We Are back for the first chapter! It may or may not be fillery, but it will give you some insight on things yet unseen.

I will be answering a few reviews that I saw, ones that stuck out.

Do I have a schedule? No, not really. It stressed me out too much, lol. I just write when I get inspired!

Rockster also pointed out I may have some grammatical errors with it's and its. I, so far, haven't caught these, but I promise to look for them closer in the future.

I wanna thank everyone for their continued support, and as I always say

ON TO THE SHOW!

Chapter ~ Franklin's Discovery

"Now, this is what I call a break!" Caleb celebrated as everyone relaxed on the beach side. Abel, Aubree, Bonnie, and Max were all playing in the ocean, with their Pokemon, as everyone else lay on the beach.

"I agree, this is much nicer than what Little Rock Island had!" Justin commented. The guys all had normal swim trunks on, and, with the exception of Clemont, all wore shades as well. Serena wore a silk dress as she sat on a straw chair that the beach offered. Bonnie and Aubree both wore one pieces that they had gotten from Rocket Emporium, as well as having their hair in pony tails. Anabel, who had also decided to come along, wore her usual attire, with a scarf.

Ash looked at Anabel in confusion. "Why are you wearing a scarf?" He quizzed. Anabel looked at him like he were crazy.

"The real question is why are half of you not wearing shirts. It's almost Winter, and a snow storm is coming." She answered. Ash looked around him.

"Come to think of it." Serena added, sitting up. "We're the only ones on this beach, aren't we?" This got everyone's attention. They turned around to see that they were indeed the only ones on the beach.

The skies were a dark gray, with the wind slowly picking up.

I-I think we should get out of here." Serena stammered, starting to shiver.
"R-right. Where are our clothes?" Clemont asked, looking around.

"We didn't bring any! Only our swim wear!" Justin told him. Slowly, snow started to fall, as the wind picked up. The teens in the group quickly running out, shivering.

"W-w-who t-t-turned off the heat!?" Aubree complained, as she grabbed a towel and wrapped herself up in it.
"Who's idea was it to come here a-a-any way?" Max whined as he also grabbed a towel.

Everyone turned to Caleb, who scratched his head.

"Heh heh, uhh. That would be me." He said awkwardly. Ash shrugged it off.

"We'll worry about that later, come on, guys, we need to get to the Pokemon Center!" With that, the crew began sprinting for the Pokemon Center, as the weather picked up.

X.x.X

(Snowbelle City theme)

Franklin opened his laptop in the cafe bar. The snow outside began to pick up, putting all of Rementano under a blanket of snow. Some people watched the outside, as others sipped at Cocoa. Franklin continued to look at his laptop, signing in, as he drank his coffee. He hand't gotten much sleep in that past week, since he was nearly choked to death by a force he hadn't seen. His mind had went back to that moment many times. Clearly, his client was no ordinary human. Maybe they weren't human at all. Franklin had considered leaving Genzu, but decided it wasn't in his best interest. Instead, he would do some research.

First, he researched his target; Ash. When the name came up, there were plenty of links. The newest one was about him returning to civilization in the Genzu tournament, but he didn't care about that. He went back to his history, and his friendships. Trying to figure out why Ash may have a target on his back.

For a kid, he sure did seem to get himself into a lot of trouble. Team Rocket, Team Magma, and Aqua. Team Plasma, Team Galactic, and even a bit of Team Flare. Plenty of criminal organizations who might want him dead. But to wait eight years, it didn't make much sense.

Instead, Franklin looked at his closer relationships.

His Father; unknown. That wasn't much help to Franklin.

His Mother; Delia Ketchum; Dead. Harsh, but not helpful either.

Close Relations; There were too many to list, but the one that struck him was Professor Oak. Wasn't the Professor the one who put a large bounty on Ash's defeat in the last round? Odd.

Franklin then pulled up an app on his computer, and began to use it. Before long, the IP address of Oak's system computers appeared. He then went to work.

X.x.X

Tracy had returned to Kanto to watch over the lab until further notice. Since his pokemon weren't the strongest, and he wasn't even in the tournament, he was of no real use there.

He went over the details of Oak's latest research, being that of baby pokemon, editing the document, and fixing any grammatical errors. He stopped, when he noticed an alert appear on another screen. Someone from Genzu had logged into the person email of Oak. Tracy quickly shrugged it off, deducing that it was the Professor logging in. He quickly went back to his editing, ignoring the alert.

X.x.X

Franklin's computer beeped, signaling that it had breached Oak's email. Franklin began to go over the information.

The snow outside began to soften, urging kids to come out and play, which they did. As the children outside enjoyed the snow while the adults continued to drink their coffee or cocoa, and watch the children play. All of them had smiles on their faces. All except for Franklin.

The projects that Oak had been researching.. some of them were.. disturbing to say the least. There was the occasional normal project, one that seemed to go public, while others appeared to stay confidential. Some of them were disturbing enough to almost make Franklin report this. Still, he knew we would probably get in trouble for hacking the 'Great Professor Oak'. So he put those thoughts aside.

In a mix of the emails, he saw a few sent to a Professor Pine. Deciding to check that professor, he traced the IP address and went to work. This one took a little longer than last time. Someone was trying to fight against the device. Franklin wasn't worried though. His computer had no IP, and couldn't be tracked.

The children threw snowballs, while others built snowmen, all laughing giddily.

The Crew ran past the children, Clemont even getting pelted with a snowball, much to his dismay.

"L-l-let's step up the pace! The pokemon center isn't far from here!" Ash yelled, the entire group shivering half to death by this point, aside from Anabel, who shook her head at the group's ignorance to the weather.

Franklin's computer beeped again, signaling his victory over whoever was trying to keep him out. He quickly scanned through the emails and projects, knowing they would be gone soon. Sure enough, what he saw was just as disturbing as before. Both of these professors; what were they up too?

Franklin shook his head. It didn't matter. He just wanted to get this job over with and done, so he would wait for an opening.

X.x.X

"Ahhh, much better!" Abel said in satisfaction as everyone relaxed in the hot springs, to heat themselves up.

"I can't help but feel like we missed something important today." Clemont stated, looking at everyone in confusion.

Aubree quickly shrugged him off. "What, playing in the snow? I'll save that for the children, thanks!" She laughed with everyone, as they continued to heat up and relax the rest of the day away.

For more battles would be heading their way, as well as looming threats edging closer and closer to their destination.

They would need their strength.

Chapter End~

Break Arc:

Chapter ~ Forgiveness

Chapter ~ Genzu Pokemon Show!

Chapter ~ Abel pt 1

Chapter ~ Abel pt 2

Chapter ~ Abel and Minun pt 3

J/M Arc:

Chapter ~ Dark Past.

Chapter ~ Jungle Escapades! Pull through, Aubree!

Chapter ~ Calm Before the Storm.

Chapter ~ The Perfect Team?!

Chapter ~ Mew Plays Match Maker?!

Chapter ~ Ash and Abel vs The Legendary Duo!

Chapter ~ A Battle Interrupted

Rainbows Arc:

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