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LegionZ Presents… The Chosen One's Wrath… Chapter 14

Last Chapter…

"So why the sudden appearance Ghost? Taking a little bit of a break from the lovely scenery in Aether Paradise and ALT City?"

He then took off his hook and revealed himself along with Pikachu. Then, she noticed the angry look in his eyes. She narrowed hers in confusion. "Is something wron—" She never even got to finish her sentence because Ash was in her face instantly. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD REVEAL THE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ABOUT DELVEON! THAT IS SOMETHING NOBODY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT!"

The room was silent for a moment before Mallow managed to stutter out. "I-I don't e-even know what y-you're t-talking about…"

Ash snarled. "Like Hell you do! Abel told me everything I needed to know, Lusamine trusted us with that information and you couldn't even think straight enough to not tell anyone? What's wrong with you!?"

"Nothing is wrong with her." The duo turned over and saw Lillie standing there with Ninetales at her side. She spoke quietly. "It was my fault, not Mallow's, as much as it will seem like that… Ghost…"

Ash was bewildered. "What… What are you even talking about Lillie?"

Then, behind her, another figure walked in. Ash gasped aloud. "A-Abel? W-what?" The boy smiled a little sheepishly and Lillie spoke quietly. "We've been dating for some time now, and you really ought to be more quiet when you have your conversations." Ash's mind was running a thousand miles a minute. Abel knew where Delveon was going to come out from? But how?

Misty was out on the balcony, hand on a pokeball. Abel was doing the same thing. Ash yelled loudly. "That's enough, the both of you." Both didn't move a muscle. Then, Ash's pokegear rang. He watched the two for another moment before carefully picking up the pokegear and saying into it. "Hello?"

"Ghost? Is that you!?" It was most certainly a female voice. Ash spoke quietly. "This is Ghost. Speak."

"Ghost! We found the spawn location of Delveon! I repeat, we've found the spawn location of Delveon!"

"Perfect. Where is it?"

And that was when all hell broke loose. An ear-splitting explosion sounded and the next thing Ash knew, he was sailing through the air. Then, there was a burst of blinding pain in his right arm. He rolled over and swiftly stood up, ignoring the minor pain in his arm. He realized he had managed to fly backwards into the room. However, as he stared around, he realized that Abel was missing. He quickly ran out to stare out down and breathed a sigh of relief.

The Pokémon center itself, though in the middle of a city, was luckily enough, surrounded by a small moat of water. He saw Abel swimming below in it with Misty. Both of them appeared to have been knocked off.

But knocked off by what? He looked up and paled profusely. There, sailing in the sky, was a golden Pokémon. It had strange objects sailing behind it, almost as though they were Sylveon's feelers. It had a very odd object shining on its forehead, it looked to be all the colors of the rainbow. The Pokémon's blue eyes were staring down at him. Ash whispered aloud in a mesmerized voice.

"Delveon."

Present…

To say Ash was stunned was an understatement. The Pokémon was beautiful, it looked somewhat like Sylveon except it had some major different aspects about it. For one, you know, it was glowing gold. For the other, it had a bright rainbow gem on its head. The Pokémon's bright blue eyes appeared to be piercing Ash's mind through and through, and Ash found himself in a peculiar situation, one that he didn't find himself in all that much: he was afraid.

Maybe that wasn't the best way to word it; he was afraid for the region and what could happen to it should Delveon not be restrained. He didn't know how he had gotten attacked, but what he did know was that he and the entire region were in trouble if he couldn't stop it. What's worse was that nobody else from the Ultra Guardians was ready for this, at least, to his knowledge. He knew a few more facts about Delveon as well thanks to Lusamine, who had hooked him up with some much needed information.

Delveon was a Sun-Type Pokémon. Sun-Type Pokémon had an absurd amount of advantages, and yet, no move was super-effective against it. Therefore, the only ways he could beat Delveon was by outsmarting it in battle, or simply overpowering it. He remembered what Lusamine's modified pokedex had said some days prior to the Ultra Guardians.

"Delveon, the Sun God Pokémon, and the Legendary Evolved Form of Eevee. It is said that Delveon were the ancient warriors defending the Pharaoh Pokémon thousands of years ago. In Ancient Times, Delveon was commonly mistaken for Sylveon's. Delveon is the only Pokémon known to have the "Sun Type." Sun type moves are Super Effective against Grass, Bug, Dark, Fighting, and Steel Type Pokémon. In addition, No Pokémon moves are super effective against Sun Types."

Ash frowned. While he had a full team with him at the moment, he had no idea what moves to use against this powerhouse Pokémon. His eyes widened a little when he also realized he had no idea what moves Delveon could use. It gave him very little room for error, and that was something he did not like in the slightest. What could he possibly do?

"Ash, I repeat, we know where Delveon will appear, it's going to appear—"

Ash muttered softly. "I know."

"You what?"

"I said, I—" He was cut off when Delveon stopped it's midair flight and landed gracefully in front of him, as if testing him. Ash froze up; he knew this could be life or death on the line here in a matter of extremes. He said as calmly as he could. "Your name is Delveon, is it not?" The Pokémon did not move a muscle, and just continued to stare at Ash with curious eyes. The earpiece Ash had wired to his pokegear was blaring.

"Ghost, what is it?" Ash's eyes widened ever so slightly as Delveon's eyes narrowed, almost as though it suspected Ash was going to try and hurt it. Well, if Delveon left without hurting anyone, then he wouldn't dare attack it. The Pokémon softly growled, as if warning him not to come closer or to pay the consequences. Ash slowly nodded, trying to calm the Pokémon down, but it wasn't meant to be.

"GHOST!?" Ash cursed softly as Delveon let out a mighty cry and unleashed a burst of purple pellets towards Ash. Ash leapt out of the way and yelled. "MALLOW! NOW IS NOT THE TIME!" he called out his faithful psychic type Pokémon, who trilled loudly. In addition, he called out his faithful Fire Monkey, who roared as well. Ash ordered. "Infernape, use Flamethrower, and Espeon, Psychic!"

The two attacks were unleashed, but to Ash's horror, Espeon's psychic did nothing to the Sun-Type, who broke through the move as though it hadn't been attacked in the first place. Delveon then avoided the wave of fire, flying right to avoid it. Ash yelled into his earpiece. "I need all guardians to my location now! Now God Damn it, NOW!"

Then, an explosion next to him shook him out of his emotional stupor. He was sent flying through the air, and before he knew it, was sailing towards the water that surrounded the Pokémon center in a flash. Ash yelled in midflight. "Espeon, use your Psychic attack and stop us, quick!" He didn't see Espeon, but he just knew his purple cat Pokémon would stop him from falling. As it turned out, Espeon had been knocked off as well. That didn't matter, because the cat was still able to float them soundly to the ground next to the water. Ash looked up to the skies to identify Delveon and paled.

Delveon was floating away towards the mainland, ignoring ALT City and Aether paradise as a whole. Ash cursed aloud. It was bittersweet that Delveon was leaving them alone. On one hand, it was good because the people of ALT City and the guests visiting the city would be safe from harm, the tournament wouldn't be delayed, and there wouldn't be anyone immediately injured. The downside of it was that now Aether Paradise wouldn't be able to send quick reinforcements and help to him and the guardians, if they were on their way that was.

Ash returned his most trusted Pokémon, who roared at his trainer faithfully. "Charizard, follow that Pokémon!" Ash commanded. Charizard didn't hesitate and soared off after an airborne Delveon. He narrowed his eyes as his Pokémon tore across the sky at a blinding speed. He gripped his Pokémon's back as tightly as he attempted to chase down Delveon through the skies. He told his faithful partner. "Pikachu, light up Delveon with Thunderbolt!"

Pikachu nodded and cried out. "Pikkkaaa Chuuuuuu!" The blast sailed past Delveon's right side, who didn't stop to acknowledge the blast at all. Ash growled. "Again." Pikachu fired one off again, and once more, it missed, this time sailing left past the Sun-Type. Ash was losing his patience, it wasn't long now until Delveon would hit MeleMele Island, and it wouldn't be long after that to hit the majority of the population of MeleMele island.

'How do I hit Delveon with ANY move…' He mused dejectedly. Then, it hit him. He smirked, this time, Delveon wouldn't know what hit it. He called out. "Pikachu, one more time! Charizard, Flamethrower! Predict where Delveon will be!" His fire-type grunted in agreement and watched as Pikachu unleashed yet another blast of lightning towards the flying sun-type Pokémon. Delveon felt the blast going right at it, so it went up to avoid the attack.

The next thing the Pokémon knew, it was blasted by a ray of fire. Losing its concentration, it was sent flying on an arc straight towards mainland MeleMele island. To Ash's fortune, it sailed beautifully past the major cities of Mele and landed on a sandy beach on the far side of the island. He thanked his lucky stars that all the biggest landmarks of MeleMele were being avoided.

Delveon was shakily getting to its feet after a rather nasty fall. Ash landed nearby on Charizard and knew this was no battle to back away from. He tossed up Infernape's pokeball as well as Zoroark, who took the appearance of Espeon. Charizard and Pikachu also took their stances around the Eeveeolution. Ash reacted.

"Pikachu use Thunderbolt! Charizard and Infernape, Flamethrower! Then Espeon, hit it with Foul Play if it tries to dodge!" The three blasts sailed towards Delveon, who took a deep breath. Ash's eyes widened in disbelief when Delveon's rainbow colored gem on its forehead glowed and suddenly, a tiny orange ball appeared underneath its gem and formed at its mouth. Ash realized what that was; a ball of fire from the sun. The ray connected with the three blasts and canceled them all out. Ash was stunned by its power.

To his horror, Delveon saw Espeon leap forward and in one move, picked it up by its feelers, making it stop in its tracks. To his complete surprise, Delveon then held up the Pokémon and began smacking it around with its feelers rapidly, which were glowing a bright blue as it did so. Then, it hurled Espeon backwards, making it smash into the ground with enough force to match a small car.

It was then that Zoroark's illusion wore off, and reappeared as a Zoroark. Delveon's eyes widened a little, but then returned to its normal glare. It charged up another ball of fire and unleashed the beam at its opponents. Ash ordered. "Pikachu, cancel it with Thunderbolt!"

As the bolt of lightning connected with the beam of fire, it was clear that Pikachu's attack was the more powerful one. It pushed back the beam little by little until, to Ash's stunned surprise, the beam completely blew through the attack. Pikachu cried out. "Pikaaaaaa!" As it was hit by the move. Landing far behind the rest of Ash's current crew, Pikachu rolled to a stop, bruised and battered from the attack.

"Pi… Pi… Pika Pi…" His partner panted in frustration and discomfort. Ash frowned; it was very rare that Pikachu's most dominant move was overpowered so easily. Just what was Delveon's move set? He had no idea, and as he had predicted, it was coming back to haunt him. Delveon unleashed a torrent of purple pellets, that was a move Ash did recognize: Psystrike.

Ash ordered. "Zoroark, jump in front of the blast! It'll have no effect on you, then, Charizard and Infernape, duel flamethrower as soon as the attack dissipates." It was moments like these that showed why Ash was a champion. Instead of simply ordering an evasion of the move, which would cost his faithful team time to counter-attack, using Zoroark's type immunities, he was able to load up two moves without doing much of anything, it was essentially a free shot.

And this time, Delveon was unable to get out of the way. The two blasts of fire smothered it head on, and sent it flying backwards into the water. It was then that an answered prayer came upon Ash.

"You needed help!?" He turned and saw the rest of the Ultra Guardians flying in on their designated Pokémon. He nodded and yelled. "Lana! I need you to check out Pikachu! He took an attack of some sort; I can't really be sure what it is!"

"I'll take care of it! Ash, let us heal the rest of your Pokémon too! You're about to be in for one crazy fight!" Ash nodded and tagged out, allowing Sophocles, Kiawe, Mallow, and Lillie all hold the line for him while Lana healed his Pokémon alongside him. As Delveon battled off against four different Pokémon at once, Lana gave Ash the best run-down she could of Delveon's movseset.

"Look, I'll try to explain as best I can, its move set is—" She was cut off as Ash said. "I already know Psystrike is one, skip that, tell me the others." Lana watched as Lillie's Ninetales was blown aside by a large explosion that emitted from Delveon. Lana explained. "You've definitely heard of Calm Mind, yes?" Ash blinked. "Of course!"

"That's one of them; the other two are sacred moves that only Delveon are able to use." She said. Ash looked at her anxiously while he watched Mallow's Pokémon fall to the Sun-Type. She explained rapidly. "Here's the thing: Delveon has one major offensive move and one major defensive move, well, moves you wouldn't know about that is."

Ash guessed aloud. "The one where a ball of fire appears over its mouth is it's offensive move I presume?" Lana nodded. "The move is called Sun Beam; depending on the time of day and the weather, its power can increase to unheard of levels, be glad that today isn't the nicest of days or else your entire team could've been burnt to a crisp already!" Ash motioned to Pikachu and worriedly said. "If this isn't domination enough, then we're in trouble. What's the other move?"

Lana explained as carefully as she could. "This move is tough to pick up on, so bear with me. The move is called Aegis Defense. It's a move that primarily acts as a different version of protect for most moves, but there is a catch to this move. For one, certain moves like Hydro Pump, Fire Blast, or any other move that can primarily deal move than 120 damage at base power will overwhelm Aegis Defense, therefore cancelling it out. That's the downside of Aegis Defense."

As another explosion nearly pegged them, Ash yelled. "What's the upside!?"

Lana answered. "If the Pokémon attacks and leaves themselves vulnerable to a counter, then Aegis defense goes into a rampage attack. It first stops the opponents move dead in its tracks with its standard "Protect" move, and then strikes, attacking the Pokémon when it is at its most vulnerable."

Ash commented. "That's what it did to Zoroark!"

Lana nodded and yelled. "Exactly! If you can conquer its moveset, you should be okay!"

Then, an explosion came too close. It sent both Lana and Ash flying in separate directions. Lana did not get up. Ash skidded backwards and looked up to meet Delveon's eyes. He got a horrifying shock when he saw all his friends and allies on the ground, bruises covering their bodies. He narrowed his eyes, knowing that even with the full extent of their injuries, he had to focus on the task at hand: stopping Delveon before more people ended up like his allies. Though he knew his mission well, he also knew that he couldn't leave his fallen comrades behind with any help.

He motioned for Pikachu and Infernape to stay out front, and returned Charizard and Zoroark, knowing that if the worst came to worst, he was going to need them to cover for an escape. He tapped his earpiece a few times, lining up with a certain frequency that he knew would connect him to Lusamine.

"Mayday, Mayday. I have guardians down, I repeat I have guardians down, this is codename Ghost asking for immediate assistance, this is not a drill. Come to my coordinates as soon as possible for aid and evac." Then, another nearby explosion sent him sailing through the air. He pushed himself up once he landed and then felt his earpiece, or rather, what was left of it. The pieces fell out of his ear and onto the ground. He muttered something about "Bloody inconvenient if you ask me…"

He pointed towards Delveon and yelled. "Pikachu use Iron Tail on the ground as hard as you can! Make a break in the sand!"

Pikachu swung its tail downwards and Delveon lost its balance. Ash waved his arm downwards. "Infernape, Flamethrower!" The trail of fire kicked up a titanic amount of sand, but Delveon didn't miss a beat. Regaining its footing, it fired off a Sun Beam that connected with Flamethrower in the middle of the field. After a moment, both blasts cancelled each other out, and allowing a storm of sand to sweep through the air.

Using its feelers, Delveon pushed away the massive amount of sand and stood tall;

To reveal no opponent in front of it. "Delvee!?" It cried out in horrified surprise.

"Now! Use Close Combat and Iron Tail! Slow it down!" Ash ordered. Hovering behind Delveon for the splittest of seconds, Delveon was assaulted from both sides as the blinding pain began to take it over. Ash was watching keenly, waiting for Delveon to regain its focus. He was no fool, he knew very well that Delveon wouldn't lightly take the damage it was receiving.

Sure enough, he saw Delveon's feelers glow and Ash roared. "Back off NOW!" Both his Pokémon were expecting his call, and leapt backwards, both avoiding getting caught by the Pokémon's feelers. Ash roared. "Now! Combination Strike—Thunderbolt into a Flamethrower! Disrupt Aegis Defense at all costs!"

"INNNFEEERRRNAPPEEE!"

"PIIIKKAAACHUUUU!"

The two attacks, primed by their trainer's words, unleashed their attacks. While split up they would likely be repelled, Ash's theory was that if they combined, Delveon's Aegis Defense wouldn't be able to stop it. Mathematically, at least, it made sense. Delveon let out a cry when the swirling beam of fire and electricity connected with its feelers. After a moment, it let out another, its defense giving way.

Lana had been correct. While his mind was on his blue-haired ally, his eyes darted backwards to see her still lying on the ground in obvious pain. But then, he was able to notice a helicopter or two in the distance, coming their way. Ash could make out a figure in the chopper with a mass of blonde hair streaming behind them. Then, he glimpsed something shining brightly through the air and sailing right towards him. He knew what it was. Ash yelled.

"Pikachu! You know what to do!"

"Pika Pi!" His partner cried out before charging towards the shining object. Just before it was about to hit the ground, his partner swung its tail around in a circular motion and smacked the object to Ash through the air. Ash leapt up and grabbed the dark blue sphere: a beast ball. He felt his feet hit the soft sand once more, and knowing exactly where Delveon was, he threw it. Delveon, who was still lying on the ground through the smoke and sand, didn't have any time to try and move. The ball connected with it and sucked it in.

Ash sprinted through the smoke, determined to not let Delveon out of his sight. If this beast ball failed, he would have to wait for more; catching it in a standard pokeball was risky, to put it lightly. The ball shook slowly back and forth for a moment. One moment turned into another moment, and then another, then another.

Pikachu and Infernape stayed by Ash's side, awaiting orders should they be needed. The ball continued to shake, and the tension in the area continued to rise. Then, it finally happened.

The ball snapped, stars appearing out of it. Ash fell down in pure relief; it was finally over. His Pokémon sat down next to their trainer for a moment before Infernape ran over to the beast ball, picked it up, and handed it to its longtime trainer, who took and smiled in relief. He was barely even aware that Lusamine and the rest of the Aether paradise staff ran into the area to attend to all of them.

Lusamine rushed to Ash. "Did you—" Ash held up the beast ball with the faintest of grins on his face and said. "It's over." Lusamine let out a loud sigh of relief. She then noticed Lillie on the ground stirring and ran over to her daughter to check her condition. Ash saw something appear in front of him as he stared downwards at the ground and looked up; it was Gladion, who was looking at him with a grin on his face and his hand outstretched, offering his support. Ash groaned as he took it and was pulled to his feet.

Gladion spoke, the same grin on his face. "Close battle eh?"

Ash chuckled weakly. "Nothing I can't handle Gladion, where were you in the fight?"

He replied. "With my mother. Hope I didn't miss too much action."

"You only missed a mythical Pokémon attempt to blow me up with unseen attacks, beat my Pokémon up with an upgraded counter move, and have the ability to fly even though it's not a flying type." Ash joked. Gladion laughed. "Just another day in the life of a regional champion then… okay."

Lusamine motioned for Gladion to move out of the way so she could crush Ash in a tight hug. She said quietly. "Thank you for saving her, all of them."

Ash replied back in the same tone. "It was nothing."

Lusamine broke the hug and Ash handed her the beast ball slowly. He grinned a little, his lower lip cut from the force of the explosions that had hit him. "Be careful handling that one, I don't know if the tech you have will be able to hold off Delveon's pure power."

Lusamine raised an eyebrow in worry. "Are you saying we can't handle it?"

Ash motioned to the destruction that lay waste nearby. "If this is any indication, you need all the help you can get. My advice? Hold off on investigating and studying Delveon until I can keep a close eye on it, something tells me it won't be easy capturing this Pokémon should it escape again." He explained.

Lusamine stared at the Alola champion for a good few minutes before sighing in resignation. "There's no changing your mind is there?" She said with the faintest of grins on her face. Ash shook his head. "No, there isn't. My third matchup is against Barry in two days' time, after that, you're free to do as you please in terms of studying Delveon." Lusamine chuckled aloud, almost not believing Ash was this serious. "Ghost, please, surely you must be—"

"Champion's orders." He cut her off. Lusamine's eyes were as wide as saucers after that statement from their champion. Lusamine had been working side by side with Ash for over half a decade, with three years as the regional champion. Not one single time did Ash ever use those words to try and coerce someone into doing as he believed. Lusamine now realized just how deadly serious Ash was. She recalled just how beaten and battered the guardians had been and the worries that radiated out of Ash's voice when he called in for backup. She had asked for confirmation, but the line had been cut dead, raising her suspicions. Thankfully, using the "Last Known Location" feature on the earpiece, they quickly tracked Ash's location and immediately left to that spot.

She was now seeing that it had indeed been an emergency, and one that could've been far worse had Ash not been there.

Ash winced a little and shook his head. Lusamine blinked. "What is it Ghost?" He mumbled. "I… I don't know… I feel awfully lightheaded…" Then, he sat down on the ground, trying to understand what he was feeling. He spoke a little more firmly. "I'm going back to the league. I… I think I just need some sleep." He tried to sound as determined as possible, hoping Lusamine would buy it.

His prayers were answered. "Oh! Of course, you're bound to be exhausted after that brutal chase with Delveon. P-please, don't worry about a thing, we'll take care of everything."

A few moments passed, and just like that, Ash was sailing through the sky on a fully healed Charizard. "Rar?" It said as it could feel it's trainer dozing off, or rather, fighting off something as desperately as he could. Ash mumbled. "Just… get me back to my chambers Charizard. I… don't know what's happening to me… it feels like I'm being torn apart b-by something…" The words only encouraged Charizard to fly faster. Charizard was well-aware of Ash's dominant mental strength and power. To feel him this… lost… only made Charizard worry more for his trainer.

After a good five minutes of sailing through the air at a breakneck pace, they landed on the balcony of Ash's chamber in the league. Ash stumbled off and collapsed to the ground before pushing himself to his feet. What was happening to him? He had double… no… triple vision, he felt like vomiting on top of it. He had no clue why he was suddenly feeling like this. He felt as though he would retch at any moment.

Ash shakily said. "I…I-I don't f-feel so good…" He then suddenly froze. Charizard saw his trainers eyes suddenly glow a bright blue, and Charizard watched as Ash stood rigid in his spot for a few seconds. Then, Charizard could only watch in slow motion as Ash fell forward and collapsed in a heap on the floor. His body was lifeless.

"Rarrr!" The fire-type dragon cried out. Pikachu, who was also watching in terror, squealed in horror. Sprinting at a breakneck pace, Pikachu urged on quickly to try and find someone, anyone that could possibly help his trainer. Pushing open Ash's door that led to his chambers, Pikachu sprinting around the league with fear as a booster to try and find an elite member. Arriving in the main common room for the elites, Pikachu saw a figure on the couch. He sprinted over to the figure and began tugging on their leg.

"Pi! Pi! Pi!" The electric-rat cried. The brown-haired man said in confusion. "Uh… Pikachu? What are you doing here?" The mouse motioned for him to follow him with a sense of urgency. Xavier groaned. "Come on man, is it really that serious?" Pikachu was fighting the urge to leave Xavier and try to find someone who legitimately took the Pokémon seriously. The more he thought about it, though, Pikachu realized he couldn't risk it. Pikachu sprinted back in the direction of Ash's chamber and Xavier sighed.

He pushed himself up and slowly followed. 'What could Ash's mouse possibly want…' Pikachu was motioning for him to come faster and Xavier refused. He was drained from watching all of the battle's that had occurred that day. He just wanted to relax for a while. He walked lazily into Ash's room while rubbing his eyes and yawning. He then stopped when he saw Pikachu shaking Ash's body, which was lying on the floor with his eyes glowing a bright blue and not showing any sign of life.

Xavier felt a burst of adrenaline rush through his systems. He sprinted towards Ash's body which had just managed to slip past the balcony outside. He slid down and yelled. "Oh shit! Oh shit!" Ash was definitely unmoving. Xavier felt for a pulse and felt a steady but slow thumping. He tapped the watch on his right wrist and spoke into it. "Calling all elites, I repeat, calling all elites. This is Xavier Blackmon, specialist of fire and ground types. I need all elites to report to Champion Ghost's chambers immediately; this is not a drill. Report to Ghost's chambers immediately." He hung up and swiftly asked Charizard. "Did you just get back from doing something?"

Charizard nodded. He stayed on one knee next to Ash and it was only another moment before Zandra was standing in the doorframe. She screamed. "Oh god!" July was right behind her and they both rushed in. Xavier explained. "Pikachu motioned for me to follow him and when I did he led me right here, Ash was already on the floor." July was already speaking, almost completely missing Xavier's words as a whole. "Pick him up and move him to the bed, now." The three of them hoisted their champion onto his rather large king-sized bed and July worriedly said.

"I've never seen him like this before. His eyes are all out of sorts, it's almost like he's being controlled."

Zandra murmured. "That makes two of us…"

Xavier, suddenly becoming the perceptive one of the bunch, spoke aloud. "Where the hell is Axel? I thought for sure he'd be here by now…"

"I'm right here." A voice said. The trio turned to see Axel walking towards them with a spring in his step, and accompanied by Lusamine and a banged up Kiawe, who most definitely had seen better days. Kiawe noticed the looks he was getting and sheepishly said. "So I got a little bruised… what?" The group shared the grimmest of smiles before turning back to Ash, who was still seemingly frozen in time. It was frightening to behold, but what was even more worrisome was that nobody knew why this was happening.

Everyone but one person. "I have a theory." The eldest person there said as calmly as she could. The eyes of all the people in the room flew to Lusamine, who had spoken up. "We all know Ash's standard eye color is Brown, Auburn, to be exact." Kiawé suddenly asked. "How is it that Ash can change his eye color? I never understood how he was able to do that!" Lusamine answered with a slight smile on her face. "One of Aether Paradise's more "out-of-the-way" inventions, various contacts that, instead of enhancing vision, change the eye color of the wearer. It's quite ingenious if you ask me." Lusamine smiled happily. The woman continued. "Back on topic, I believe that Delveon is connected with Ash's mind."

His elites gasped in surprise. "Wh-what do you mean? He is going to come back, right?" Zandra said, fear coloring her voice. Lusamine nodded. "I believe so. The catch of it is when. You see, as Sylveon's have a way of connecting with their Trainer's in a certain way, but, if my theory is correct…"

She hesitated. "I believe Delveon has literally connected it's mind with Ash's." Axel's eyes widened. "Then what will happen if we release Delveon from its beast ball?" Lusamine shook her head. "I don't want to find out. So, we're not going to find out. If this is some sort of trick, we'll need Ash up and rested to battle it again. Delveon is no joke when it comes to battling, it's one of the fiercest battlers ever."

July turned to the blonde woman. "Then what can we do?"

"Wait. With luck, he'll awake in not too long. I don't know what exactly is happening to him, but when he awakes, we must be ready."

Dream State… Ash…

Ash slowly opened his eyes and found himself standing on an island. The island was grassy and somewhat full of hills. He looked another way and spotted rolling plains. He looked one way and saw a stream of water. Deciding to try and get on top of the hill, he began sprinting to the top to try and figure out where the hell he was. The moment he got to the top, he closed his eyes and wiped the tiny amount of sweat that was formed on his forehead. Then, he blinked and saw that everything had changed.

It was now a vast desert. There were pyramids in the far distance, and no water or grass was even in sight. He looked down and saw that the grass beneath his feet had also turned into soft sand. He frowned. What was going on?

"Delveee…" Ash whirled around and saw Delveon standing there calmly, it's bright blue eyes glowing but its face impassive. Ash questioned. "What exactly am I doing here?" Delveon remained eerily quiet. Ash tried again. "Is there a reason you've brought me here?" Delveon did react this time: with a single and simple nod. Ash frowned; the lack of reactions was getting to him.

He was about to question further when all of the sudden his entire world changed. He saw that only he and Delveon appeared to be at present time. The scenery flashed again and again until finally it came to a halt at a picture of what seemed to be a royal throne of some sort. The walls themselves were made of gold, and the entire architecture was staggering. It was only then that he noticed a Pokémon sitting on a large mound of gold. It was not a chair, oddly enough, considering the rest of the layout.

He walked closer and saw it was a Ninetales, frozen in time, just like the rest of the Delveon that were—

Ash halted his train of thought there. He stared at the Pokémon with wide eyes. There were many of the Pokémon there, all seemingly the same: golden fur, bright blue eyes, rainbow colored gem on its forehead. They were all scattered around the Ninetales, seemingly receiving praise from the fox. There were at least ten of them just in the room, but it made no sense on why there were so many here! They were all supposed to be gone, swept away by the horrors that occurred over the territorial dispute—

And for the second time in a very short time, Ash paled and stopped his train of thought. This was a flashback of the waning moments before the Delveon species became extinct, or more accurately, seemingly extinct in the eyes of the public, and would become all but lost in time. He noticed the rather sad and far-away look in Delveon's eyes.

Delveon walked over slowly over to a Delveon that stood right next to the Ninetales. It was standing at firm attention and seemed to be the pack leader of all the Delveon. Ash noticed Delveon staring at this particular one with peaked curiosity.

"Do you know that Delveon?" He asked the sun-Pokémon. Delveon nodded slowly and Ash somehow knew exactly what the answer was. He said quietly. "That was you… wasn't it…" Delveon hesitated but shook it's head, signaling no.

'Perhaps this Delveon knew that one somehow?'

Then, the picture once again vanished and reappeared, and Ash couldn't help his reaction. He nearly retched.

The room that had once shown so much elegance was now one that commonly resembled a warzone. What's more, was that the Delveon appeared to have been slaughtered. Many lay limply in the royal room. Ninetales, staying true with the legend, was nowhere to be found. Ash was unsure of which Delveon was this particular one. As he turned to the sun-type, his eyes widened a little when he saw Delveon lying on the ground, head in between its paws. It was crying softly, much to Ash's horror. He knelt beside the fallen Pokémon and murmured. "It's… It's alright…" What else could he say? 'Everything is going to be okay…' Ash almost scoffed at his own hypothetical answer; all its friends had been massacred and he could say was "Everything is going to be okay?"

But there was one thing that was still bothering him. He carefully placed a hand on Delveon's back and murmured while staring at it. "I… I still want to know why you've taken me here Delveon…"

"Because I asked her to." Ash turned his head upwards and felt his heart nearly stop completely. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. There, in front of him, was a giant white Pokémon that appeared to be the size of a five story building. It's red eyes were shining brightly and golden objects clinging onto its stomach. Ash wasn't sure how long he had been staring at the Pokémon before he finally uttered out.

"Wh-wh-wha…" The Pokémon actually chuckled aloud when it heard Ash's dumbstruck reaction. The Pokémon said. "I will admit, that was not the reaction I was expecting from my chosen one."

In his stunned state, Ash did not even hear the ending of Arceus' sentence. He saw Delveon get up and stand next to Arceus and Ash managed to get out. "S-so… you asked her to take me to here? Why? Why me? And why… wait it's a she?" Delveon hmphed and turned her head away from Ash in annoyance. Arceus spoke. "Yes, my child is a she. She is also the last of her species, and is in desperate need."

Ash blinked. "Desperate Need? Of what?"

Ash wasn't so sure, but he could've sworn he saw Arceus smile. "A leader." Ash blinked again. "A-A leader? But didn't it's last uh… leader not work out so well? What kind of Pokémon do I need to search for…?" Arceus chuckled. "When did I say it was a Pokémon that was needed?"

Ash frowned. "I thought you just said that—"

"That Delveon needs a leader. Yes, that's what I said. Think about that sentence more, chosen one." Arceus explained. Ash still wasn't catching onto Arceus' true meaning, but he did catch onto what Arceus said before that he missed. He raised an eyebrow. "Chosen One? Me?" Arceus frowned a little. "Don't you remember?"

Ash said. "I don't remember what?" Arceus' mind was reeling rapidly, how could this happen? Unless Ash had no idea what actually happened and legitimately forgot. Arceus questioned him as calmly as he could. "My Chosen One, do you remember my final words to you upon our last meeting…?"

Ash was frozen for a moment or two. He racked his brain desperately before Arceus. Arceus' worst fears had become realized. His chosen one was suffering from an illness called Amnesia. But why? How could he have amnesia about certain situations. After rapidly thinking, Arceus began to ask Ash questions about his past to determine what had been affected: Battle Frontier victories, legendary Pokémon sightings, Gym battles, every Pokémon he had ever caught, the betrayal, etc.

However, after some decent questioning with Delveon listening contently, Arceus came to the conclusion that Ash was only missing memories of the times he and Ash previously talked, most specifically, when he met Ash in person many, many years ago. It was a bit confusing though, why were only those specific memories affected? Arceus pushed it from his mind for the moment, though, and tried to focus on something else equally important: figuring out why he was suffering from these effects.

However, the all-knowing Pokémon already was fairly certain what the cause was of this: the betrayal of his so called friends. The legendary scowled. Only kids as stupid as them would betray the one he had deemed the Chosen One. He would make them pay, no matter the cost. It was part of the reason he was here, in dream form, talking to Ash. How could they all possibly do this to the poor boy?

Arceus decided to finally just cut to the chase. "Ashura… I must talk to you about something very important."

Ash watched the legendary expectantly. The most-powerful Pokémon in the world spoke. "It has come to my attention that one of my children mistakenly took you for an enemy and attacked. You see, you two may not share the same bodies, but you do share similar experiences. Both of you have suffered loss… betrayal… heartbreak… and most importantly…. Pain. She attacked you but as she did, she saw the greatness in you, the potential you have, and of course, the same painful experiences. It was then that she called me here to talk to you."

Ash nodded. "So the reason I was feeling so out of it was because I was being mentally called by you?" Arceus nodded. Ash continued. "I suppose that explains why I couldn't handle your power; you are the most powerful Pokémon to exist after all."

Arceus frowned. "Then why is it that I feel something still troubles you, Chosen One?"

Ash looked at Delveon. "Why is it that I'm here? What does "Find a Leader" mean? How am I supposed to find Delveon a leader that fits its needs?"

To Ash's surprise, Arceus actually began laughing at him. Ash spluttered. "W-what's so f-funny…" Arceus finished and said with a small chuckle. "Chosen One, you are not meant to FIND a leader…"

Arceus paused and said. "You are meant to BE a leader."

Ash's mind didn't register it for a few moments before all of the sudden, his heart stopped beating entirely. He stared at the God-Pokémon with incredulous eyes. Ash said as evenly as he could. "J-Just to reiterate, you're saying, if I understand you correctly… you want ME to be Delveon's TRAINER?"

Arceus simply nodded. Ash stayed quiet, pondering this choice that Arceus had given him. On one hand, he could see why Arceus believed he was worthy: they both had tortured and tormented pasts that involved some kind of betrayal, they both possessed potential and power that could be used for good, etc. But at the same time, did Arceus only want him to train Delveon because he was the chosen one, and their mutual betrayals fit Ash and Delveon perfectly? Was it a scheme of some sort by the god-Pokémon?

After Arceus had talked to him for some time about the possibility of Amnesia, Ash had to agree that it was at least possible that Arceus was telling the truth. After all, what did the white-Pokémon have to gain from lying to him? Ash's mind slipped in a few results like 'Money', 'Power', or 'A Bargaining Chip.' But Ash felt as though, at least until proven otherwise, he should trust the mythical being.

"I… Does Delveon want this?" Ash questioned after some time.

To answer that, Delveon walked up and rubbed up against Ash's leg. That answered that question. Suddenly, the image of the slaughter of Delveon vanished and was replaced by a vision of… Himself! It was him, lying in bed and eyes glowing a bright blue. He saw his elites, Lusamine, and Kiawé all standing around his bed and looking very worried. He saw July crying silently on Axel's shoulder. Then, he took notice of a girl crying on his form. His breath silently hitched.

It was May. Why was she there though? How long had he been knocked out for? Arceus said aloud. "It seems as though… my chosen one… that you are required to go back to your world. Remember… My Chosen… that you must not forget those who betrayed you. You must not forget to seek out old friends should times get tough and this is the most important thing to remember: Before using and wielding new potential, remember to test and discover this potential."

Ash opened his mouth to ask what "potential" Arceus was talking about, and the God-Pokémon simply smiled. "You will see what I am talking about, young one. This is not the last time you shall hear from me, My Chosen."

Ash covered his eyes as a bright light began to momentarily blind him. Arceus spoke its final words to him. "Good Luck, Ashura Ketchum, I shall be watching you from above…"

Ash's Bedroom Chamber…

The room itself was an interesting one. While most elites had their general "Style" to their rooms, Ash was not normal or general when it came to decorating. His room was essentially the size of three chambers, each one the size of a giant circle It looked a bit like a Venn Diagram. The door and entrance to the chamber was in the center circle.

In the left circle was his personal training section. There was a small pool, battlefield, and even a gym there. It was in this area that his elites could constantly find Ash early in the morning. Each circle was seemingly the size of a story of a small building. His entire league, naturally, was giant, so there was space to work with. In his center circle was his "private" bedroom that was essentially right as you walked in. Ash usually just flopped down on his bed and passed out if he really felt like it. It also had a rather large flat screen television on the wall directly in front of him.

Meanwhile, he also had smaller beds in the rooms that were meant for his faithful Pokémon that were small enough to sleep on the beds. He also had a desk and various contraptions that he would occasionally ask Clemont for help with. In the far right circle was his Balcony and "Business" section. On the Balcony, he could see ALT City perfectly from the view, and if anything was happening, he would know and could easily lend help to the villagers from there. He also had a television set that featured every single region's main news channel at once to see if anything notable or catastrophic was happening. He also smartly decided to purchase a PC device that would allow him to easily swap Pokémon at will.

However, nobody was in either the left or right room at this point: they were all standing over Ash's bed looking very forlorn. It was heartbreaking to see for the group of people, but Ash had been passed out for three days, and had yet to wake up. His matchup with Barry had been postponed. Thankfully for him, since he was the champion of a region and he was the host region, Axel had been able to schedule it while claiming Ghost was "off defending Alola from a extraterrestrial threat," and would return as soon as he could.

May had immediately come to them in question why Ghost wasn't battling, and they had brought her to him. She had refused to leave his side since, and it had been over a day now, and still Ash hadn't moved a muscle. Axel was slightly debating telling the poor girl about Ghost's true identity, but eventually had decided against it. She was crying over him softly and Xavier muttered. "When are we going to finally tell her what's really up…"

Zandra shook her head. "That's for Ghost to tell. Not us."

July nodded sadly and leaned her head on Axel's shoulder. Axel spoke aloud. "Alright everyone, that's enough for now. Let's leave Ghost to his privacy. You too May, it's time to go." She whimpered. "But he needs support!"

Axel shook his head and motioned for her to follow. She sighed sadly and tore her head away from Ghost for just one moment. She pushed herself off the bed, feeling more sad and depressed than ever. What was happening to her newfound boyfriend? She was the last one to leave the room, but just as she was exiting the doorframe, she heard someone say from inside the room in a raspy voice.

"H-hey! Where's everyone going! I'm not dead ye—" The person didn't get to finish his sentence before a gorgeous brunette flung herself at him, tears streaming down her cheeks. She cried. "G-ghost!" Ash chuckled and held her with one arm. "Hey… Hey I'm here now…" The rest of the crew filtered back into the room and Kiawé placed an arm on Ash's shoulder. "How you holding up there Ghost?"

May softly sniffed. "They told me what happened with the Ultra Beast… they explained the entire thing with them… what are you going to do with Delveon?" She asked, fear in her voice. Ash paused for a moment, trying to figure out how to break the news. A grin appeared on his face and politely asked to see the pokeball containing Delveon. Lusamine slowly handed it over, curious to what Ghost was planning.

He smirked and said aloud. "Why don't you talk to her yourself?" The whole room seemed to move in slow motion as Ash opened up the pokeball, or more accurately, the beast ball. Delveon let out a trill when it was released, and nobody in the room moved an inch. Axel's arm was over July, ready to protect her if the time came. Xavier had an eyebrow raised in challenge towards his leader. Zandra looked indifferent by the gesture.

Lusamine shakily said. "G-Ghost… what are you doing…"

Ash looked at Delveon, who nodded in understanding. Then, in his bare hand, he crushed the beast ball. Everyone stood back and watched as Ash casually reached behind him and felt what he was looking for on the backside of his Pokémon belt: a spare. He unclipped it and held it out to Delveon. Everyone's eyes widened in shock as they saw what he was doing.

Ash grinned. "So Delveon, do you want to come with me?" He held the ball out further so that it was not too far from the golden Eeveeolution. The Pokémon slowly walked up to it and tapped the ball on its forehead. "Delveee!" It said happily before being sucked into the ball in Ash's hand. It shook for a few moments before snapping shut. He cheerfully reopened the pokeball and Delveon trilled happily before lying down on the bed next to Ash, who did not seem at all bothered by it. He turned to the group who had a mix of awestruck reactions.

Ash cheerfully said. "I'm guessing everyone has some questions?"

The room's silence confirmed his thoughts. Ash chuckled aloud. "Well since we got time to kill, let's get started then, shall we?"

AN: Welllllll the Chapter is FINALLY Done! It only took me forever, but it's finally out. For those who have been waiting patiently, I hope you enjoyed the 9k word chapter. For those wondering why it took me forever to get this out, I shall explain now. Other than the fact that I am in college, I've had two periods of time that I've just been completely unable to type due to trips that I've been taking.

I took a trip back to my home in Pennsylvania for 4 days before coming back to catch up on missed work. Then, I left again for a 4 day trip to go to Detroit, Michigan to see the Lions play the Minnesota Vikings. I then came back and caught up on all the work I had next, and now I'm preparing for another round of exams.

Life is still coming at my fast and I'm trying to keep up with it all. I don't know how often I can post in all honesty. I try my best to post as often as I can but this one just slipped away from me. Imma try and keep it more consistent from now on everybody, so thanks for sticking around thus far.

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