Chapter 4: Mending and Battling.

You guys wanted this story, and I brought it back to life with chapter 3, it was really weird when I took down the rewrite notice and saw two reviews pop up, asking me to update the story, Some PMed me about the story giving ideas. Now I can't promise this chapter is going to be any good, but I can promise that there will be a little bit of fluff, or at least attempted fluff.

Also relating to the Fluff, there is no rule book I can find for Aphmau characters that aren't already paired up, so I may do somethings that will offend, or make you angry, but I have to ask you to be like Elsa, and let it the fuck go.

The Mansion Lucinda POV

I began to heal those that came into the house from the paradise. Both people and pokemon. Now I am not a physical healer, I am providing mental healing. Removing the effects of the ray, from thier minds. It was a long grueling process that required my full attention and concentration.

The first two to arrive were an african man that had spiky brown hair. His eyes were squinted shut, and he was wearing a green vest over an orange shirt. He was the worst of it, the amount of mental breaking was horrible. It seemed to have started about 10 years ago, about the time that Ash ended his Kanto journey, but it appeared to be in small doses, enough to allow, whoever was using the ray to manipulate him enough, to go to Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh, and meet up with Ash, travel with him, learn what he could and report to them on the findings.

However the other person, a girl with orange hair, had it in higher doses for a shorter time. This being enough to convince her to go to the orange islands and Johto with Ash and learn what she could from him there. However there is some blanks in the use of the mind control, meaning this girl had enough control at one point to maybe try warn Ash about the coming plan.

"How are they doing." I hear Cadenza say as she comes into my room. "They were hit with everything mentally, from basic mental control to the use of fear for torture. I may need some form of catalyst for the negative energy given off by the ray." I say as I begin to look at the next two of Ash's friends. The brother and sister pair from Hoenn. These two had an average amount of exposure, meaning that they were exposed to the ray for maybe 5 years on and off. May had most of it wiped when me and Travis looked at her earlier, however Max had would need a couple of those treatments. That may be enough to remove the ray from the system. "That ray was packed with Anti-Aura Psyche, Sabrina and Anabel were easy to remove from the affects, as their psyches are powerful enough to push past the anti-aura." I say as I remember how hard I worked on everyone the moment Steel, began bringing them in. Weakening the rays affect on them when they got in.

"Lucinda, you need to relax, I understand that these people take top priority, but you also need to relax yourself your working too hard." Cadenza says as she stands next to me. "Cadenza, they have hated Ash, because of someone else, for almost three years. I have to help them break free." I say as she begins to rub my shoulders. "Yes you need to help them, but you also have to relax yourself, come watch TV with us, I could really use my snuggle buddy." She says as I just sigh. "Why do you always win." I say as I stand up. "Fine, one movie, but I am having one of the Wreckers keep an eye on these people." I say as I leave. I walk down the hall and see Steel breathing heavy, he is sweating and seems to be distracted. "Steel, you alright." I ask the young Wrecker. "Yeah just used a lot of aura to transport them all here." He says as I see his mark isn't glowing. "How much aura did you use, you are only able to teleport two at a time, and there were at least 30 people there. That's 15 trips at least, and that was without your partner." I say as I see a faint glow return to his marks, but then it goes out again. "Yeah it took a lot out of me, but I should be fine in an hour or so." He then closes his eyes and seems to concentrate on pumping aura through his body. I see the glowe return again but only briefly. "Maybe 2." He says as he tries to walk away, only to start limping.

"Aura is a powerful force, just like psyche it takes a lot of the person using it if the user over uses its power. He just learned to use aura last year, and he has over used it when he transported all those people." Aaron says next to me. I jump into Cadenza's arms because he startled me. "So you saw it to huh." I hear Travis say as I look behind me. "Yeah, he can't bring it forward, that could mean that he can't summon aura anymore, or that his aura is finally finalizing with it's catalyst." Travis says as I see someone run past me. "Sorry Lucinda, Ash and I are having a battle can't be late." What I think is Garroth, says as he turns a corner.

"This family will never be normal." I say as I sweatdrop. "Although we would never have it any other way." Aaron says as we all begin walking out of the lab. "So you think Ash is actually at the battlefield or is he in the room with those three from the islands." Cadenza says. I hear a squeal, from Nani, as she comes running through the hall. "He kissed her, it was on the forehead, but it was still a kiss, I have to find Aphmau, she has to know about this." I see the normal calm and collective girl run along the wall. "Kawaii~Chan, stop." I hear Zane say as he runs after he, using aura to run along the ceiling. "Okay Aaron you have a point however, there is something that makes me nervous, the last time KC did that it was back in Galar, on Mystreet when she finally saw you and Aph together." We all laugh at that, we don't even remember who said it, just laugh because that's what we do. We are family.

Steel's Room, Steel POV

I look at my markings and see that they are turning black. I should have dodged while in the lab, I should have realised what Faba was doing. He wasn't using the anti-aura cannon. It was a new device, meant to hit Ash. To fully drain him of his aura. To make one die from thier life force being drained. "Mr. Delacroix, I have the test results, it seems that you do have a clock to beat, maybe a month left before the last of your aura leaves your body, and you die." Mrs. Wicke says as she removes the reader from my arm. "What can we do about this, what can we do to keep me alive." I say as I see my mark go lower and lower. "You said the weapon Faba was using is still in the paradise somewhere. If I could find the weapon, I could maybe reverse engineer it." She says as she begins to look at my marks. "That would take to long, however, and there is no telling what would happen if you began to use aura, it might shorten the amount of time." She says as she began to run her hand up and down the marks. "You have a strong aura, maybe getting a second partner could boost yours enough to beat the affects. But that could also take over a month." She says as she pulls her hand away. "You know I do know someone that might be able to help here on the islands, but she's on Poni, you might have to miss the tournament." She says as I look at her with a 'Yeah Right' face. "Obviously that's not an option."

She begins to pace. Trying to come up with an answer, there was no guarantee that this woman in Poni would be able to help me with my problem, the partner thing might work, but what Pokemon besides a Lucario could help me, and get on my wavelength as quickly. Then there was the reverse engineering thing, Wicke could do something about it, however that is no guarantee that would work as well, in fact it might make it worse, because we have no idea who else was hit with the ray or how many auras were absorbed. No matter what I did, the easiest way to live was to find a second partner. "Well mom, if I die by the end of the month, I want you to know, that I love you, and that I died doing what I love to do, and that I was loved." I say to myself as I think back to my mom. What would she do, then something clicked into my head. "My mom had an aura partner, I still have the pokemon, do you think that would work, I wouldn't need to bond to much with it, and it is already on my wavelength." I say as I look at Wicke. "Yes if the Pokemon could use aura, even in the slightest, it may allow you to push past the effects of the pulse." She says as I jump off the bed and walk over to my PC.

"Let me get it here, and I hope this work Wicke, I can't leave this world, I have a family, I have a reason to live." I say as I select the pokemon. My mom was always one to be prepared, this Pokemon was captured the day I was born, by my father, my mother raised us both together, and the day my parents died, it helped me escape, I really hope I can bond with it, we are already on the same wavelength, thanks to my mother.

(AN: Take a guess at the pokemon. To help, I give you the type. Pure Fighting. And can manipulate aura well enough to count.)

Ash POV

"Take the Stage, Sylveon." I yell as I throw out my eeveelution. The ribbon pokemon appeared, letting off a cute little squeak. "Alright, Draddigun take the stage." Garroth yells as he throws his mighty dragon forward. The Dragon roars, shaking the ground, it was powerful I could see that from it's aura. "Garroth, you have the first move." Zane says as the match begins. "Draddigun, flamethrower, make it count." Garroth yells as a massive jet of fire is launched from Draddiguns mouth. "Sylveon, Protect, then use Reflective Screen." I say as Sylveon throws a green barrier up around itself, the flames bounce harmlessly off of the barrier. Once the flames concede, I see my fairy type throw up two invisible barriers making my teams defence and special defence raise dramatically. "Draddigun, Dragon Rush to get close, then use incinerate." Garroth says as I see the purple energy surround the dragon type. "Sylveon, wait til last minute then dodge by sliding underneath." My Ribbon pokemon obeys. As the purple missile that was Draddigun rushes towards her, Sylveon runs forward and slides underneath the dragon, "Draining Kiss, Now." I say as Sylveon kisses the dragon and drains its energy. She takes a small amount of damage from Draddiguns rough skin ability, but she just shakes it off and begins to bounce around the battlefield. "Draddigun, use your moment, pivote and continue your charge." Garroth yells to his dragon, only for the dragon to stop it's rush.

"Sylveon, now while he is staled. Use Misty Terrain, then combo Fairy Wind, with Moonblast." Sylveon followed the commands almost perfectly. "Shut it down Draddigun, use Bulldoze." Garroth says as I look at the ground around me and my Pokemon as it begins to shake. "Sylveon, Baton Pass Now." I say as my ribbon pokemon does the move. She flows back to a pokeball, as I grab my next partner. "Corviknight, make it count." I say as my Galarian Raven Pokemon appears. "Smart Ash, almost ingenious." Garotth says, as I smirk, "Corviknight, use Iron Defence and Metal Sound." I yell as my bird Pokemon does the command. "Raise your defence and drop mine, what are you thinking." I hear Garroth whisper. "Draddigun, back off and use Hone Claw, boost up your attack as much as possible." Garroth says as his dragon pokemon backs off. "Now, Corviknight, U-turn, rock and roll." I say as my avian pokemon rushes forward and slams into Druddigon. Draddigun falls to the ground fainted and Corviknight returns to her pokeball. "Sylveon Take the stage again." I say as my ribbon pokemon appears.

"You did well Druddigun, return, take a nice long rest." Garroth says to his Dragon type pokemon. "Defend the Lord, Tyranitar." Garroth yells as he throws a pokeball forward. "Sylveon be ready." I say as I get into a battle stance. "Locking in Crystal." I say as I snap my fairium-Z into my Z-ring. "Ready." I ask my Eeveelution. She nods to me and we begin to move through the motions. Remembering how, Aaron taught me how when I first arrived on the island. I feel my aura kick up as well, as I finish my motions. "Let's go, Twinkle Tackle." Sylveon nodded and began to run full force towards Tyranitar, gaining a pink aura. She plowed through the pseudo-legendary, for highly effective damage. "Sylveon Baton Pass." I yell as Sylveon returns to its pokeball, I grab Corviknights. "Let's go, Corviknight." I yell as I throw out the raven pokemon. I wait for Tyranitar to stand back up, but it never happened. "Tyranitar is unable to battle, the winner is Sylveon, Which means that the winner of this contest is, Ash Ketchum." I hear Zane say as I fall to the ground. I was tired that Z-move took more out of me than normal.

"I have to say Ash, your batting skills have improved greatly since you joined us on the island. I remember when you first got there. You couldn't use all the Z-moves, and definitely couldn't mega evolve. But today Ivy sent me something else for you." I hear Aaron says as he walks onto the battlefield. I nod and stand up with the help of Garroth. "Ivy found this in the Galar, region, said that you might recognize it." He handed me a pokeball, It was dented and rusted but I could still make out the feeling of the red lines. "This pokeball, it was never opened right." I say as Aaron nods and I take the ball. It was dad's first pokeball. And no I do not mean Charizard. "Alright, everyone I am going to ask you to back away." I say grasping the ball tightly in my hand. Everyone on the battlefield began to take a few steps backward. "Show them your power, Pidgeot." I call out the giant bird pokemon and it begins to fly high in the sky.

"Your dad left us some of his pokemon. I believe he said that they were his top 20 strongest, pokemon, seeing as he released his legendaries and they have already joined you. You'll be receiving these pokemon as time goes on." Aaron says as Pidgeot flies down next to us. "You remind me of my own pidgeot." I say to the bird as it flies around. I stroke the feathers on her head. "I was always curious about dad's Pokemon, I knew the day he died that someone had to have them, one of every Pokemon in the world, minus the legendaries of course." I say as I move my hand down to the feathers below the neck, petting them. "But I only have his top twenty, meaning that he sent the others to someone else, do you know where he sent them?" I ask the Alpha. I had begun to stroke the birds back, and it began to coo in enjoyment. "Believe it or not, those Pidgeot is one of the ones we didn't have, she is his 21st strongest Pokemon, they were heading to a friend of his in the Galra region. Well actually two friends, Victor and Gloria. However, we got a call from them saying that someone had stolen some of the Pokemon, but they had been recovered, however a couple were still missing. Pidgeot being one of them, Kim also sent one over, this one being a ninetails." Aaron explained as the nine tailed fox appeared next to him. "These two will be joining you, as well as the twenty, and Aphmau went to retrieve them." Aaron says as I sat down and the Pidgeot takes her place next to me, and the ninetails lays at my feet.

"Have her bring them to my room please, I need to rest, this is a lot to hit me at once." I say as I walk back to the Mansion and enter the main doors. I walk to my room and lay down on my bed. So much had hit my mind. First was the fact that my friends didn't betray me of thier own free will, that they never meant for me to die. Then to find out that Lillie was targeted, all because of one person's selfish needs for power. All because I left her in the Alola region without a way to defend herself. What was I doing. I should have stayed with her, or taken her with me.

But then I stop, she would never have been safe either way. Giovani would have never stopped, he would have found her eventually. She was always a target, he wanted me, and was going to use her to get me. One way or another. My aura, it was one of the things he needed, but what was it needed for? He would have control of the legendaries if he got control of me. Was is because my aura was to powerful, was it because he had to control the legendaries for his plan to what was his plan. He dismantled team Rocket at the end of Alola, they weren't working, and what of his pokemon. "Ash, I have a package for you if you want it." I hear a gentle voice say. I instantly jump from my bed. "Lillie." I say as I rush forward and crash my lips onto hers. I had grown a fair bit taller than her. I towered over her now. "What are you doing here." I say once I stopped for air. "Lucinda said that I was okay, that the anti-aura, it was gone." She says as she hugged me close. "I was so scared I was going to lose you. They would break me mentally, emotionally, but not physically, I would still fight even if my mind wasn't with me." She said as she began to sniffle. "They wanted me to hate you, wanted you to die. They were using psychic types, and ghost types to weaken my mind." She said as I hugged her closer. "Don't worry about that anymore." I say as I kiss her neck. "I'm just happy you're awake, that you are safe. Because now I am not leaving your side. I will be forever your guardian." I say as she begins to laugh, I always forget the she is extremely ticklish in the neck.

"But what are you doing back in Alola, I thought you had a league to win." She says as I lose my smile for a second, but then put it back on. "I decided that I should take on Alola again, maybe even take on the elite four." I say to her as I let go of her. "Hey I have someone I have to go talk to, my Pokemon are in my room and have been wanting to meet you." I say as I turn and begin to run down the hall. "I will be back, don't worry." I yell back to her. I then use my aura to jump. Vanishing from her sight and appearing in Lucinda's office. "Lucinda what can I tell Lillie." I say as she turns. "She knows what she can remember, since she wasn't part of the raid on the island or your home, she will not know that you left Kanto, or that your mom is dead." She says as she begins to stand up. "She will need to know what happened to you, these past couple of years." She says as I sit in a chair. "She would never forgive any of them, she fought them for a year and a half, they broke her mentally, emotionally, but she would physically fight them off, she had to. She was afraid, that women was never afraid when we were teenagers, we fought ultra beast for Arceus sakes. She isn't afraid of anything." I say as I finally look Lucinda in the eye. "How do I tell her it wasn't thier fault, how do I tell her that they tried to kill me, how do I tell them my mom is dead, how do I tell her that I am not alright." I say as a cool red aura, spread across my arms. The aura of anxiety. "She will be mad at them, and that is one temper I never want to see again." I say as I finally let my mind relax. "Ash you are going to need to breath. Just tell her and explain everything, even what Giovanni did." Lucinda says as I stand back up. "Your friends from Alola and Kalos as also awake, I have never seen someone recover from anti-aura so quickly. They must have been fighting, even if it didn't look it, they must have been fighting." She says as she hands me something. "By the way, Aphmau forgot this, she said that you wanted all of these guys." It was a pokeball, and it had the picture of an Alakazam on it. "Dad's Alakazam is in the top 20, who else was up there." I say as I hug Lucinda and leave her room. Running down the hall, and using my aura to jump again.

When I get back to my room, Lillie is at my PC, and is looking around my room as if looking for someone. "You didn't tell me the whole truth earlier, so I am going to ask you again, what are you doing in Alola." She says, and I already see her temper starting to boil.

Lillie POV

"So I ask you again, what are you doing in Alola." And that was when Ash's face went from a smile, to a look of sadness. "I left Kanto, because I was betrayed by all of my old friends, Giovanni forced them to do this, they tried and almost succeed to kill me, Travis here on the island saved me from that fate, but two years later Giovanni found me again and sent those that were at the pillar that day came again, and no one could save Pikachu, they killed him, killed him in cold blood, and that was the end of that, I found out that Giovanni had set up base here in Alola and so I came here. In hopes that I would be able to find his base and put an end to his plans, and we did that thanks to May, the rest you already know." Ash says as he sits on the bed. "About a year before the raid, I recieved a letter from my cousin, Lance, in johto, telling me that my mother had been murdered and I was going to be receiving her pokemon. I have them all still." He says as he stands up. "They didn't do these things conciously. But it still happened, I can't promise that me and your friends from Alola will be happy with them, but we can keep the peace." I say as he sits down. I see how he has changed since the day he left, his arms were more developed, and so was his chest. I sigh as I sit next to him. "So what is your plan from here." I say as he looks at me. "Show the Alola region, the power that I have gained, show the world what I have become, and if the other teams come after me than so be it." He says as a smile appears on his face.

I see him getting pumped and I do so as well. "Well then, show me what power you have now, I want to feel every ounce of fighting spirit." I say as I grab his arm and begin to drag him down the hall. He needed me now more than ever. I had to become his anchor. I may have needed mending mentally, but he needed more mending than anyone on the island. And I was going to be the one doing the mending.

Alright guys that was chapter 4, tell me what you think and as always, this is the Lost Brothers Grimm, signing off