario, are you ready to do this?" Ash asks as his own Lucario, who nods in agreement. The Shiny Lucario says, "With the two of you combined, it will work."

Then they turn to Minami and asks, "Are you ready with this?"

Minami nods as both Lucario start to transfer aura. Ash takes a deep breathe and yells, "Aura is with me!"

He also transfers some of the aura to Minami, who is now showing under white light.

"The Dark Aura inside her is so strong..." The Shiny Lucario says as he then suddenly falls.

"Lucario!" Ilene and Delia rush towards the Pokemon. Ilene says, "His powers aren't fully healed..."

"But so is Ash and his Lucario..." Delia says as he notices how Ash's Lucario is kneeling a little while Ash is coughing out some blood. Minami sees this and she says, "Stop it, Ash. I am not worth it."

"No, I won't give up until it is over!" Ash yells, and so is Lucario. Alice is looking at him in worry, and she takes out the Ring and says, "Those who can use Aura, help me use Heal Pulse on Ash and Lucario!"

The others nod as they start to use the move on Ash and Lucario, then both of them feel better and they keep doing. After a while, the green light shines on Minami as her dark aura is finally gone.

"We did it." Ash says before he faints, so does his Lucario. Mark and Golly caught each of them in the last second and Minami says, "So...I don't have any Dark Aura anymore?"

"Yes. You are free now." Alice says with everyone rejoice at the success.


Here is a new chapter, and this time I reveal Minami's past in the Sevestar Prince. Not only that, but I have also revealed the whole truth about what happened to Ash's Lucario under the Control Cloud, as well as how to clean Minami's blood. I hope you like this chapter.