AN: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanza or whatever holiday you guys celebrate. Those are like the only three I know, but I'm sure there are some I'm missing.

The trip back to Pallet town was tense. Jason and Sarah stopped at Carlos' camp, and had lunch.

"So. How did it go?" Carlos asked.

Jason and Sarah called out their giant Onix and Sandshrew.

"Oh wow. That's awesome. Can I battle them?"

"I've changed my battle style." Jason said. "I fight to end the fight as soon as possible now instead of seeing how the battle will turn out."

"Why?"

Because there is a darkness moving across this land that is going to hurt a lot of people if you do much as give an inch." Sarah answered.

Jason looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"What? To cliché?"

"Just a bit."

"Well do you need any help?" Carlos asked. "I'd like to help if I can."

"Not trying to sound like a jerk or anything, but..." Jason began.

"What can I do?"

"Yeah."

"I have camping knowledge and I can cook."

"The lunch was really tasty." Sarah said.

"Okay, but it might get really crazy on our journey." Jason said.

"So basically, it will be like camping in bad weather."

"Sure."

"Let's go then."

The trio made their way back to Pallet Town. They stopped off at Professor Oaks Lab."

"Jason. How are you? How is Elekid doing?"

"I'm doing fine Professor. So is Zeus."

"Zeus huh? That's an interesting name, but if you train him right, I'm sure he will be as powerful as Zeus was one day."

"I plan to train him to be the best he can be."

"Glad to hear it. Have you caught any other Pokémon?"

Jason walks out back and throws Hephaestus' Pokéball.

"Come on out Hephaestus."

Hephaestus emerged from his Pokéball into the air.

"Arceus in the heavens." Professor Oak exclaimed. "That's the biggest Onix I've ever seen."

"He chose me as his trainer. Sarah got a giant Sandshrew."

"Sarah? Who's Sarah?"

"Hello." Sarah said from Jason's side.

"Oh. Hello. Are you traveling with Jason?"

"Yes. He helped me out, and I want to help him back."

"Well. Do you have a Pokémon?"

"Two. My ghastly and my Sandshrew."

"Excellent. Who is that?" Professor Oak pointed at Carlos.

"That's Carlos. He asked to join us on our journey. He's a really good cook."

Professor oak laughed. "Make sure you stop off at your house before you leave Jason."

"I will Professor."

Jason's house

"Mom. I'm back from Mt. Hideaway."

"How was it? Did you see a lot of Pokémon?"

"A couple."

"Did you catch any new Pokémon?"

"I caught one."

"Well let me see them."

"That's not a good idea inside the house. Also, this is Sarah and Carlos. We are going on our Pokémon adventures together."

"Hi there. Are you guys going to be Pokémon masters too?"

"Yes." Sarah and Carlos said in unison.

"Excellent. Would you like to stay for lunch?"

"Mom. Could we stay the night and head out tomorrow morning?"

"I don't see why not."

The group headed outside where Jason let Hephaestus out of his Pokéball.

"Oh. My. Arceus. That is a big Onix."

"Yes. Yes, he is."

"Your brother is at school right now. So, the house is empty."

"Hey mom."

"Yes."

"Sarah's family was killed and she has no one else. I don't know how she feels but she needs help."

"Say no more." Selina turned to Sarah and walked her into the house. "Jason." She called over her shoulder. "Go get your brother from school."

Jason and Carlos left to the Pokémon school.

Jason's house

Selina looked at Sarah. "I think I still have it."

Sarah squirmed a little. "Have what?"

"My old trainer outfits. They might fit you."

"Did Jason tell you?"

"Yes, he did. I'm afraid that Jason is very much his father's son. He will stop at nothing to help those in need."

"Did he tell you the whole story?"

"No. He probably felt it wasn't his place to tell me."

"Last week. I was living in Hoenn. Then these men came into my house, killed my parents and dragged me out. When Jason heard what they were going to do to me he saved me from them."

"That sounds like Jason."

Sarah began crying.

"What's wrong dear?"

"Why did Jason save me? I'm not complaining that he saved me, but he did, and even after I tried to kill him, he... he..."

Selina grabber Sarah in a hug. "My son helped you because he was raised to help those in need. Even if you tried to hurt him, he would have helped you. You are a long way from home, you are scared, and you reacted out of fear. My son is an understanding one."

"How can you forgive me so easily?"

"Because. My husband forgave me. I can forgive you."

"I don't deserve your forgiveness." Sarah sobbed.

Selina grabbed Sarah. "Let it out. You just need to cry."

Tim's school.

Jason and Carlos were waiting for school to get out.

"So. How about a Pokémon battle to pass the time?" Carlos asked.

"I won't go easy." Jason said.

"I don't expect you to."

"Hephaestus."

"Amabie. Let's go."

"Hephaestus. Use Bind and squeeze Amabie."

"Amabie. Use Water Gun." Hitting Hephaestus. "Amabie has type advantage. Hephaestus may be one and a half kilometers long, but type advantage still works on it.

"Hephaestus. Use Ice Fang." Hephaestus coated his maw with icy energy and brought it down to bite Amabie.

"Move Amabie."

Amabie was to slow, and got bit by Hephaestus Ice Fang, freezing it.

"Kōjin. Let's go." Carlos threw out a Pokéball with a Numel in it. "Kojin. Use Ember."

"Hephaestus. Use Tail Whip." Hephaestus used Tail Whip and sent Kojin into a tree.

"Nice battle." Carlos said returning his fainted Pokémon. "Is there a Pokémon center nearby?"

"The closest one is at Professor Oaks lab. I'll take you there after we pick up Tim."

The two looked at the school where they saw a crowd watching them from the courtyard. The Crowd burst into applause.

Jason looked around the crowd to find Tim. He found Tim with a black eye and walked towards him with Hephaestus watching him.

"What's Wrong Jason?"

"My brother. He has a black eye."

"I'm not sure I know what that means."

Jason got to Tim. "What happened little brother?"

Tim pointed at some kids and said. "They said you could never be a good trainer because you would hurt your Pokémon. When I tried to stop them, they did this."

Jason looked over at the three boys who cowered at Jason's glare. "Hephaestus. Attack these three boys. Tackle." Jason pointed at them.

Hephaestus rushed at the three boys with a tackle attack. When he was five feet away, he heard Jason yell. "UP!" Hephaestus ascended into the air at the last second knocking the boys on their butts.

The crowd watched in horror at what had just happened. Jason had commanded such a giant Pokémon and it obeyed.

"What do you have to say now?" Jason asked the trio. "Am I a bad trainer?" He noticed wet spots on their clothes. "let's go Tim."

"WOW! How did you get such an awesome Onix?" Tim asked.

"I respected him, and he wanted to join me on my journey."

"Wow. That's amazing. You're an amazing trainer."

They were almost home when they got dive bombed by a Pidgeotto.

"Watch it!" Jason said.

"I challenge you to a Pokémon battle. If I win you will train me." Her voice was harsh yet graceful.

"And if I win?"

"You will train me to be the best until I can beat you."

"So why not just ask me to be your trainer?"

"I have to see where I stand."

"Okaaaay. Zeus lets go."

"I am the mighty Zeus. King of the Pokerran gods. You will cower in my presence."

"Pray."

"What?"

"You want them to pray to you. Not cower from you. That's how you get haters."

"Oh. Sorry. You will pray to me."

"Not likely. I bow to no man." Pidgeotto said.

"Then it's a good thing I am not a man, but a god."

"You're laying it on a little think there buddy."

"Oh. Sorry."

"It's fine. now Ice Punch. Follow it up with a Thunder Punch. When she dodges hit her with Thunder Bolt."

Elekid nodded and punched with icy energy. Pidgeotto dodged to the right, Elekid punched at her with electric energy. She dodged to the left and Elekid charged electricity in between his prongs, before shooting the electrical energy at Pidgeotto, hitting her in the chest."

"What was that?"

"What was what?"

"what was that? You were able to counter me before I even did anything."

"Oh. That. I have trained in being multiple steps ahead of my opponent. Also, I am not taking chances."

"What?"

"If you are going to be traveling with me, you'll find out. Do you have a name?"

"You don't remember me, do you?"

"No. Should I?"

"You saved me when I was a Pidgey."

"You're... that Pidgey?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't you come by before? Why didn't you want to be my starter?"

"Because I didn't know you would have wanted me as your starter."

"Well do you want to stay with me?"

"I want to be your Pokémon."

Jason held his arm up and Pidgeotto landed on his arm. Jason held out a Pokéball and Pidgeotto tapped it with her beak.

The trio made their way home. When they walked through the door Selina was starting on dinner.

"Mom?"

"Yes Jason?"

"Where is Sarah?"

"She's cleaning up before dinner. Tim! What happened?"

"I told the class that my brother started his Pokémon adventure, and some boys made fun of him. So, I told them that my brother was going to be the best trainer ever, and they punched me in the face."

"Did your teacher do anything about it?"

"She told them that I could have my own opinion."

Selina swore.

"Mom." Jason scolded.

"No. The teachers are that school are as useless as..."

"Mom. Not in front of Tim."

"Did you do anything?"

"Yeah. I showed them that I was a good trainer."

"Your father and I are going to talk to that school tomorrow. This is the third time Tim has been attacked by his schoolmates and they have done nothing!"

"What happened?" Bruce asked coming through the door.

"Tim got hit again by his classmates!"

"What. What happened?"

"I sent Jason to pick Tim up, and he came home with a black eye."

"We are going to talk to them, right? This is the third time."

"Yes, and you will threaten to sue them, and do a hostile takeover or something."

"I could talk to them." Jason suggested. "You two have spent enough time talking to them. Let me give it a try."

"You are ten years old Jason." Bruce said. "Leave this to your mother and I."

Sarah poked her head from around the corner. "Is everything all right?"

Bruce looked around the house and noticed that there were two extra kids in the house that he didn't recognize. "Hello. Who are you two?"

Carlos extended his hand and said. "My name is Carlos. I'm traveling with your son."

Bruce shook Carlos's hand. "So. Which member are you?"

"What?"

"In each group there are responsibilities. You have the cook, the fighter, and the medic. Which are you?"

"I guess I'm the cook sir."

"So that makes Jason the fighter and... You are?" He nodded at Sarah.

"My name is Sarah sir."

"Are you the medic of the group?"

"I suppose sir. I'm not sure."

"In a group of traveling companions there are certain responsibilities. You have the cook. The cook provides meals for the companions and their Pokémon. The Medic who makes sure to have revives, potions, and healing items. Then the fighter. The fighter is the one who not necessarily fights in Pokémon battles because you are all Pokémon trainers, but the fighter fights the non-Pokémon battle threats."

"Dear." Selina said.

"Yes?"

"This isn't back in our day. They don't teach that in school now."

"What do they teach then?"

"The basics like traveling, potions, basic berry mixing, that kind of stuff."

"How can they be trainers if they don't have the group system?"

"They will survive dear. Now. Let's have dinner so they can get to sleep and get a fresh start tomorrow."

They sat down to dinner. After they ate and cleaned up. Selina had the furniture moved so the trio could put their sleeping bags in the front room.

Bruce and Selina's bedroom.

"Dear." Selina began.

"Yes dear."

"I need you to hold me."

Bruce held Selina. "What wrong?"

"It's Sarah. Shortly after Jason got home, we began talking. She saw her parent's murdered in front of her before she was dragged from her house to be sold into slavery. The kind that fourteen-year-old girls should be kept away from at all costs."

"What should we do? What can we do?"

"I don't know. The only thing I can think of is making sure that she knows that she has a place here. Maybe even adopting her if she doesn't have anyone else."

"You have always wanted a daughter."

"But we can't force it. She has to want it."

"What else do you want to do?"

"I want to help them as much as I can. What happens if the people who took Sarah get Jason?"

"I pity them."

"I'm serious Bruce."

"So am I. You and I both know that the only way they are getting Jason is as a corpse."

"Thank you." Selina said sarcastically. "That is what I needed to hear right now."

"I have a few connections still. I can have some people keep an eye on them, and I can ask Dick to..."

"No. It's not fair to hold one child back."

"I suppose I can give him the protective gear that Wayne Enterprise has been developing?"

"Will it work?"

"It has worked on the adults who have tested it."

"That makes me feel so much better."

"Other than calling in my bodyguard I'm not sure what you want me to do."

"No. Jason is violent enough without being around that man."

"I can bring him in as a nuclear option?"

"Only as a last resort?"

"Only as a last resort."

"Okay."

The next morning.

Jason woke up to the smell of bacon. He got up, showered, got dressed, and sat down to breakfast only to see Bruce cooking. "Dad?"

"That's my name. Don't wear it out."

"What are you doing?"

"I wanted to talk to you."

"About what?"

"Your mom thinks that you might be in danger. She wants you to be safe, so I'm giving you this." He pushed a box towards Jason.

"What is it?"

"It's a prototype exo-suit. It will increase your strength by up to ten with work. If you try to use it times ten strength now you would hurt your body because it's not used to it."

"Okay. Thank you."

"you're welcome. Just don't use it with bad intentions."

"I won't."

Sarah and Carlos got up, Showered, and had breakfast before Sarah and Jason were called into Bruce and Selina's room.

"Sarah?" Selina asked. "You... I'm not sure how to say this."

"What my wife is trying to say." Bruce said. "We would like to adopt you into our family if you don't have anyone else. You have been dealt a bad hand in life and we would like to right that wrong. If you don't have any extended family, we would like to give you a place to stay and feel safe."

Sarah looked from Bruce to Selina, and finally at Jason. "You mean. Even after what I did to Jason. You still want to take me in?"

"That wasn't your fault." Selina said. "You were in a very stressful situation and you reacted. Was it badly? Yes, but in your situation, it can't be held against you."

"Am I dreaming?"

Jason pinched her shoulder.

"OW!" she yelped startled more than anything else.

Ghastly burst from her Pokéball. "What is wrong mistress?"

"It's okay." Sarah said, guessing what Ghastly had said. "I'm not dreaming." She looked at Bruce and Selina with tear filled eyes. "Do you really mean it?"

"We will have to make sure that you have no extended family, and if you don't, or if you do and they aren't good people then yes. We will adopt you." Selina said.

"If we can't though." Bruce added. "You will always be welcome here."

Sarah Jumped into Bruce and Selina's arms and started crying tears of joy.

Later

After Sarah stopped crying it was time to go.

The trio set out for Viridian city.

They were traveling for a few hours when Carlos spoke up. "Do you guys want to stop for lunch? It will take a couple of hours to make all the food."

"Sure." Jason said. "I'm going to let Hephaestus and Zeus out."

"HEY!" A man's voice yelled at them.

Jason spun around and saw a man who looked like he had been beaten run towards them. "What happened?"

"I need your help. They are after me."

"Who's after you?" Sarah asked.

"The family." The man said.

"Who?"

"The family. They are the mob."

"Why are they after you?" Jason asked.

"I work with the Jenny's. I was undercover trying to save Kreon and Pokémon alike. from their clutches. I was on my way to deliver this Pokémon to the Jenny's so it could get a good Trainer. The Family was going to raise it to cage fight."

"That's terrible." Sarah said.

"Yes. The family's main job is trafficking in Pokémon and Kreon."

Sarah began Hyperventilating.

"Sarah!" Jason yelled. "You need to calm down." Jason looked at the man. "What's your name?"

"My name is Charlie. You look like a good trainer. Will you take this Pokémon and protect it with your life? I will lead the family away and try and get back to the Jenny's."

"You just met me. How can you be so sure I'm a good trainer?"

"That pretty much just sealed it. Take Blaze. She needs a good trainer. Please keep her safe." Charlie said before shoving a Pokéball into Jason's hands and ran off. "Leave." He shouted over his shoulder.

Jason returned Hephaestus and Zeus, looked at Carlos and Sarah, and said. "We have to make it to Viridian city as fast as we can. Pidgeotto."

"What's up boss?"

"I need you to fly overhead and make sure we are safe. swoop down and tell me if there is anything wrong like people following us or running to intercept us."

"Will do boss."

"Thanks."

Sarah was still freaking out, so Jason picked her up and took off running with Carlos hot on his heels.

After Running for a while Carlos collapsed. "How can you keep up this pace? Your ten and I'm having trouble keeping up with you."

"We can't stop till we get to a safe place."

Pidgeotto swooped down. "Boss. there is no one following you, and Viridian city is just up ahead."

"We will stop in Viridian city."

Viridian city.

The trio burst through the doors of the Pokémon center.

"What's going on?" A Jenny asked.

"W-W-We ju- ju-just ran from that way." Carlos coughed.

"We were met by a man who called himself Charlie. He said that he worked for the Jenny's."

"I know Charlie. He works undercover. What happened?"

"He said that he'd been caught, and that he would try to get back to you when he could."

"Come this way." Jenny ushered them to the back. "Charlie was working undercover in an organization called "the family." They are the vilest Kreon we know of. They traffic in Kreon and Pokémon."

"Charlie gave me this Pokéball." Jason said showing Jenny the Pokéball.

"Charlie wouldn't just give away a Pokémon unless he was sure the trainer, he gave it to would be a good trainer and would take care of the Pokémon. Please. Take care of that Pokémon." With that Jenny left.

Jason let the Pokémon out of its Pokéball.

"Where am I?" A scared child's voice said.

"Whoa, Whoa." Jason said letting Zeus out of his Pokéball. "You're safe. No one here is going to hurt you."

"Who are you? Where's Charlie?"

"My name is Jason. This is Sarah, this is Carlos, and this is Zeus. Charlie gave you to me and ran in the opposite direction to keep you safe."

"But... but... but."

"You are safe. I won't let anything bad happen to you."

"He's right." Zeus said. "He won't let anything bad happen to you. When there is enough room ask Hephaestus."

"Who's Hephaestus?"

"Hephaestus is my Onix. I saved him from some very bad trainers."

"Oh."

"Can you tell me your name?"

"My name?"

"Yes. Your name."

"My name is Blaze... Wait. How do you understand what I'm saying?"

"I'm not your average Pokémon trainer. I can understand and communicate with Pokémon."

"Oh. Okay. I'm going to lay down now." With that, Blaze fainted.

AN: So, a few things happened. The highlights are that Carlos joins up with Jason and Sarah. Jason goes to get Tim from school, Bruce and Selina offer to adopt Sarah, and Jason gets Blaze. For those of you who want tyrant Bruce from the comics will have to look somewhere else. He will not be the Tyrannical leader of the bat family. We find out who Jason will be facing instead of Team Rocket. The family. I will explain more later, but I want to get something up for Christmas. I will explain the exo-suit in a later chapter. It seems really odd, but I will explain.