Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership of Pokemon, its characters, locations, or names. All of them, with the exception of the original characters, belong to Nintendo

Credits: The original fan fiction Shadow League was based off, Pokemon Master, was written by Acey. I retrieved permission before starting this the first time. Kiall and Elizabeth belong to me.

A/N: Ah...yes. I really hate inking right now. I tried inking a drawing for art class, and the ink bled. So I had to redraw it. And I get to try to reink it again. Graah. And I just finished an essay for US History 1 class, so...mucho fun. I'm still waiting for something to explode or something to top everything off. DX

Anyway, fanfiction. I actually really like this chapter. It was in bad shape before, but I think I actually did it justice this time. XD Especially with how Ash acts this time around.

Warnings: The pairing in this is RivalSibling. This fanfiction has a lot of violence and gore, not to mention some language, and implied rape/sex. Not for kids, that's for sure.

- Chapter 5: The Reunion of Shadow, Ice, and Light -

"Sabrina, Agatha. Any news for me?" Kiall asked, looking at the two women – one old, and the other young – that stood before him. They looked at each other, and nodded in unison.

"Master Ashura is back to his old games. He's once again interfering, just as he did right after he rebelled from us." Kiall rolled his red eyes, throwing his arms up.

"Dimwits! I knew that already!" Neither winced at the outburst, taking it in stride.

"He has also grown stronger. Ashura managed to defeat Aerodactia, in fact," Agatha added, giving the powerful man a few worried glances, "He is a lot stronger then before."

"That wretched man. He needs to be dead, and out of my hair. Do anything you must do so I can get my hands around his cursed neck!" he growled. He sat back in his seat, his eyes shut to hide the worry in them. It would be a grave situation if it was allowed to continue.

With nods, they disappeared from the room. Kiall peeked an eye open when he sensed another Master in the room with him, and saw it was a tall man with spiked brown hair and cold eyes. The man walked toward him. "You are giving the mission to those two neurotic women? Why not just give it to Mistress Elizabeth?" he asked.

Kiall watched him, his eyes calculating. "It would be my course of action, if she did not want to take care of Master Ashura herself, in ways I rather not have on my mind." The man smirked, knowing exactly what he meant. "We also don't know if she is true to the League or not. I trust you are keeping a sharp eye on them of course, Gary?"

With a nod, Gary replied, "Of course."

- - -

His head propped up on his arms, Ash stared into the dead fire, at the charred logs that were falling apart. Everything was covered in a layer of morning dew, and he licked his lips as he pulled out the bottle that held water to get a drink out of it. Across the camp was Misty, who was still fast asleep, her strawberry coloured hair only slightly mussed up.

Ash curled into a ball, making himself small and unnoticeable, as he concentrated. He could feel that someone was in the woods near the clearing they were in, but he couldn't tell whether it was friendly or not. He prodded Pikachu to awake him. Perking up, the pokemon looked at him curiously. "Do you hear or feel anything?" he whispered.

Blue eyes wide and searching, Pikachu nodded. "Like someone is around here. Let's go check it out, to see if they are a threat." Ash quietly stood, letting his cloak materialize over his athletic, lean body. Nodding in approval of it, he started walking into the woods, his boots making not a sound.

It took several minutes before the trees started thinning out again, and Ash neared another clearing. There was bright sunlight in that one, unlike the rest of the world at that moment, which was still dim at sunrise. Ash glanced around, searching for what was causing his unease.

His eyes adjusting to the light levels, Ash spotted a lone figure sitting on a small tree stump at the river's edge, their bare, delicate feet dangling in the crystalline water. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously. She had flowing, dark red hair that was nearly black, and it went down her back. She hummed a soft tune, her legs swinging and causing more ripples in the water.

Ash gritted his teeth, when chains crept up on him, securing themselves around his ankles and his wrists. He hated being trapped, and wondered how he hadn't known it was one… With a smile, she turned around to look at him with bright green eyes. He stared down at her, his mouth a thin line. "It's been a long time, Ashura," she said, getting up off the stump with ease.

A thin, white cloak covered her fragile-looking body. She looked at him from under the hood, her eyes unblinking and glittering. Ash scowled at her, already recognizing her. The Light Mistress was not easy to miss. "Elizabeth, what are you doing out here?"

Looking at him, Elizabeth walked gracefully across the flat of ground that was between them. She gently pushed back his black hood, looking into the gold eyes that haunted her every day. She ignored the fact that he looked perturbed at the situation. "We miss you, you know. It has been so lonesome without you and Pikachu around, and ever so depressing not to have someone to be with every night," she said, pressing her lips to the pulse at his neck. Ash jerked to free himself of the troublesome woman, his teeth clenched together.

"You are not missed by me," he said, glaring at her. Elizabeth's smile widened, the Shadow Master's discomfort showing clearly to her. With a small sigh, she ran a hand down his torso, feeling the shiver that he had, and stopped at the belt that held his vest together.

A glint came to her eye. "It would seem you miss me more then you say," she commented dryly, "as you are getting tenser by the moment, and are most likely getting a little warm, hm?"

"Shut up. Stop it!" he hissed, his eyes getting a reddish tint to them. Blinking, it disappeared, and they returned to the normal gold. Feeling a small unease, Elizabeth took on an even wider smile. It was the perfect opportunity.

"Maybe I should-"

"…leave him alone, I hope is what you are going to say." Elizabeth turned around to look at the trio that was on the other side of the stream. With the attention taken off of him, Ash closed his eyes, pained, and took a deep, shuddering breath. A dark mist appeared around him, and the chains vanished, releasing him from their grip. The mist sank back down.

He glanced in the direction of the voice, and his eyes widened. The smallest of the three also went wide-eyed, and bolted across the rocks to get over the stream and at him. She hugged him, only being about the height of his waist. Ash was suddenly very happy he wore both a cloak and such loose pants.

"Angel?" he asked, watching as she looked up and grinned. Angel nodded, her dark green curls bobbing. Ash felt his heart sink. "But that would mean…"

"Marian!" Elizabeth growled, the pure white aura of the Light element enveloping her body. It flared angrily. May frowned, stepping across the stream on the same stones Angel had just a moment earlier, her boots tapping on the gray rock.

"It's so nice to see you too, Elizabeth," she shot sarcastically. Ash looked between the two women, biting his lip to keep his jaw from dropping. It was just his luck that both of them would find him, and that they would become sour when they saw each other. Elizabeth eyed him, looking for a hint at what he was going to do – which, in all reality, was nothing – as her aura flared again, and more chains appeared.

Prepared for it, Ash forced them back with his own Shadow aura. May watched them, tapping her foot, before glowing a light blue, her icy blue cloak forming over her outfit. The temperature felt like it actually started to lower when she put a hand up, throwing a blue pokeball to the ground. It let out a shimmering cobalt light, and a blue-black pokemon appeared. The pokemon had long, sharp claws for hands and feet. "Sneasel!" it howled, clawing at the thin air.

"Use Blizzard." Sneasel yelled out, jumping around, and the area around her became filled with snow and hail. The weather attack blinded the group, covering the clearing in the white substance. Ash pulled his cloak around, holding Angel under it to keep her from chilling, shielding her from the frigid winds.

As the attack died, the air cleared and they were left standing in a layer of snow. Elizabeth exploded out of a pile of the mess, scowling. "Do you honestly think that weak attack of yours can stop me?" she asked, her hands on her hips, "You must be a dolt if you do." She turned to look at Ash. "Well, Ashura, are you going to just stand there and gape at us like a goldfish, or are you going to do something about this? She did just attack me, even if it was useless."

With a shrug, Ash made his expression neutral, refusing to give an answer that would anger either of them any more then they were. He didn't want their attacks turned on him when he had a child clinging to him. Elizabeth continued to look at him expectantly, frowning, before turning back to May with a sneer. "This is not the last you'll have seen of me, May." she said, before blowing a kiss to the glaring Shadow Master, "And I will be seeing you again very soon, Ashura dear. Until we meet again…"

In a bright flash of light, Elizabeth disappeared from their company. Ash looked over at May, nonchalantly, as she returned her Sneasel. His eyes betrayed him; he looked too curious. "So you're an Ice Master?" he asked, getting a glare from her, before she nodded curtly.

"Oh so observant of you. What tipped that off, the cloak or the pokemon?" she asked sarcastically. Tilting his head forward at a slight angle, Ash looked at her through the hair that fell over and covered his face.

"You've changed quite a bit, but why are you out here in this mess? Why didn't you stay at…" He paused, remembering the trap he had set up at the manor to keep Kiall – and the League, which he hadn't known was around yet - from getting their hands on it. "They attacked it? Didn't they?"

"Yes. Why didn't you tell me about it?" May looked around to Sora, who was crossing over, and at Angel, who was watching them talk with a quiet patience. "Everyone else certainly knew about it!"

He shrugged. "It was a last minute set-up. They were actually the ones that set it up, I just told them what to do." There was silence again, except for the sound of moving water. "Wait, your real name is Marian?"

May frowned at him. "Yes, like Ashura is yours, idiot."

"Don't start getting snippy, I was just asking a question."

"An extremely asinine one." It was Ash's turn to scowl, as he felt a small bubble of anger well up inside of him. He pushed it back down, knowing getting into a fight – verbal or physical – would do none of them any good.

"Hey there!" Sora planted herself between the two Masters, worriedly glancing at one and then the other, as they glared daggers at each other. "Why are you doing this? I would have thought you'd be happy-"

"Damn, she hates me, that's why!" Ash growled, Pikachu startling from the tone of his voice. Sora blinked. "It's a good thing, too."

"I highly doubt that!" she said. She went quiet to give May a chance to say her part. The Ice Master crossed her arms, glaring at Ash heatedly.

"He's actually right." Sora jumped, ogling at them in shock. "What?"

"What, why though? You two adored each other before-" May shook her head. "No?"

"The keyword there is 'before.' Now, I'm 22, and know better then to love this bastard," she said, her eyes glinting. Ash rolled his eyes, ignoring the hurt that had managed to push itself into his feelings.

"Yes, May, you certainly have a way of judging peoples personalities after only seeing someone for ten minutes after 6 years or so of separation." Ash muttered, "At any rate, I don't really blame you." Sora's eyes seemed to pop out of her head, as her head went from one side to the other. He shrugged. "If you lot don't mind, I have to get back. Misty's with me you know, and she is probably going to kill if she is up and I'm still gone."

Pulling the still clinging child off, he turned and walked off into the trees, leaving the trio behind in the clearing. Or so he thought. After a few minutes, Ash turned his head when he heard the footsteps behind him. "And you are following me, why?" he asked, clearly aggravated.

"One, I'm not following you, I'm following Angel. And two, I want to see Misty," May replied, nodding toward the little girl that was trotting along at his heels once he slowed down. Ash threw his arms up, snarling, before stomping off again. He could never be rid of such nuisances! If it wasn't the League nipping at him, it was people from his past coming back to bite him where it would hurt! "It isn't like I want to be around you any more then you want to be around me, so deal with it."

"Great, so now I just have to put up with you three until you are finished yapping to Misty." Coming up to the campsite, they saw a very much angry Misty waiting for them. Her eyes were narrowed, glittering dangerously. "There was a little trouble in the forest," he admitted, before she could go off on any of them.

Misty peered at May and Sora, before beaming at Angel. "Isn't she just a little cutie?" she said, accepting the running hug she received from the strange girl, "And if it isn't May. Gary's little sister?"

If the name registered, May didn't give any indication of it. "That's who I am."

The Water Master broke into a huge grin. "Good to see you again, now I'll have some company that doesn't consist of just pokemon or males."

With a scowl, Ash stalked away from them, muttering all the way about the 'annoying females' and 'idiots.'

- - -

A/N: I added a lot of details to the beginning. It was pretty short, that scene, so I had Kiall moving a bit more. Made him more angry, more reactive then he was in the original. I also, some might notice, obviously learned not to put little notes inside the story now. ;D I did have a note right at the beginning when it mentioned about Agatha being old, where I mention that she's ancient. Er, I took it out. There was no need for it, really.

As for the scene between Ash, May, and Elizabeth, that one took a good make-over. I made Elizabeth a lot less childish then she was, and made the scene, overall, a lot more tense. I also had Ash respond more as I could see him as responding to the situation, even though I imagine he should be a little more active rather then standing and watching them, but meh. He was in shock. XD

And I also did some changes to the conversation between Ash, May, and Sora. Originally it was just a lot of talking and not much else, so I added in the reactions and such to add to it. It makes it better, I think. Not to mention I tacked on stuff to the scene with Misty, such as her asking about May being Gary's sister, and about Angel.