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Italics mean Pokémon speech

Any who lets begin shall we.


The Journey Begins: Defeat Trent!


"Pikachu, use thunderbolt!" A voice shouted out as a bolt of thunder struck a target. The attack came from a Pikachu who was being commanded by a young Pokémon trainer. Who is this young trainer? Why he's none other than Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town or at least he was. "Good job, buddy," Ash complimented his partner's power.

"Thanks, Ash!"

"Hey Ash, dinner is almost ready!" Called Brock Harrison, Ash's long time traveling companion and only human friend left.

"Okay be there in a sec!" Ash called back to his friend. Ash and Pikachu immediately walked back their home which was a small house. "I can't believe it's nearly been a year since that day." The young trainer thought with a frown. Pikachu saw that look on his friend's face and knew what that meant. Ash was thinking about what happened that caused him and Brock to leave Pallet Town, and Kanto forever.

You see it's like this Ash had just gotten home after his adventure in Unova and almost immediately his other friends said that he should give up his dream after he lost in the Unova League. However Ash refused to listen to them and they all gave up on him, all but Brock and his mother, and he left.

When he entered Viridian Forest he called Pidgeot and told her the situation. She was furious with her master's former friends and joined him on his new journey but not before telling its flock to make sure the others never entered the forest again. Immediately following Brock arrived with all of Ash's other Pokémon and joined him.

The two then bought tickets for a ship heading to the Orre region and now live in a house Ash's family used to stay in whenever they visited Orre and Ash had received an app for his Pokedex that allowed him to carry more than six Pokémon. During their time in Orre both of them tried to further their careers. Brock continued his studies as a Pokémon Doctor and even helps out at the Pokémon Center nearby. Ash, however, continued training his Pokémon and even some of whom that were reluctant to evolve at first eventually evolved. So basically both of them are pretty happy with their lives in Orre, but still hold hatred towards their former friends.

"Who needs them, anyway?" Ash thought angrily. "If that's the thanks I get for saving their asses a million times, then they can all burn in hell!" Oh boy… the anger this boy has and who can blame him.

Both trainer and Pokémon entered the house and Brock immediately noticed that extremely pissed off look in Ash's eyes.

"You still thinking about it?" Ash only nodded.

"If they want to just go and ruin the friendship we had who cares!" Ash stated. "They won't miss us anyway."

"I know you're angry and all, Ash." Brock started. "But you can't let their words get to you. You are a great trainer and you raise your Pokémon the way a trainer should, not like some other trainers we know." Brock made a good point.

"Yeah, I guess so." Ash muttered when he saw something that caught his eye on the counter. "What's that?" He asked Brock. Brock followed his gaze and saw what he was looking at. It was a strange looking rock. It was a dark shade of blue and had strange markings on it.

"That? I found it on my way home from the Poke-mart today and didn't know what to do with it." He explained. Ash picked up the stone and examined it.

"Help me!" A voice said to him. He looked around for the source of the voice.

"What's the matter, Ash?" Pikachu asked his trainer concerned.

Ash turned to his two friends. "Didn't you guys hear that?" They looked at him confused.

"Hear what?"

"That voice."

"I didn't hear anything." Brock said. Ash looked at them both. "Maybe you've just been training to hard and are starting to hear things."

"Yeah, maybe." Ash said and then gazed back at the stone. "I know I heard something, but where did it come from? And why does it sound like something bad is about to happen."

"Okay dinner is served." Brock announced. That brought Ash out of it. "Come and get it!" Brock called out to both his and Ash's Pokémon, who immediately came running towards the house. The two boys gave out the food to each of their Pokémon and made sure they had enough for Snorlax. Then they themselves ate their own dinner. After that they both went to their rooms and Brock immediately fell asleep. Ash on the other hand was in his bed looking at the stone.

"I know I heard something coming from the stone." Pikachu heard his friend. He looked up and saw ash still looking at the stone. "Help me. Who was asking for help?"

"Well you won't find out by staring at it all night and just talking to it." Pikachu said. "Just forget about and try to get some sleep we to leave early tomorrow for the tournament."

"Oh that's right. Thanks for reminding me buddy." Ash put the stone on his nightstand and then went to sleep. "I almost forgot for a second."

The tournament mentioned is the World Wide Pokémon Battle Tournament. It's the biggest tournament of them all trainers from all over the world will be competing and whoever wins it all gets to fight a champion from one of the other leagues. Ash and his Pokémon had been training for the last year to be well prepared.


Ash's Dream

"Huh?" Ash opened his eyes and noticed he wasn't in his room. No… he looked like he was in the middle of a war zone.

"What's going on?" The young trainer heard something like two people in battle. He ran to the place where he heard the sounds and he saw to figures.

One was a figure that looked like a young man about 18 years old. He had slicked back jet black hair, blood red eyes, and dark tanned skin. His clothes consisted of a black cloak over a black shirt, black pants, and black shoes.

The other figure was another young man also about 18. He had tamable brown hair, blues eyes, and pale skin. He was wearing a blue jacket with black details, a white t-shirt, black pants, and blue and white tennis shoes. And to Ash's big surprise the person had those same z marks on his face as him!

"Who are those two and why does the one in blue look like me?" The young trainer asked himself. While he was pondering his thoughts he noticed the two ready to clash again.

"You will not harm anyone in this world or any other world again, brother!" Brother? These two are related? I know it's common for brothers to fight but seriously.

"And who will stop me? You and that pathetic human?" The one in black questioned. "You are just as weak as he is!" Harsh. The darker looking one managed to punch his brother and sent him plummeting to the ground.

Ash immediately ran to the figure that almost looked like him. "Hey are you okay?" He asked the young man and noticed something strange about him. He was…transparent? "What the hell?" As Ash was still staring at the down ghost or whatever he is, the other guy saw them both.

"Well now it looks like I get to destroy both of you." He started and charged up and orb of dark energy. Ash looked up horrified that he was about to die. "SAY GOODNIGHT!" The spirit yelled while laughing maniacally. He launched the orb at his brother and Ash.

"AHHHH…" Ash screamed as he was nailed with the dark orb.


"AHHHH!" Ash screamed as he sat straight up in his bed. "Oh man what a nightmare." The young trainer wiped some of the sweat off his brow, and tried to regain his breath. "What was I seeing? Who were those two that were fighting each other? And why did that one look like me?"

"What's wrong, Ash?" Pikachu asked as he looked at his trainer.

"Nothing Pikachu it was just a really weird dream." Ash assured his partner. "But was it really a dream? It seemed so really." Ash thought then looked to the stone.

"Hey Ash you up yet? Breakfast is ready!" Brock called out from downstairs.

"Coming!" Ash called back as he got up and got dressed. On his journey he decided to wear a blue long sleeved jacket with white details, over a white t-shirt, blue jeans, black and white sneakers, and black fingerless gloves. His hat was the same one he wore during his travels in Unova. He looked back to the stone and pocketed it. "Well if something is going to happen I better have this with me." He said as he and Pikachu had exited his room and went downstairs.

After breakfast the two decided to head out and get a good start on getting to the WWPBT. The competition itself is being held in a city called Geo City (I know that is probably not a city in Orre so I just made it up).

"Okay we both already know the closest city is Phenac so we head their first and then head to whatever city is closest to it."

"All right and when we get there I'll have to continue my training with everyone." Ash said pumped up for the tournament. Before they could go any further they saw a girl and her Chansey, and it looked really beat up. That got the two's attention as they ran up to her. "Hey what happened here?" Ash asked her. She looked up at them and her eyes were red from all the crying she must have done.

"I was challenged to a battle by an older boy and he played unfairly." She told them, upset.

"How did he fight unfairly?" Brock asked her.

"For one thing he used two Pokémon at the same time while I only had one. Strange thing is they were both the same one. And then he had them both demolish my Chansey." She finished as she began to cry again. Brock ran up and took a look at her Chansey. He pulled out some potions and used them on Chansey.

Ash looked angry that someone would attack a little girl and her Pokémon so unfairly. "Two of the same Pokémon and he commanded them both. How is that possible?"

"Someone else was pulling the strings for one of them." The voice Ash has been hearing spoke to him. "Be careful if you run into him, my friend."

"I don't know who you are, but for some reason I am glad you are on my side." Ash thought as he finished his mental talk with the voice in his head. "Can you tell us which way he went?"

"Yes, he went into the forest after he beat me." The girl said as she pointed towards the forest. That was all Ash needed to know as he ran straight into the forest with Brock trying to catch up with him.

"Hey Ash wait up will ya!" Brock called out as Ash decided to finally come to a stop. Brock finally caught up and stopped to catch his breath. "What was that about?" Brock questioned his friend.

"I hate anyone who would attack a younger opponent with cheating maneuvers and use two against one, it's just not fair." Ash explained. "So I'm going to find this jerk and make him regret it."

"But we don't even know where he is in this forest or what he looks like." Good point. Suddenly they heard a scream as if someone was hurt. "Of course we could just follow the sounds of danger." And they did just that.

When they got there they saw another young kid crowded towards his Braviary and another kind with a dark smirk on his face standing near a Sceptile.

"It's not fair, how were you able to use both of those Pokémon at the same time and I wasn't allowed to use more than one?" The kid asked the older boy sadly.

"That's just how these kinds of battles work runt." The older boy said darkly. "Now why don't you hand over all of your Pokémon and then I'll leave." That last part irked both Ash and Brock.

"You're not taking anything from anyone!" Ash shouted as he ran up to protect the younger boy. The older boy looked satisfied to see Ash, as he started to smirk darkly.

"Hey you're that Ash Ketchum kid, right?" He asked. "I heard you disappeared off the face of the earth and here I find you in Orre. My name is Trent and I challenge you to a battle to see if you are a worthy opponent."

"Oh so all you wanted was a battle? Well why didn't you say so?" Ash started. "So attacking little kids and cheating was just your way of practicing so you could battle me?!"

Trent just smirked. "In a way of speaking, yes." He chuckled. "So how about runt you feel like battling me?"

"I'll battle you if only to make you pay for what you've done!" Ash responded angrily. "So how many Pokémon will we use?"

"We'll each only use 1 Pokémon each." Trent answered.

"Fine by me! Pikachu, let's do this!" Pikachu leaped onto the battlefield as his cheeks emitted sparks.

"Oh so I get to face your pride and joy Pikachu, eh? Well let's see if you can beat my Sceptile!" Trent said as his Sceptile entered the field. "But before we begin someone else will be joining us." Ash, Brock, and Pikachu looked confused when he said that but it didn't last long as a Pokeball had hit the field.

"Where did that come from?" Brock questioned. Ash looked at Trent's side and noticed a second Sceptile and that wasn't the only thing he saw. Next to Trent was someone else that almost looked like the guy Ash saw in his dream last night.

"So you ready to lose, punk?" Trent taunted.

"Before we do aren't you going to introduce your friend?" Ash smirked. Trent and the guy next to him looked shocked, as did Brock. "That's how you beat those other trainers isn't it? You had from that guy next to you, right?"

"You can actually see him?" Trent wondered as he looked to his companion. "He knows the truth Zyber."

"So he does." The spirit, Zyber said.

"So he had help from a spirit to win those battles. That's cheating!" Brock exclaimed.

"Not cheating if they can't see him." Trent said. "Now enough talk let's begin! Sceptile use Leaf Blade!" And his Sceptile charged straight at Pikachu.

"Dodge it!" Ash called out. And Pikachu did just that. But they had more than just one opponent to deal with.

Zyber smirked. "Fury Cutter!" Zyber's Sceptile charged at Pikachu as well and unleashed a barrage upon the mouse Pokémon. Pikachu was pretty hurt after that.

"Pikachu, you alright?" Ash asked concerned.

"I've had worse." Pikachu stated.

"Alright then. Use Iron Tail!" Ash commanded as Pikachu ran up and his tail turned itself to iron and nailed Trent's Sceptile into Zyber's. Unfortunately that only succeeded in pissing them off.

"Sceptile use Solar Beam!" Both Trent and Zyber had declared. The two Pokémon started charging up their respective Solar Beam attacks.

"Gotta act quick!" Ash thought worried. "Pikachu, Quick Attack!" Pikachu started running very fast towards them both. But it looked like they were too late. "Oh no!/Pika!"

"Fire now!" Both of their Sceptile unleashed their Solar Beams and both nearly hit Pikachu if something hadn't intervened and gotten Pikachu out of the way. The blast from the combined Solar Beam attacks was enough to knock Ash and Brock off their feet.

"Pikachu!" Ash called out worried for his partner Pokémon. When the smoke cleared Pikachu was fine and was saved by…another Pikachu? "Wait, where did that other Pikachu come from?"

"Get up. We have to win this battle." A familiar voice said. Ash looked to his side and the sight before him shocked both him and Brock.

Next to him was that same spirit from his dream last night. He had the same brown hair, blue eyes and pale skin. He was wearing a blue jacket with black details, a white t-shirt, black pants, and blue and white tennis shoes. He even had the same z-marks on his face. Ash felt like he was almost looking in a mirror.

"Hurry the Dark Spirit and his partner are moving in. Get up." The spirit said to Ash.

"Who are you?" Ash asked.


Alright so this ends the first chapter. Also I would like to point out my talents of writing battles aren't exactly good but I hope you enjoyed it and the rest that's yet to come in the next chapter.

Ash has encountered a trainer that has a spirit to help him win battles and he himself has met a spirit that looks just like him in some ways. The question is can Ash trust him? Find out next: the Battle Continues: a Partnership Formed!