Chapter 2: Breaking Ash Free of his Shell. Will Ash be able to Mega Evolve?
Alright guys so this chapter is going to be short, but they should get longer over the next few chapters as they are the war against the new evil team and the take down of Giovani.
"Logan, Dotty, Daniel, be careful you can't be breaking arms." Katelynn says as the three-stop running. "Sorry about them, they are still just pups." Katelynn explains who the kids are.
"Well I guess I should say a few things about the island. First off everyone here is related somehow, either marriage, adoption, or blood." She says as she shows a picture of everyone that has lived on the island or moved away. "You are related to Aaron by your mother's side. She was a descendent of Shad, and your father was a descendent of Aaron." She explains as I remember the tales of the two of them, from class.
"Alright so let me break down what this island has become, since it's ruin 10 years ago, after about three years, our leader here Aaron, took it over and made a home for himself and his wife to live in." She says as she points to a male in a red sweatshirt and a girl in a purple hoodie. "They wanted to settle down and raise a family." She says as she shows a picture of the pups. "And two years into living by themselves on the island she got the pups from her cousin who died from a team rocket attack." She says, "When they're parents died, the three of them came to live with their next closest relative, Aphmau and she has been raising them since." Katelynn says this with a smile on her face.
"Then came the mental trio, our schoolteacher Laurence, his sister Cadenza, and, after about two years Lucinda, our psychic trainer, and Dante a warrior from the Sinnoh region moved in." She says this after pointing to the four people on the picture she had handed to me. "Dante, became the head officer here on the island in charge of keeping the piece, Lucinda began to make out islands disappear from the world, using her mental psyche to make them vanish from memories of everyone that wasn't important." She says pointing to the blue haired knight in the picture and the orange haired girl. "Cadenza set up a shop here where she would make clothes from the wool of Mareep and Cottenee to make clothes and sell them to the other regions." Katelynn says as he phones vibrates. "Those five woke up, alright I'll be there soon to check them over but then we need to find their trainer." She says as she hangs up her phone and puts it in her pocket. "Alright so I have another person coming to give you the rest of the tour, something has happened at the center." She says as she begins to run towards the red brick building.
As I wait, I begin to wonder if my Pokémon made it, out of their training spots, or even if they made it from the lab. Was my mother alright, was she sad because I wasn't home. Worried because I disappeared. And what caused all my friends to betray me that way. It wasn't their personality, nor was it their forte. It was maybe an hour before a dude in a green shirt ran up to me. "Welcome to the island, Ash. Heard you needed a tour finished." He says to me. I smile and nod. "Where did Katelynn leave off. Oh, right Cadenza." He says as he begins to walk towards a new set of buildings. "The next set of arrivals was the three brothers, Zane, Garroth, and Vlad. We call them the Wreckers, as they are the wreckers of shit here on the island, we have been attacked on multiple occasions but these three are meant to defend us whenever." The kid explains. "Then came me and Katelynn, oh shoot, you don't know my name. I'm Travis, and me and Katelynn are here to provide some help around the island. Katelynn is an ambassador from sinnoh, and she moved her to set up trade and in times of war she is also our connection to Sinnoh should Unova attack. Me I was the ambassador for Kanto. However, they have been silent since the disappearance of the champion Red." He says as we walk by a building that had the insignia of eight regions. "It's funny, Kanto and the most region Galar have gone silent to their ambassadors." He says in a faraway tone. Like he was in deep thought. "Well anyways the next couple that came were KC and Dante. They are the ambassadors of Johto and Hoenn respectively, they are here if their enemy regions attack, however Johto hasn't had a war in millennia." He says as he points to a girl with pink hair and a hairband with cat ears on it. He also pointed to the man with blue hair and a red open chested vest. "Then there were the final four, Blaze is from Alola and is their ambassador, he is super relaxed and tends to do stupid things such as jump off cliffs and even fight Pokémon bare handed. But he is pretty smart and can come up with a strategy, even with the smallest of information." Travis says as he points to a tall kid with multicolored eyes and red hair. His skin is tan, and his muscle tone is great even though it could still use some work in the legs. "Then there is Kim, she is from Unova and is actually currently there working on getting trade set up here again." Travis says as he points to a girl who is reading a book. "The last two are Ein and Ivy. These two are an interesting pair, they are powerful together and weak apart as their regions require a lot of cross trade, Ein is from the Kalos region and Ivy is from Galar, however again they are in their respective regions getting things straightened out to help us out again. Something about trade again." He says and I just nod. "That's about it for the populace, oh and then there is the battling here, we only have official battles for rank and the gym the rest are battles till the last Pokémon faints." I nod as we make it back to the main buildings.
"Now there is also a tradition here on the island where you get to build your own house, with or without the help of Pokémon as this basically says that you are staying." I nod and we walk back from the main buildings to a huge building that was in the shape of a bank from the mainland. "This here is the town hall/Treasury." He says as two people walk by us. "This is where we get the building permits and our funds for when we leave to the other regions." I nod in understanding. "But is also functions to receive items or Pokémon of our new populace. As we get closer, I saw a shadow move in the tree line.
I ignore it at first but then, there is a rustle in the undertone bush, then two figures run out of the woods, they are both battling with swords and shields. Clashing viciously, knocking each other around and attacking violently whenever they see an opening. "Where are you." Garroth whispers to himself, as he appears behind me. He seems focused on the second swordsman, Black sword and shield, his eyes look like they are gone, like he is blind and the other had multi-colored eyes, one blue the other emerald. He has red hair and is swinging with wolf like charm, looking for a weakness in the defenses. They were even, two powerful knights clashing, just like the stories. But then out of the sky came another, he had silver hair with Azul tips, on his belt was six pokeballs, but all were unique. He had his hood up, which was cyan and had the symbol of what I thought was Deoxys. The symbol was a blue and red DNA strand, his pants, which were black, had the same symbol on the hem on the legs, none of it made since, deoxys was not a well-known being. But that wasn't the end to this kid.
He was maybe six feet tall, with an unova pokedex strapped to his belt, around his neck was a key necklace with a key stone in the top part, his sneakers had a blue streak in them, they appeared to be starters, but I wasn't sure. He was calm even as both swords were put to his throat. "That's time, welcome to the Wreckers, Steel." I hear Garroth say as he walks towards the kid, and the wind makes the kids hood drops. "He didn't hear you Garroth, got his headphones in again." The kid with Multi-colored eyes says as he knocks the kids head with the back of his hand. A pair of earbuds falls on the ground. Steel looks up and glares at the Multicolored eyed kid. Steel's eyes are Azul, with a hint of frost colored pupils. His skin that is visible is Alolan tan, with tribal marks all along one arm, the arm markings begin to glow and as a small sphere appears in the kids' hand. He then throws it at the Multi-colored eyed kid who dodges and tackles Steel to the ground. They began to roll around on the ground growling and yipping. However, Steel pins Blaze and lets out a howl. Logan, Dotty, and Daniel let off one as well and begin to laugh and giggle and begin to run around playing what I think is tag.
"Steel, Blaze, Logan, Dotty, Daniel, that's enough." I hear a girl say as a woman with a purple hoodie and tan shorts appears next to Travis. The five mentioned kids stop, they are perfectly still, Steel bleeding from the ear from where Blaze, bit it. Blaze, nose broken from Steel palm striking it. The pups were sitting like a dog would, they look fine, but Dotty has water under the eyes. "Yes Beta." Steel says in a calm, ninja like voice and kicks Blaze across the field. "Dick." I hear him yell as he rolls away. "Steel, what did your Beta say." The kid froze in place. A man with a red hoodie and black undershirt with black pants walks out of town hall and stands next to me. He radiates power, almost like he was a king. "To stop Alpha." Steel says as he goes to a bow. "Now play nice, or do you have to much energy." Steel was shaking in his boots, like physically shaking, maybe he was just crazy. "How about you fight the new kid." Steel nods and grabs my arm and drags me to a battlefield.
Steel then stops as we approach a field and growls. He was acting dog like, almost like he was raised by wolves. He walks towards the field and I see his hand twitch, He then let's out the loudest howl I have ever heard. His aura spreading across his arm like before, he rushed the field before punching the center. Aura flowed through the field as it left his arm. I hear the pups and the kid from before howl in response and then hear them all rushing towards the field. I see the other people from the populist appear in the stands, all of them. I knew this was something special for them based on that. Maybe this was some kind of initiation for Steel. The field shifts to that of the main four of Kanto's tournament league stadium. The rock, water, ice, and basic fields. I smile and step onto the green side. I then hear a growl and see Steel looking at me with ferocity. This was something new as he stepped closer to me. He began to walk onto the actual battlefield and take a step towards me as aura flowed around him. This was going to be a battle to see.
However, before the battle could begin, a thunderstorm came out of nowhere and we had to put the battle on hold, and we ran to our houses. However, once I was inside, I felt a presence that wasn't supposed to be here. "I always knew that you would be a good trainer, however, to hear what happened to you, I needed to see it for myself." I turn around and see Cyrus in my house, an etherious form of him but it was him none the less. "Now kid, you beat me at my greatest power, and you defended your ideals without pause, yet Giovanni took you out, why. Think about that and I may return to provide some more advice if you'll hear it." I nod as the etherious Cyrus disappears. However, the storm still raged outside.
It was so depressing and sad but over the sound of the thunder I heard the roar of a dragon. I panicked and ran outside. There was nothing as far as the eye can see, the shadow of the clouds was blocking out eyesight. "Where are you." I say as I grab a pokeball hoping that one of my alola Pokémon would work. "Ash head inside your house, your Pokémon are there." Then I saw it.
The dragon was big and seem to blend in with the sky around it. But I could make out a hint of red, maybe wings, and I knew that it was a Salamance. And it was heading straight for me. I quickly ran back to my house and try to find any of my Pokémon, one of my dragon types or even an Ice type, maybe even Boulder. I needed a team that would be strong against the Salamance's weaknesses. I hear it land in front of my house and let off a ground shaking roar. I got even more frantic looking for my Pokémon, it wasn't that the house I was staying in was a mess it was the fact that I had just woken up from a coma today and had no idea where anything was.
When I finally found the case that contained my Pokémon, I saw that they had been arranged by region and type. Region first, type second. I quickly grab what ones I need and rush outside. The Salamance was rampaging through the island's town square. I see that the people were protecting the kids from the pseudo legend, but that seemed to make it angrier. I pulled out Glalie's pokeball and threw it forward. It snapped opened revealing the ice-covered rock Pokémon inside. "Glalie, show them how we do this." I say as it begins to spin. "SALA!" The dragon roars as I grab my key stone. I feel something telling me to use the power and bond with Glalie. The Salamance hears another Pokémon and turns towards us. Upon seeing me it calms down and walks over to me. It lets out a whine and lays down in front of me. In its mouth is a backpack with the insignia of the Johto Champion. "Wait are you, Lance's Salamance." I say as I take the bag from the dragon.
As I open the bag, I see that there is a letter with six pokeballs inside. I open the letter and read it.
"Dear Ash, I am sorry to inform you that your mother Delia Ketchum has been murdered by the leader of the fallen team Plasma. Ghetsis has been arrested however your mother was too frail to survive the attack and has passed. However, in her will she left all her Pokémon to you. These are the first six, upon this Salamance's return to me, the other shall be here, I am sorry to have to be the one to inform you of this cousin. But I also must tell you to not return to the Kanto region for her funeral as Ghetsis, Giovani, Zander, Archie, and Maxie have combined to form team Alpha.
You should also know that Giovani is the current Kanto champion and your former friends have taken over the gyms and contest leagues of the region. But that is not all, the good news is that Diantha, and Cynthia are looking for you as well as the rest of the league champions and elite four, even those that are close to the level of a champion. The other champions have also agreed that if you step foot into our regions, you will be put under their protection and will help you anyway we can.
So please remember that I love you cousin and I will see you soon, Cynthia and Diantha are already here waiting for Salamance's return and they have some friends of yours that are still on your side and hope that you are safe."
I smile as I read the note. The sadness that would be evident was there. Deep down because I knew my mom wouldn't want me to be sad. She'd want me to smile. Smile and brighten the day as I took on the new challenge that was my life. "Aaron, I need to be trained, trained to use aura, and the psyche. Trained to show no fear, and how to be a guard. I need to become smarter and analyze the battlefield without knowing anything of my opponent. I need to learn to Mega Evolve and use the other Z-moves." He smiles and I see that he knows that this is my determination. "Alright Ash, tomorrow I want you at the Coliseum." He says as I take the new Pokémon into my house.
The next day I arrived at the coliseum, which was just the local gym, and my training began. I was training to become the new Master of Alola, and then the Pokémon master of the world.