A/N: Sorry this is late, I was done with the chapter, then my computer shut down. So, I'm going to update once a week. Hopefully. Also, When I say "Darker" I mean he can control his emotions more. He isn't the rash idiot I wish was Red sometimes. He trains his Pokemon properly, train them to exhaustion, take care of them correctly, expand their boundaries, and feed them vitamins. You guys also get a choice. Tournament fic or not? If so, Normal Pokemon battle tournament OR and Hand to Hand Combat tournament.

On with the fic! I don't own Pokemon. If I did, Tobias would be dead.

Ash ran along the sandy path leading to the Tower of Mastery. He wasn't even feeling the run due to the exhausting training he went through at Mt. Silver. He wasn't bulky, but he was very fit. He weighed a good lean 152 lbs. A lot was attributed to his 6 foot 3 frame. He was very lean and had a very good power to weight ratio. His morning routine at Mt. Silver consisted of 100 push-ups and sit-ups, climbing down and up the mountain once, and then he did the strenuous stuff.

Anubis was accompanying him and running by his side to the Inner walls of the Tower. As they approached the Tower, what they saw was what could only be defined as complete chaos. Screams filled the air. Walls and building were crumbling. Almost everything was on fire. Aura Spheres were going into the air in random directions. Ash hurried to the plaza to find three figures laying unmoving on the ground.

The first figure was a man. He looked pretty beat up with all his clothes ripped to shreds. The had a small mohawk and two very large eyebrows that reached down to his shoulders. He was wearing a grey tracksuit with red highlights that had a small DNA helix symbol over his heart, or what was left of it. Ash helped the man to the side of the plaza and shook him awake. "Hello sir, are you ok? What happened?"

"Please young man, help Korrina and my Lucario. The girls Lucario lost control and went berserk" He managed to rasp out before falling succumb to exhaustion and pain. Ash left him to recover and went back into the middle of the plaza. He dragged the Lucario over to the man and told Anubis to keep an eyes on him. The Lucario wasn't in very good shape. He had bruises everywhere and had a black eye.

Ash turned around to see something that made his blood run cold. Korrina was just regaining consciousness to see her Mega Lucario gaining power for a Power-Up-Punch aimed for her head. "Ahhhhhhh!" Korrina screamed in terror. "Lucario don't do it! Think of all the good times we had together!" She pleaded, to deaf ears. Lucario reared its fist back. She closed her eyes and awaited the pain from the punch. Her life flashed before her eyes. Her with her parents. Her receiving a Riolu that distrusted humans, though she never found out why. Riolu finally accepting her. Training with her grandfather, Gurkinn. Riolu evolving. Trying to use Mega-Evolution. All of it was so real. She realized she had a happy life. She only had one regret though, not finding out why Lucario distrusted humans except her and Gurkinn. She awaited death for a few moments, but then realized, she was living and only had a stinging pain from her previous injuries.

She opened her eyes to see a man in a blue work out shirt with weighted shoulder pads restricting movement, black baggy workout pants, and black Trainers, standing there holding Lucarios energy surrounded fist, with his bare hand! White flames were spiking around him, but somehow, not hurting him, as if he was controlling the flames.

"Lucario, I know you were hurt by humans, but this is no way to act. By doing this you are no better than those who hurt who." This seemed to visibly affect Lucario. First, he became sad, then angry, then, enraged. Lucario powered up another fist and threw it at the stranger, which he caught easily. "Lucario, listen to me, if you don't, I will be forced to take action". Lucario broke free of his grasp and sped back 20 feet.

"Fine then Lucario, you forced me to do this." The stranger took his weighted shirt of for the best movement. 'His body is very toned. I bet those muscles are rock hard. I wanna drag my fingers across... Korrina! What are you thinking?!' Korrina blushed slightly at her thought and the strangers fitness.

Both Ash and Lucario ran at each other surrounded by energy, one white and one blue. Ash front flipped over Lucario, swiveled in mid-air and fired a white Aura Sphere at Lucarios back making him stumble forward. Normally no human would be able to get a hit on Lucario, let alone dominate him so easily, but Ash was no ordinary human.

Lucario turned around and let out a Metal Sound attack. He kept the sound going with one paw and fired rapid fire Aura Spheres with the other. Ash ran forward, unaffected by the sound and caught each Aura Sphere. The Aura Spheres instantly turned White, and now were in the control of Ash. Lucario let out of a roar of anger. How dare a human absorb his Aura Spheres!

Lucario stopped using Metal Sound and ran at Ash with a Bone Rush. Ash dodged all the barrages of Bone Rushes and ran around Lucario at an inhuman speed and placed his hand on the back of Lucarios head. One finger at the base of each of his Aura sensors, and a thumb at the base of his skull, thus restricting movement. When Ash was at Mt. Silver, He studied about Lucario to learn their species strengths and weakness'. The only physical weakness Lucario had was the hand position Ash had Lucario in right now. Ash then put his his hand on Lucarios back

"White Flash Force Palm!" A white light exploded out of Ash's palm and blew Lucario away. He skidded into a building before returning to a normal Lucario and slumping over in defeat. He then turned to Korrina, who shivered under his gave.

"Can you return Lucario?" He asked politely, to which Korrina complied, not wanting to anger the stranger who beat up her Lucario without trying. " Can you stand?" He asked with a caring voice that made Korrina shiver. She stood up and then promptly fell back down due to a pain in her ankle. "Ok thats gonna be a problem, no matter. Lucario carry Gurkinn to the top floor of the Tower." Lucario picked up the fainted Gurkinn and waited for its master. Ash then picked up Korrina, who blushed with being in contact with his muscles. She didn't protest for two reasons. One, she wasn't trusting her voice. Two, she was enjoying it.

Both Lucario and Ash walked to the tower silently, allowing both Korrina and Ash to think.'Who is this stranger? Why is his Lucario white? All I know for now is that he is very powerful, powerful enough to take down my Mega Lucario. Granted mine used no strategy and was tired from his rampage, but still, a human taking down a Pokemon, with Pokemon attacks for crying out loud! Grandpa said something about a person coming to learn the ways of Mega Evolution, but he would be older right? He looks like he's younger than me, and I am the only one that has a bond strong enough to even attempt Mega Evolution. If he is strong enough to beat a Pokemon, what are his Pokemon like? What other Pokemon does he have? What were the white flames that he controlled? I heard there was something called Aura and people could use it, but it's supposed to be blue. So many questions'.

As Korrina was thinking about Ash and his... qualities, Ash was thinking too. 'Why was that Lucario on a rampage? Maybe he couldn't handle the power of Mega Evolution? What ever it is, I think I am not supposed to learn from Korrina, but with Korrina. If she could not even control her Mega Evolution, how can I learn from her? I have to learn from her teacher, who ever that is. And who is the old man? Could he be the teacher?' Ash looked down at Korrina and chuckled. She was in deep thought and had a light blush on her face.'Why is she blushing? Is she sick or something?' Needless to say, Ash forgot he was shirtless.

After five minutes of climbing stairs, they had finally reached the living area of Gurkinn and Korrina. "Hey, were here" Ash said, while nudging Korrina from her thoughts. She looked up at him, and he flashed her a smile that put a movie stars to shame. She blushed heavily from the smile and being able to take in Ash's features. He placed her on a bed and told Lucario to do the same with Gurkinn.

"Do you mind if I take a shower?" Ash asked politely.

"Uhhhhhh s-sure" Korrina said, her mind going blank after imagining him taking a shower for a second. "The bathroom is the second door on the left side" She informed Ash

"Thanks" He said as he left for the shower.

Time Skip

As Ash got back from the shower, Gurkinn was waking up. "Korrina are you ok? Where's Lucario?"

"It's ok Grandpa, a stranger showed up and stopped Lucario. He didn't even use a Pokemon! He just stopped him by himself!" Korrina exclaimed

"Lies, I don't believe a man could stop a rampaging Mega Lucario by himself" Gurkinn spat, not for one second believing his grand daughter.

"You know, you usually thank someone who just saved a city and your life." Ash stated from the doorway, startling both Korrina and Gurkinn.

"Just who are you?" Gurkinn asked in a suspicious tone.

"My name is Ash Ketchum, and I was sent here by Riley Gen to learn the ways of Mega Evolution. Also please do not get on my bad side seeing as your head Lucario only forced me to use 25% of my power." Ash warned.

"I don't believe you. How about we fight Lucario Vs. Lucario to see if you are telling the truth." Gurkinn proclaimed, believing he would win.

"How about your 5 Lucario against me" Ash said, like he did this everyday. "Deal" Gurkinn said, believing he got the better end of the deal.

Korrina was in thought. 'If Lucario only pushed him to 25%, what kind of monster is he?'

"Anubis, to the courtyard" Ash said as he was walking to the courtyard. Anubis soon joined him walking in pace with his master.

As soon as they reached the courtyard, Ash took one side of the field while Gurkinn took the other. He threw out 5 pokeballs and out popped 5 strong looking Lucario. As soon as the Lucario saw Ash, they knelt in respect. "Keeper of Aura, what brings you to the Tower of Mastery?" The head Lucario asked.

"I am to fight you in a 5v1 as seeing that Gurkinn does not believe I took down Korrina's" Ash stated.

All the Lucario stood up and turned to Gurkinn. "Why do you not believe the man? He saved your city and your granddaughter and this is how you thank him!? We stand no chance against him! He had the Aura of Arceus himself!" Lucario ranted, finally losing his cool in the first time in years. Gurkinn was shocked that that man in front of him had the same Aura of Arceus, the God Pokemon. Then he remembered, Riley Gen was sending over a student to be trained with Mega Evolution, this must be him.

"I am sorry, it slipped my mind that you were coming. I was angry because you did something I could not, save my Granddaughter and my city. I am in your debt." Gurkinn apologized.

"There is no need, all I ask is to learn is to train my two partners in Mega Evolution under your tutelage" Ash asked politely, regaining his calm once more.

"Granted, we will begin immediately." Gurkinn stated. He was excited that a man of Ash's power was asking him to be his tutor. 'Let the training begin'

A/N: Finally done. If you guys are following my other story, I'll try to update by Wednesday, but to promises. Hope you guys like the chapter!

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