When Ash, Aubrey, and Collin got to the Stadium, May and Shauna were waiting for them at the entrance. When May K. saw her husband and kids, she walked up to them and said, "Will and Burgundy are about to go up, but they wanted to talk to you first." Ash was confused as to why Will and Burgundy wanted to talk to him. Ash then said, "Did they tell you why they wanted to talk to me?" May then shook her head and told Ash, "They didn't tell us why they want to talk to you, they just said that they wanted to talk to you." Ash then said, "Very well, Shauna, take our kids to the booth, May and I will go see what Will and Burgundy want." Shauna nodded her head and said, "After that I'm going back to the hospital." Ash nodded his head, then Shauna said, "Come on kids." Aubrey and Collin followed Shauna while May and Ash walked to the blue platform to find out what Will and Burgundy want to talk about.
The previous day, Will and Burgundy were getting ready for their battle by studying their Opponents Pokémon. Burgundy then said, "Looks like Iris is still using Dragonite, Excadrill, and Axew, but that Flygon, Garchomp, and Tyrunt are all new Pokémon on her team to me." Will nodded his head and said, "I agree, and according to this, Cilan has a Pansage, A Crustle, a Stunfisk, a Leavanny, a Sawsbuck, and a Ferrothorn." Burgundy then said, "Well, well, well, most of his team is Grass type, just like that when I faced him." She then said, "Not to mention that Iris has mostly Dragon type Pokémon. Ice and Fairy type Pokémon can do significant damage against her Dragon-type Pokémon."
"Not only that, but a fire type Attacks can be used against Cilan's Pokémon and Iris's Excadrill. I'll use my Infernape against them." Said Will. Will nodded his head and said, "Now let's see what Pokémon they're going to use against us." Will then clicked a button to view what Pokémon Iris and Cilan were going to use. What they saw didn't surprise them one bit. Iris was going to use all dragon Type Pokémon and Cilan was using grass and bug types. Just then, two Pokémon appeared from nowhere, and Burgundy knew who those Pokémon were. Burgundy then said, "We need to talk to Ash."
Back on the day of their battle, Will and Burgundy waited for Ash to arrive. Will then asked Burgundy, "What do you think Mr. Ketchum will say?" Burgundy had her arms crossed and said, "I don't really know what he will say, but I hope he understands them." Just then, Will and Burgundy both heard a voice say, "Understand who?" When they looked in the direction that the voice came from, it was Ash and he was walking up to the two competitors with May close behind him. Ash then said, "I'll ask this again, understand who." Burgundy looked towards a Box and said, "Come on out you two, he's here." Suddenly, two Pokémon jumped out from behind the box and landed in front of Ash. Ash then immediately recognized them, and he said, "Pansage, Axew, what are you two doing here?"
"We want to join you Ash." Said Pansage. Ash smiled and when Burgundy asked what they said, Ash told her, "Pansage and Axew want to join us, and I have a plan on how they can announce it." Ash then turned back to Axew and Pansage, he then said, "Do it during the match, so it can get Cilan and Iris Angry." Axew and Pansage looked at each other, then back at Ash. The two Pokémon then nodded their heads, meaning that they were on board with Ash's plan. Ash then said, "Good, now get back to Iris and Cilan, don't want to raise suspicion, then when they send you out, do a few moves then destroy your Pokéballs." Axew and Pansage nodded their heads and ran off. Ash then turned to Will and Burgundy and said, "Good luck you two and kick their Asses." Will and Burgundy nodded their heads. They then stood onto the platform, so they can go to the battlefield. Meanwhile with Iris and Cilan, Pansage and Axew just got back to them. Iris then said, "Axew, you had me worried. You know better than to run off like that, what if Ash saw you." Axew then said, "Sorry Iris, I didn't mean to worry you. But I had Pansage with me, so I wasn't alone." Cilan then picked Pansage up and said, "Pansage, I was equally worried about you as Iris was with Axew, why did you run off like that?" Pansage then said, "Sorry Cilan I guess I saw something, so I grabbed Axew and went to check. But when we returned to where you two were, you and Iris were gone, I'm sorry." Cilan then said, "It's alright, I forgive you, just don't run off without telling us first, okay." Pansage nodded his head and the platform began to rise. (A.N.: Iris and Cilan don't understand Axew and Pansage, all they heard was "Axew ax, ew ew Axew Axew." And "Pan Pansage, Pansage Pan, Pansage." Or at least what Axew and Pansage might have said, but for you readers, you all know better.)
As the two platforms rose, both teams heard the announcer say, "Welcome one and all to the third Battle of the Second round. You may think that things are progressing slowly but, in all actuality, they are moving at a faster pace than our Region's Pokémon league, where it was only two battles per day, this tournament has three battles per day. That's right, THREE battles instead of TWO, but enough talking, let's introduce our teams. In the blue corner, we have the Team of Will and Burgundy, both good friends of our current reigning champion, Ash Ketchum." The crowd cheered as Will and Burgundy's Platform stopped and the two of them waved at the crowd. The announcer then said, "In the red corner, we have two people who betrayed our champion over ten years ago, we have team of Iris and Cilan." Not a single cheer was heard for Iris and Cilan. Cilan then said, "Well, looks like we know who the crowd's favorite team is." The announcer then said, "Trainers, please send out your Pokémon." Iris was first to send out her Pokémon and she said, "Dragonite and Excadrill, let's go!" the Pokémon that came out were in fact, her Dragonite and her Excadrill. Cilan then sent out his Leavanny and Ferrothorn. Then Will said, "I know how to deal with those Pokémon, Infernape and Gardevior, let's get to it." Will's Infernape and Will's Gardevior appeared on the battlefield, ready to battle. Burgundy sent out a Beartic and Heatmor. The referee then said, "Alright trainers, battle begin!"
Meanwhile at the hospital, Shauna was fast asleep with her hand in John's when she felt her hand being squeezed. When she lifted her head to see what was happening, she saw that John's hand was squeezing her hand. Shauna then looked at John's head and saw that his eyes began to open. Shauna then said, "J…John… come on baby, you can do it." John's eyes were now fully open, and he blinked a couple of times. John then turned his head to look at Shauna and said, "Hey Shauna, you look good." Shauna's eyes began to tear up and she hugged John. Shauna then said, "John, you're finally awake." John rubbed his wife's back and said, "I know Shauna, you won't believe what I saw, what knowledge I have gained, more importantly, I know who Ash is going to face in the final Battle." When Shauna asked who Ash was going to face in the final battle, John said, "Misty, Ash is going to battle Misty, and he's going to lose, unless he and I change the third-round bracket." Shauna was shocked to hear that Ash was going to lose at the end of the tournament. John then said, "I need to get to Ash." As John sat up to get out of the bed, Shauna placed her hands-on John's shoulders and said, "No John, you need your rest, you were just in a coma." John looked at Shauna and said, "I've been resting since the Thunderbolt almost stopped my heart, but with the help of my aura, I survived, but it sent me into a comatose state. Now that I'm up, I can useful again." Shauna kept her hands-on John's shoulders while she hopped onto the bed and said, "You are not going anywhere, if you push me off our baby won't make it." John looked at Shauna and saw that she was set in her words, so he said, "Alright, you win, I'll stay in bed." Shauna smiled and kissed John on the lips.
Back at the stadium, the battle was growing in intensity. Neither side would back down, Will and Burgundy's Pokémon were exhausted but barely damaged, while Iris and Cilan's Pokémon were exhausted and badly damaged. Will then said, "Gardevior use Fairy wind on Dragonite and Infernape you use Fire blast on Ferrothorn." Burgundy then had Beartic use Ice Beam on Leavanny and Heatmor use Flamethrower on Excadrill. Then Iris said, "Both of you dodge the attacks and Dragonite use Hyper beam on Gardevior, Excadrill use drill run on Beartic." Finally, Cilan said, "Leavanny, dodge the Ice beam and use energy Ball on Heatmor. Ferrothorn jump up and use Poison Jab on Infernape." All the Pokémon obeyed and used the move they were told to use, and several moves impacted the target Pokémon. As all the Pokémon that Will and Burgundy had were still standing, Dragonite, Leavanny, Excadrill, and Ferrothorn were all down. The referee then said, "Dragonite, Leavanny, Excadrill, and Ferrothorn are all unable to continue. Trainers, please send out your final Pokémon." Iris and Cilan recalled their Pokémon and sent out Flygon, Axew, Crustle, and Pansage. Burgundy and Will both smiled when they saw Axew and Pansage go into battle. Ash then telepathically told Axew and Pansage, "Alright you two, use the lowest damaging move you both know. That will get them angry, then when I say now, use the move they told you to use on your Pokéballs." Axew and Pansage were ready to rejoin Ash's side. Will then said, "Infernape, use flamethrower Crustle, Gardevior, let's power up with Mega-Evolution, we unite for a more perfect bond, uniting our spirit and minds, MEGA EVOLVE" Gardevior began to glow and after light faded her, Gardevior changed forms. Will then said, "Gardevior, use Fairy blast on Flygon." Infernape waited for Gardevior before he used flamethrower so his and Gardevior's attacks hit at the same time, Iris then said, "Flygon dodge it." But Flygon was too scared of Gardevior to move and he was hit by both attacks, sending Flygon flying into the wall. Ash then said, "We just fixed that wall." When the smoke cleared, Flygon was unable to continue battling, meaning Iris only had Axew left to battle with. Cilan then told Crustle to use Rock throw on Heatmor and Pansage to use bullet seed on Beartic. Crustle obeyed, so did Pansage, on the rock throw. Cilan then said, "Pansage, you didn't need to jump while firing your bullet seed, you had a clear shot, and you destroyed Crustle's Rock throw. Anyway, now use dig on Infernape." Pansage then used bullet seed again. While Cilan tried to make Pansage use dig, Iris told Axew use Dragon Pulse on Beartic, but he used Scratch instead. That got Iris mad and she said, "I said Dragon Pulse, not scratch, Dragon Pulse!" Cilan then said, "Use Dig!" While Iris and Cilan tried to get Axew and Pansage to obey, Burgundy said, "While he's distracted, Beartic, use Water Pulse on Crustle." Beartic Obeyed and use Water Pulse on Crustle, as the water pulse made its way towards Crustle. Will then told Infernape to use Iron Tail on Crustle. Both moves impacted and sent Crustle sliding backwards until it stopped in front of Cilan. The referee then said, "Crustle is unable to continue." Cilan was shocked to see that Crustle was beaten, but he recalled Crustle. Iris then told Axew to use Dragon Pulse on Infernape and Cilan told Pansage to use bullet seed on Beartic. Ash then telepathically said, "NOW!" Axew and Pansage used the move they were told to use, Axew then spun around and used Dragon Pulse on his Pokéball and Pansage used bullet seed on his Pokéball, surprising both Cilan and Iris. Pansage then landed next to Axew and gave Axew a High-five. Iris and Cilan were shocked to that their Pokémon destroyed their Pokéballs. The referee then said, "Axew and Pansage refuse to continue, the wining Pokémon are Beartic, Heatmor, Infernape, and Gardevior, which means that the victory goes to Will and Burgundy." Will's Gardevior then de-mega evolved, and Will and Burgundy recalled all their Pokémon. Axew and Pansage then ran over to the blue corner and both platforms began to go down. The announcer then said, "Well Pokémon fans, that goes for today's battles, we will see you all right back here tomorrow."
When everyone left the stadium, Ash and his companions arrived at his house to see John and Shauna at their door. Aubrey ran up to John and shouted, "UNCLE JOHN!" John knelt to pick up Aubrey and gave her a great big hug. Ash then said, "Good to see you awake John." John placed Aubrey on the ground and said, "Same here Ash, Shauna told me you and May signed the adoption Papers for Collin, I'm happy to count him part of the family." Ash nodded his head and before anyone else say a word, they all heard a voice say, "ASH KETCHUM, YOU AND I ARE GOING TO TALK!"
When everyone turned to where the voice came from, they saw Dawn Berlitz, one of the traitors. Ash then said, "What do you want before I call the police?" Dawn then said, "You somehow brainwashed Axew and Pansage to betray Iris and Cilan." John then walked up to Ash and said, "He didn't Dawn, they never wanted to betray Ash, that goes the same with Togekiss and Piplup." Dawn then said, "Don't you dare bring those traitors into this." Ash then said, "I consider them a member of my family, along with Axew and Pansage, anyone who apologizes to me and helps out a member of my family, and anyone who I can tell are telling the truth." Dawn got furious and said, "That's it Ketchum, I challenge you to a battle. If you win, I'll leave you alone. But, if I win, you need to give up Pansage and Axew." Ash looked at Axew and Pansage with a look of confidence and said, "Challenge accepted, choose your Pokémon." Dawn smiled and said, "Ambipom, spotlight." The Pokémon that popped out was in fact Ambipom, and when he saw Ash, a look of hatred appeared on Ambipom's face. Ash was certain that Dawn lied to it and said, "Hello Ambipom, I take it you are not happy to see me."
"You damn right Ketchum, I'm here to rescue Pokémon you stole from Dawn, Iris, Barry, and Cilan. Then when I'm done here, I'm helping Dawn take you back to Kanto to stand trial for killing Professor Oak." Replied Ambipom. John then said, "Ambipom you are, no offense, but you are stupid." Ambipom then looked at John and said, "Shut up traitor, you joined an evil tyrant." Aubrey then said, "My dad is not an evil Tyrant, he was framed." Aubrey caught Ambipom's attention and he said, "Dad, but Dawn told me that Ash was too busy being a tyrant to get married, so he kidnapped May to use as a slave for his pleasure, but never got her pregnant." Dawn then said, "Stop talking to my Pokémon and call out your Pokémon slave you evil tyrant." Ash then pulled out a Pokéball and said, "Let's go Buizel." The Pokémon that came out was indeed a Buizel. When Buizel saw Dawn, he said, "Are we finally going to get that traitor." Ambipom was even more confused and asked Buizel, "Why did you call Dawn the traitor, John's the traitor." Buizel looked at Ambipom and said, "Ambipom my old friend, you have clearly been lied to, by Dawn. She and the others that she stands by wanted Ash to give up his dream of becoming a Pokémon Master, so they can steal his Pokémon for their own use, but he didn't let that happen. Ash came here, to Otron, with May, Bonnie, John, Shauna, Gary, Paul, Trip, Alain, Sawyer, and all of their Pokémon." Dawn then said, "Arceus Damn it Ambipom, use Focus Punch." Ambipom was hesitant to use the move because he was told two different stories. Buizel then walked up to the Long Tail Pokémon and asked, "Who would you believe more, the person who caught you, or the person who didn't even know you until Ash got to Sinnoh?" Ambipom was hesitant to even answer that question, but she heard Dawn say, "Ambipom you stupid Pokémon, I said use Focus Punch." Ambipom looked at Dawn with a look of shock, she never called Ambipom stupid Pokémon before. Ash then said, "It's not right to call a Pokémon stupid." Dawn looked at Ash and shouted, "Shut your mouth and mind your own business! Ambipom is just being stupid, just like the trainer I got her from." Ambipom was shocked again, Buizel then said, "Do you see Ambipom, Dawn is starting to show her true colors, she doesn't care for you, she even had her Quilava killed for speaking out against betraying Ash." Ambipom heard enough and used Focus Punch but used her other tail to spin around and punch her Pokéball, destroying it. Ash smiled and said, "Buizel, use Sonic Boom on Dawn." Buizel smiled and used Sonic boom and it hit dawn, causing her to be sent flying off the ground a few inches but backwards about a foot. As Dawn stood up, Ambipom used swift at her feet, causing Dawn to dance. John then said, "Looks like Ambipom no longer wants to follow your orders Dawn, which means you lose." Dawn then said after she stood up, "Fine, I'll leave, but you listen here Ash Ketchum, when we win this tournament and one of us beat you, you'll be saying that you should have listen to us when we told you to give up your dream to begin with." Dawn then ran off out of sight of ash and his friends.
Later, inside Ash's house, May K. introduced Ambipom to Aubrey and Collin. John then pulled Ash to the side and told him about what he saw while he was in a coma. Ash then said, "So Misty's going to win against me in the final battle." John nodded his head and said, "Unless we team her up with someone willing to take a dive and ensure that she doesn't battle you." Ash then asked John who would be willing to take a dive for the tournament. John said that he didn't know anyone, but they then heard a voice say, "I'll do it." when the two friends turned to look at who said that, they saw Paul, standing in the door way. John walked over to Paul and said, "Are you sure you want to do this?" Paul nodded his head and said, "Yes, if it's to keep that traitor Waterflower from advancing any farther in the tournament, then I am more than willing to lose in my next match." Ash smiled and said, "Thank you Paul, you are a great friend."
"I learned from the best." Replied Paul. Ash chuckled. John then said, "We'll need to make sure that you and Misty are in the first round against two or our strongest trainers, our elite four members." Ash then said, "Alain and Trip, they're the only other elite four members that are in the tournament, you can't join because you didn't participate in the preliminary rounds, and Paul would be on Misty's team." John nodded his head and said, "I know, I was going to suggest them." Ash then said, "Well why didn't you?"
"You never gave me the chance." Replied John. Ash then rolled his eyes and said, "Whatever John, anyway, the next set of battles are happening tomorrow, we'll need our rest." John and Paul nodded their heads in agreement. Paul the said, "I just thought of something, if Misty is going up against Cynthia and that Flannery chick with Zoey, how could she face Ash if she's going to face a champion and a Gym leader." John shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know dude, I just know that she was going to face him if she makes it to the final round." Ash rubbed his chin and said, "I've been meaning to make a call to King Armon, what the announcer said during Max and Bonnie's battle with Stephan and Tierno got me thinking." John then said, "I believe I know what you're talking about, Team Comet." Ash nodded his head and said, "I'll be back you guys, tell May where I am going." John nodded his head and said, "Of course Ash, will do." Ash then walked out of his house and got into his car, he then drove all the way to the Castle to speak to the king. When he arrived, Ash was escorted to the Dining hall where King Armon the first was.
When he entered the dining hall, he saw King Armon the first and approached him. When Armon saw Ash, he said, "Ah Ash, care to join our feast." Ash shook his head and said, "Unfortunately no, I came here to discuss Team Comet, why didn't you tell me that the Otron Region has dealt with Team Comet before?" King Armon almost chocked on the food he was eating when Ash asked him that question. King Armon stood up and said, "Team Comet was a cult of Otron Region fanatics that worshipped the end of days, when a comet was going to pass by the planet, they planned to use psychic Pokémon to actually bring the comet towards us and have it wipe out. But my ancestor, the very first king of the Otron Region found their location and attacked it, killing all its members and preventing the comet from destroying us all." Armon then asked Ash to follow him to the royal library.
When the two of them arrived, King Armon pulled out an old book and showed it to John. the book title read, "The history of the Otron Region through the eyes of the king, by King Elijah and his descendants." Armon then said, "King Elijah was the first King of Otron, my ancestor. He expanded this region to it's current borders. Then he had to deal to deal with Team Comet. After the attack on Team Comet's hideout, I thought that he wiped them all out." Ash looks in the book and found a picture of all the killed Team Comet cult members and saw a few that looked like his former friends. Ash then said, "Some of those killed Team Comet cult members look like my former friends." Armon looked at the picture and said, "They do look like them, don't they, well, that's because I did some background history, each of the people that are dead in this picture had families that fled to different regions, the kings of the Otron Region, including I, have been tracking the descendants of those people in the photo throughout the centuries. As it turns out, those former friends of yours are the descendants of those people." Ash was shocked to hear that his former friends had ancestry in Otron. Ash then said, "I appreciate it that you show me this NOW, instead of walking off and not talking to me at ALL!" King Armon then said, "I thought I would never need to hear those words come out of someone's mouth and not from a book page." Ash then said, "Alright, but are you hiding anything else from me and my family." Armon then shook his head and said, "Not a thing." Ash then thanked Armon for his time and walked out of the King's Library.
Meanwhile, Misty and Brock were discussing a plan when Dawn walked in. Misty asked Dawn, "How did it go to get Axew and Pansage back?" Dawn shook her head and said, "I failed on getting them back, and I lost Ambipom because Ash called out Buizel." Misty slammed her fist on the table and said, "Damn that Ketchum, if it wasn't for him we would have had complete control of the world by now." Brock nodded his head and said, "We could have brought peace to the world, by forcing the other regions to oblige to our laws or face army occupation. I mean, we do have control for the Kanto's, Jhoto's, Sinnoh's, and Unova's governments." Then from the corner, the three traitors heard Barry say, "Well, when one of us get to the finals, we can kill Ketchum and take his Pokémon for ourselves. Which we should have done in the very beginning." Misty looked at Barry and said, "You know that we can't kill Ketchum." Barry then stood up and said, "What, don't tell me you still have feelings for him, he clearly doesn't love you back Misty." Misty walked over to Barry and punched him in the gut. After Barry fell to his knees, Misty said, "You know damn well I don't have feelings for him anymore, the only feeling I have for him is hatred. He needs to die I know, but we tried to get him to kill himself ten years ago, he found out about our plan by John." Brock then said, "John, that bastard has been loyal to Ketchum ever since we tried to make Ash give up his dream." Misty looked at her fellow Gym Leader and said, "If Ash never accepted John's request to join him on his journey, he would have never found out about our plan."
"John needs to go." Said Dawn. Barry nodded his head and said, "That's why I tried to kill him by sending a car with a drunk guy in it speeding down the road to hit John's truck." Misty turned to look at Barry and she said, "So that was you, you did a really bad Job." Barry then said, "HEY, I wanted to hit him in the front, not the back." Then brock said, "Calm down everyone, save your hatred for Ash and his friends. Soon we will beat them, and we will kill them all, including Ash's little brat of a daughter." Misty, Barry, and Dawn nodded their heads in agreement, unbeknownst to them that they were being eavesdropped on. The eavesdropper began to back up when he heard someone say, "Chili, what are you doing?" Chili looked and saw his brothers Cilan and Cress. Chili then said, "Did you guys know we had control of four region's Governments." Cilan and Cress nodded their heads and Cilan said, "Of course, why wouldn't we, but Hoenn, Kalos, and Alola are being defiant, that's why we have the Kanto and Jhoto armies in Hoenn, while the Sinnoh and Unova army is currently stationed in Kalos, to make sure that the two regions obey us. Our navy is blockading Alola to prevent any trade to getting to Alola." Chili was shocked to hear what his brother said and as he started to back up, he bumped into something. When Chili turned to look at what he bumped into, he saw Brock standing behind him, along with Misty, Dawn, and Barry. Brock then said, "What did you hear Chili?" Chili then made a break for it by passing by Cilan and Cress and made his way to the exit of the building he was in. Brock then pulled out a radio and said, "Stephon, we have a runner, get your Zebstrika out and stop him at the exit." Stephon replied, "Not a problem Brock."
Back with Ash, he just arrived back at his house. As he was getting out of the car, May K. walked up to him and asked, "How did it go with King Armon this time?" Ash kissed his wife and said, "Better than last time, I need to talk to everyone." May then said, "Well, almost everyone's here, we just need to wait for Burgundy and her Boyfriend." Ash was surprised that Burgundy had a boyfriend. Just then, May and Ash heard a voice say, "Hey, sorry we're late." Ash and May then turn to see Burgundy and Will walking up the pathway. Ash then said, "It's alright Burgundy, and I didn't know you and Will got together." Will robbed the back of his neck and said, "Well, I guess it kind of just happened." Ash smiled and said, "Well, you guys battled hard, but as you know that John and I said that we would switch for every round." Will and Burgundy nodded their heads and said, "It's alright." Ash smiled again and said, "Well, let's get inside everyone, I have an announcement to make." May, Will, and Burgundy nodded their heads and all four of them headed inside Ash and May's house to eat dinner.
Back at the building the traitors were in, Chili was almost at the exit when Stephon, on his Zebstrika, stopped him. Stephon then got off his Zebstrika and said, "Where do you think you're going Chili?" Chili then said, "Out of my Stephan." Stephon then got angry and said, "IT'S STEPHON!" As Stephon swung a punch at Chili, Chili dodged the punch, he then punched Stephon in the face, knocking Stephon to the floor, and he got an opening to escape. As Chili opened the exit door, he thought to himself, "I need to inform Ash, hopefully he'll forgive me just like he did with Tierno." Chili then ran away from the building to the nearest location with a phone. When Brock and Misty got to the exit, they saw Stephon picking himself up off the ground, Brock then said, "He got passed you?" Stephon nodded his head and said, "Couldn't even tell my Zebstrika to use Thunderbolt, I tried fighting him myself, but he was fast and has a mean left hook." Misty then said, "Great, now he's going to tell Ash and his friends." Brock and Stephon nodded their heads when Cilan and Cress came up to them and Cilan asked Brock, "Where is our brother?" Brock looked at the Striaton Gym Leader and said, "Your Brother Chili has betrayed us, he ran to tell Ketchum and his allies about us." Cilan and Cress were shocked to hear that their little brother ran off to tell Ash and his friends about everything Team Comet. Cress then said, "I volunteer to go after him." Misty and Brock nodded their head, then Brock said, "Find him, and eliminate him, he's become a loose end and you know our Policy about loose ends." Cress nodded his head and said, "All loose ends need to be tired up." Brock and Misty nodded their heads and let Cress pass, so he could kill his brother.
Back at Ash's house, Ash and his friends were eating dinner went the house phone went off. When Ash went to answer it, the person calling was Nurse Joy from the local Pokémon Center. Ash then said, "What is it Nurse Joy?" Nurse Joy replied by saying, "There is someone here who wishes to speak with you, he requests that you and Mr. Bertrand come here so he can talk to you." Ash looked at John, who had just finished eating dinner and Ash said, "Get ready John, we're needed at the Pokémon Center." John nodded his head, Ash then turned back to the screen and told Nurse Joy, "We'll be there shortly."
"Right of course." Replied Nurse Joy. Ash then hung up the phone, turned to look at the table and said, "John and I will be back. There is someone at the Pokémon center that needs to talk to us." Paul stood up and said, "Why not the rest of us." John then said, "If we believe his story, we'll bring him back here, so he can tell you the story." Shauna stood up, kissed John on the lips, and said, "Be careful." John smiled and said, "Like our ex-friend Dawn used to say, 'No need to worry', I'll be fine, I'll make sure that Ash doesn't get into much trouble." May gave John a look that read, 'You better be fucking kidding John.' John then laughed again and said, "I'm joking May, let's go Ash." Ash nodded his head, grabbed his truck keys and walked to the door, with John right behind him.
When the two friends arrived at the Pokémon center, it began to rain. John then said, "weather man never called for Rain." Ash replied by saying, "Well, maybe someone's having a battle nearby and a Pokémon used rain dance." John nodded his head and the two friends headed inside the Pokémon center. When they got in, Nurse Joy walked up to them and said, "The person that wished to speak with you two is this way, please follow me." Nurse Joy then proceeded to walk to where the mysterious person was waiting for Ash and John, who followed Nurse Joy. John then said, "Do you sense that Ash?" Ash nodded his head and said, "One of the traitors is here, let's make sure nothing gets started they're going to regret." John then nodded his own head and said, "But the traitor's presence seems to be getting closer." Ash nodded his head and saw that Nurse Joy stopped at a door. Nurse Joy then said, "He's in here, he was in a big hurry about wanting to talk to you two, says that you two are the only ones who would believe him." John and Ash were confused but didn't say a word. Nurse Joy then opened the door and allowed John and Ash to enter the room. The only light on in the room was the lamp, sitting next to the lamp was a person, his upper body was in darkness. The mystery figure then said, "Hello Ash, hello John, I'm glad you got my message." John recognized the voice and said, "Hey Chili, what do you want?" Ash looked at John, right before he turned on the room light and saw Chili. Chili then said, "How did you know it was me?" John then said, "Unlike Ash, I recognize voices from people I know." Ash looked at John and said, "Hey." John looked back at Ash and said, "What, you and the others could never tell that three people were Jessie, James, and Meowth from Team Rocket, especially after I said that it was Team Rocket." Ash then said, "Okay you got me there, but what do you want Chili?" Chili stood up and said, "I've have information about the traitors and Team Comet."
"Aren't you with Team Comet?" asked Ash. Chili then said, "Yes, I know I sided with my brothers and their friends, but I was barely told anything, so when Dawn went to talk to Misty and Brock, I followed her. Ash, you have every right not to trust me, but please hear me out, I speak the truth when I say that I regret my decision." Ash then rotated his head slightly and asked John, "Well, what does your Aura say about him?" John then said, "You know exactly what my aura says. But for your sake, it says that he's telling us the truth, so let's hear him out." Ash nodded his head, turned to back at Chili and he said, "Start talking." Chili nodded his head and said, "Team Comet has control of the governments in four regions, Kanto, Jhoto, Sinnoh, and Unova. Only Hoenn, Kalos, and Alola defy the new law that was passed. So, Misty and the others have two armies in Hoenn and two armies in Kalos while they have a naval blockade around Alola to prevent any trade. The Kanto and Jhoto Armies are in Hoenn while the Sinnoh and Unova armies are in Kalos." John then said, "He's telling the truth Ash, no changes in his heart rate of his speech, meaning that all he says is true." Ash then said, "So not only has Team Comet bribed respectful Pokémon professors, but they also control four regional Governments."
"Not to mention that they have two armies in Hoenn, two armies in Kalos, and a navy blockading the Alola Region." John added on. Ash looked at John, nodded his head, then back at Chili and asked, "What do you want in return for giving us that information." Chili replied, "All I want is your forgiveness and your acceptance of my help in defeating my brothers and their friends." John and Ash looked at each other before they said anything. Ash then looked back at Chili and said, "We'll need to talk for a few minutes, but we do thank you for the information." Chili nodded his head, Ash and John then walked out of the room to discuss what they should do. Just then, a rock was thrown through the window and when Chili began to approach the window, Cress came through the window and said, "Hello Little brother."
In the lobby area, John and Ash were discussing what to do about Chili. John said, "He was telling us the truth Ash, I didn't sense any lies coming from him" Ash had his back to John and was looking out the window, Ash then said, "You're starting to become too trustworthy John. As for me, I don't trust him, he had ten years to find me and he didn't. John then said, "Ash, He probably believed what his brothers told him, he is their younger brother. Besides, after telling us this information, where else will he go, he might get murdered by Team Comet grunts." Ash looked back at John and said, "Are you trying to tell me that I should accept his help." John nodded his head and said, "Besides Ash, he wasn't at your house when the traitors first tried to make you give up your dream." Ash looked at the ground, then back at John and said, "Fine, I'll accept his help, but you are going to watch him." John nodded his head and said, "Of course, let's get back to him." Ash nodded his head and the two of them walked back to the room Chili was in. when they opened the door, they saw Cress on top of Chili ready to stab him when he heard John say, "Chili!" Cress and Chili looked towards the door, saw John standing behind Ash, and Cress bolted out the broken window. As John helped Chili up, Ash ran to the window. John pulled Chili up onto his feet and asked him if he was alright.
"I'm fine, my brother was about to kill me though." Replied Chili. Ash then walked back to John and Chili, along the way, he saw a rock surrounded by broken glass. Ash then asked, "Was this rock thrown through the window?" Chili looked at the rock and nodded his head, Chili then said, "Yes he threw that rock through the window, as he struggled to get me on my back, he told me that I was fired from Team Comet and I became a loose end and all loose ends get tied up." Ash then said, "Looks like Team Comet wants you dead." Chili nodded his head and said, "That's why I came to you and John, because your aura could tell if I was lying, plus I was kind of expecting that to happen, Misty and Brock have begun cracking down on the lower grunts and squad leaders, they don't want anyone deserting their ranks." Ash then said as he extended his left hand, "Well, looks like you're joining us, welcome to our team, our family." Chili smiled and shook Ash's hand. John smiled and said, "Let's get back to the house, there you can meet the rest of the family." Ash nodded his head. John, Ash, and Chili all got into Ash's truck and drove back to Ash's house.
Back with Cress, he just made it back to Brock and Misty to tell about his mission. Cress told them, "I was about to kill him when those two P.I.A.s enter the room, I had to bolt." Misty then said, "I understand, which means we'll need to kill him in the battlefield." Cilan then said, "No, there'll be a stadium's worth of witnesses." Cress then said, "Not unless he's shot from the highest point that has a view of the battlefield." Brock then said, "I was just about to suggest that Cress, but who will do it?" Misty then said, "We'll hire an assassin to do it." Brock nodded his head and said, "We'll make it look like that the assassin was paid by Ketchum to assassinate Chili and provoke the Unova Region to go to war." Cress and Cilan liked the Idea, Misty loved the idea.
Back at Ash's house, Ash and John just walked in the door, with Chili hidden behind the two of them. When May saw her husband and her friend, she asked, "What did the mystery person want?" Ash replied, "First of all, he told us that Team Comet has control of Kanto, Jhoto, Sinnoh, and Unova. He then went on to say that the Kanto and Jhoto Armies are occupying Hoenn while the Sinnoh and Unova armies are occupying Kalos. There's a Naval Blockade around the Alola Region to keep trade out to force them to follow the new law." Shauna then asked, "How did this person know all of that information?" John looked at his wife and said, "It's quite simple Shauna, he wants to join us and he's from Team Comet, ready Ash." Ash nodded his head and the two of them stepped to the side to reveal Chili standing behind them. Trip and Burgundy stood up immediately said, "CHILI!" when May asked who Chili was, Trip said, "Chili is the youngest of three brothers, all three of them are the Striaton Gym Leaders. His brothers are Cress, and Cilan." May then said, "You mean the same Cilan that was at Ash's house the day they wanted him to give up his dream." Trip nodded his head. Ash then said, "True, Chili's brother betrayed me, but more importantly, we saw Cress trying to kill Chili, and he bolted." Chili then said, "Cress threw a rock through the window of the room I was in and climbed through it, as he struggled to get on my back, he told me that I was fired from Team Comet and became a loose end and Team Comet's newest Policy to deal with any deserters is that all loose ends need to be tied up, meaning that Brock and Misty wanted me killed." Trip and Burgundy looked at each other, then May said, "Well Chili, seeing you here means you asked to join us and defeating the traitors." Chili nodded his head and said, "Ash has accepted my Apology, and I know I may never fully gain all of you trust, but I just want your forgiveness and you all to accept my help with dealing the traitors." Everyone was a little hesitant in what to do until May and Shauna walked over to Ash, John, and Chili. May then said, "If you have earned my husband's trust, then you have my trust." Shauna then said, "That goes the same with my Husband and I." Chili smiled and said, "Thank you Mrs. Ketchum, and you Mrs. Bertrand." May told Chili to call her May and Shauna did the same thing. Gary then said, "I guess that if you have the trust of my friends, then you have my trust."
"That goes double for me and Max." said Bonnie. Chili saw Max nodding his head in agreement, then he heard everyone besides Trip and Burgundy say that he earned their trust. Ash then said, "Trip, Burgundy, has Chili earned your trust." Trip was the first to say, "He'll earn my trust when I see him earn it." Burgundy nodded her head in agreement, causing Chili to say, "I figured that you two wouldn't forgive me so easily, I just hope I can earn your forgiveness."
"I'll let you know when you do." Said Trip. Burgundy then said, "That goes double for me." Ash then got everyone's attention and said, "Now that we all know where our trust stands with Chili, I would like to ask him a question." Ash looked at Chili and asked, "Would you like one someone here be with you on the battlefield?" Chili nodded his head and said, "I would like Trip to be there to make sure nothing happens." Trip then said, "Me be there, next to you, and your traitor of a brother, to make sure that nothing happens to you while you battle against another gym leader and a champion." Chili nodded his head and said, "Yes, please Trip." Trip thought about his answer for a few minutes, until he said, "I'll do it." Ash smiled and said, "Well, now that's taken care of, I have something to ask you all." When everyone was quiet, Ash said, "As you probably know, Team Comet is planning to declare war against the Otron Region once the tournament is over, but what you all don't know is that I plan on telling the world about this, hopefully that will get us some needed reinforcements."
John then said, "Aren't you going to let Chili tell them what he told us." Chili then said, "I forgot about that actually." Ash said the same thing, then he said, "Chili, tell them what you told us." Chili then took a step forward and said, "Team Comet has control of four regional Governments, Kanto, Jhoto, Sinnoh, and my home region of Unova. Only Hoenn, Kalos, and the Alola Regions are being defiant. The Kanto and Jhoto armies are occupying Hoenn, while the Sinnoh and Unova armies are occupying Kalos, and Team Comet has a fleet blockading the Alola Region to force all those Regions to follow the new law." Bonnie, May, Max, and Shauna were shocked to hear that their home regions were under occupation. Ash then said, "Resistance groups might have already begun forming in Hoenn and Kalos, that's good for us." Chili nodded his head and said, "I wish I could have gotten more information, but I couldn't, sorry." Ash placed his hand on Chili's shoulder and said, "It's alright Chili. But now we must go to bed for the coming battles tomorrow, let's get some rest everyone." They all nodded their heads and Ash showed Chili to the guest Bedroom. John then got a phone call on his cellphone, when he answered it, it was Georgia. John said, "How goes finding potential Allies from the list I gave you?" Georgia told John, "So far, we have The Atlas Region, the Ironbrook Region, and the Lilly Region pledging their support to Ash when war comes."
"Thank you, Georgia, I appreciate you doing that, once you get back here, have the list of all regions that will help our cause ready for me to show Ash." Said John. Georgia said that she will have the list ready upon her return. John nodded his head and they hung up the phone. John then turned around and saw Ash, arms crossed, with May and Shauna right behind him and everyone else right behind them. Ash then said, "Start explaining." After pulling out a seat and sitting down, John said, "You said so yourself Ash, we would need to contact other regions if we were to survive, so I sent Georgia with a list of other regions nearby to request their assistance." Ash then asked John why he didn't run it by him first, to which John said, "You've been busy with the tournament, I didn't need you to get more stressed. So, I took it upon myself as your friend, to help you prepare for the upcoming war with Team Comet." Ash remained silent, until he asked, "What regions are with us so far?" John told Ash, "Right now, just The Atlas Region, the Ironbrook Region, and the Lilly Region pledging their support to YOU when the war comes, they believe you, practically every region around Otron that isn't part of the seven Core regions believes that you didn't kill Professor Oak and the new law that the Pokémon League passed, I'm surprised that they trust you so well actually." Ash nodded his head and said, "Well… alright, here's what we do. John, you're going to have Georgia get more regions to support us when the war begins, then we're going to plan our strategy to invade the core regions." John nodded his head, Ash then said, "When Georgia get's back and gives you the list, I want that list immediately." John nodded his head again and said, "I'll make sure it gets to you as soon as I get it." Ash nodded his head and said, "Good." Ash then said, "We'll begin drawing up attack plans after the battle's tomorrow, until then, we need to rest, get some sleep all of you."
Everyone nodded their heads and they all headed to bed, except for Ash and John. Ash had John stay behind to talk to him privately. John stayed sitting while Ash pulled up a chair and Pikachu hopped onto the table. Ash then said, "Are there any other secrets that you're hiding from me." John fiddled with his thumbs before he said, "I'm not hiding anything from you Ash, if I am doing something that concerns you, I'll inform you when the time comes." Ash looked at John in his eyes and said, "I hope that you are telling me the truth John, I don't want to lose faith in you." John stood up in a quick fashion and said, "Ash, I have been with you since the beginning, the only friend you have left from Kanto, even though I'm from Jhoto, I even taught you what I know in the way of using your Aura, if I never stopped and battled you, where would you be?" Ash then said, "I don't know where I would be."
"Exactly, no one would know where they would be if events didn't happen the way they did. You would probably be even more angry then you were when Misty said that they needed to talk to you, possibly even dead." Replied John. John then said, "Ash I promise you, I am not hiding anything that I didn't feel you should know about." Pikachu then said, "I believe you John, what about you Ash?" Ash looked at his first Pokémon, then at John and he said, "I believe you John, but if I find out about something and confront you about it, I expect you to tell me all about it." John nodded his head and said, "I promise you Ash, I will tell you everything that I know." Ash nodded his head and pulled out a folder and showed the folder to John. Ash then said, "A private investigator you hired came to me and showed me these pictures of the traitors, care to explain these as well." John kept his eyes on the pictures as he said, "I hired him to track the traitors, since we know that they formed Team Comet. I wanted to make sure that they weren't up to anything, but these pictures say that they were up to something at the local Police Station." Ash then said, "What do you think they were up to?"
John thought about his answer by studying the pictures. John then said, "I believe that Dawn and Barry went to talk to Jack and Rachel, at first I thought they were there to bust them out of jail, but I was wrong, Jack and Rachel are still there. We'll need to talk to them tomorrow before the first battle begins." Ash nodded his head in agreement and said, "I just wanted to make sure that you would tell me, thank you John." John nodded his head in response and said, "No Problem Ash, now I suggest that we go to bed, like you told everyone else to do." Ash nodded his head in agreement and the two friends went to their separate bedrooms, not knowing what the next day will have in store for them.