Sup everyone, sorry about updating the story but i was busy with school, only those in university and college will understand the struggle, anyways! i'm actually glad to have updated a new chapter as i came up with a lot of new ideas for the story, so yeah, hope you guys enjoy it. By the way I DO NOT OWN POKEMON otherwise it would fucking rock.

"I can't believe it…...Ash, is that really you?" She continued staring at him, they all did, he however, didn't seem to be affected by their reactions, he kept a calm attitude towards it all.

"Ash!" Max cupped both of his hands over his mouth to make his scream louder, unlike the others who were surprised, he was more excited rather than shocked.

"Ash…...Ash". The brunette had stared down at the ground shifting her eyes back and forth as if she knew something but couldn't remember.

"Ash, where have you been?" Misty uttered in denial.

"Nice to see you to Misty". he replied expressionless.

The green eyed female picked her head and pointed straight at Misty, "Are we going to battle or not waterflower?!"

She bit down on her lip and then looked angst upon staring at the raven haired males cold eyes, she shook her head and then furrowed her eyes over towards the brunette.

"Of course we are!"

She crossed her arms staring up at her blastoise and then over at Misty with an intimidating smirk, "Then go ahead and call out your pokemon".

She growled under her breath and pulled a pokeball from behind, she looked over once again at Ash who had his arms crossed staring directly at her, she then looked over at the rest of the group who shrugged, she took in a deep breath and then focused her attention onto her opponent, this time glaring at her.

"Starmie let's go!" she threw the ball up into the air allowing a blinding, bursting light to appear taking on the form of the water type.

"I'll let you do the honors Ms. water type". she chuckled mockingly towards the red head who fell for her taunt.

"Starmie use rain dance, now!" the star pokemon hissed at it's opponent releasing a blinding blue light from it's red jewel, it launched it up at the sky where everyone had begun noticing the clouds turning dark and overshadowing the sun, before they knew it, rain was pouring down from the sky.

She chuckled, "Fool….Blastoise hit it hydro pump!" she swiped her arm to the side, blastoise released a screeching roar blasting two powerful jets of water from its cannons towards Starmie.

"Cut through it with rapid spin!" it launched itself up into the sky and began spinning rapidly towards blastoise's attack cutting right through it and destroying it leaving only a heavier shower of rain.

"Thunderbolt let's go!"

"Starmie!" it retracted back onto it's side and fired a shocking bolt of thunder towards it's opponent from it's body.

"Take it". she ordered, the giant water type stood it's ground waiting to be struck, when it was, it roared in excruciating pain but took on the move.

"what's wrong with her?!" growled Max, glaring at the brunette who kept a dauntless look to herself.

"Blastoise isn't fast enough to dodge a move like thunderbolt, she must have trained it to endure attacks such as these…..impressive". exclaimed Brock.

"Break through it and use earthquake blastoise!" she ordered, staring at Misty with chilling eyes.

It broke through thunderbolt and smashed it's foot against the surface of the ground causing an eruption to occur putting everyone out of balance, several streaks began breaking through the arena causing Starmie to tilt over and lose it's balance as well.

"Follow it up with Surf!"

"Blastoise!" it roared, water began seeping through from the cracks and pouring down faster from the ground, it all became engulfed in a blue aura and formed into a giant wave that the shell pokemon began riding.

"Stay strong Starmie! use rapid spin to break through and destroy it!" it went up in the air again and began spinning rapidly shooting itself straight into the center of the wave causing it break apart.

"Quick use thunder!" it stopped mid way in the air just above blastoise who looked up at the star pokemon, lightning streaks appeared through the dark clouds and then bright yellow flashes came afterwards, through the reflection of it's eyes it saw the giant bolt of electricity crashing down at it from the sky above only to send it pummeling into the ground below creating a large crater where it landed.

"Blastoise!" she had quickly reacted upon seeing her pokemon take incredible damage, she gritted her teeth forming her hands into fists as she stared on to misty with a mad glare, she returned it with a victorious smile.

"Bla-...blastoise". it struggled when it picked itself up but it did, covered fully in scratches and bruises it roared as loud as it could and stuck a pose hold out its arms to flex.

May had begun cheering out loud for her "Way to go Misty! Show her who's boss!"

"She's gotten better". mumbled Ash, staring at the large crater and massive damage done on blastoise.

"We don't go down that easily so don't get too cocky yet". exclaimed the brunette.

"We'll see about that". whispered Misty, growing a tiny smirk on her lips.

She pointed straight ahead, "Psychic then use thunder once more maximum power!"

Blastoise became engulfed in a purple energy as it was lifted off the ground and into the air, Starmie jumped up becoming coated in a yellow energy as the clouds once again began roaring, they were both just feet away from each other in the air.

"why isn't she giving any orders?" Iris responded, unsure about the girls actions.

"She's got something up her sleeve". Cynthia muttered in a quiet tone, the raven haired boy nodded with her response.

Just when starmie was about to strike the pokemon, she closed her eyes, ordering with a calm tone, "Skull bash".

"What?!" it broke through Starmie's psychic with ease and became engulfed in a silver aura quickly launching itself up and clashing it's skull against starmie who was sent racing towards the other end of the arena, crashing against the buildings wall which was surfacing with cracks now.

"Starmie no!" Her head had snapped over to Starmies direction, her face was now fear stricken upon seeing the cracks on starmies red jewel.

May and Iris gasped, "Oh…..Arceus…". they muttered in pure shock.

Cilan had trouble swallowing the lump of saliva in his throat, "Her blastoise emits a very bitter…...yet strong taste in power".

She hurried over to her pokemon and knelt by its side holding it in her arms, "Oh….starmie". she whispered, hugging it as the red jewel began blinking and sounding out an alarming ring.

She held the pokemon up in her arms carrying it now, she looked back at her opponent who had that same smirk, victorious and undefeated, "Checkmate, Waterflower".

She shook her head and looked down at her pokemon whose jewel began crumbling and blinking faster, she hurried through the crowd without saying another word and disappeared from their sight.

"Misty!" May and the rest of the group ran after her, also disappearing through the crowd who had begun talking amongst themselves about what had just happened, the only who stayed behind was the young junior, Max.

He continued staring at Ash who had felt the boys eyes piercing onto him, he gave a final stare before turning his back to the young trainer, walking into the riled up crowd with cynthia by his side, both of them were now gone.

He turned his attention onto Leaf, making his way over to her now as she began rubbing Blastoise's shell as it rested on the ground, "Thank you Blastoise, you deserve a good long rest". she took out her pokeball and recalled it back in.

She jumped when she turned around only to find herself face to face with Max, "What do you want"? she asked in a defensive tone.

"Nothing, just wanted to introduce myself, I'm Max, you're a pretty tough trainer and that blastoise you have is no joke, i'll have to keep a look out for you in the tournament, just in case we end up on opposite ends of the arena".

"Well Max, if you're anything good like your gym leader father than maybe we will see each other in the arena". She bumped his shoulder as she walked by him, leaving a dumbfounded look on him as he questioned how she knew who his dad was.

She stopped, and with both their backs to each other she replied, "By the way…..I'm Leaf". then continued on her way.

(Pokemon Center)

"Misty!" they saw her sitting on a bench, hunched over as her elbows were on her knees staring down at the floor.

They surrounded her, panting and catching their breaths, "Starmie's being treated by Nurse joy and Chansey, i shouldn't have challenged her, now look what happened to Starmie". she covered her face with her eyes, holding back her tears.

"I'm going to go help with Nurse joy, see if i can do anything to help with Starmie". Brock placed his hand on her shoulder reassuringly and ran off into the doors of the ER. May and Iris sat by the red heads side and placed a hand on each shoulder to comfort her.

Cilan smiled, cracking a joke to brighten the mood, "On the bright side…..if something happens to this Starmie then you have the other Starmie back Cerulean gym". he kept his wide smile waiting for one of them to laugh, but they didn't, instead they glared up at him with dagger eyes making him sweat from their intense staring.

"My bad, forget what i said". he sighed, looking down at the distraught redhead with a sympathetic look.

May looked to both her sides over and over again, "Where's Max?"

(Cynthia and Ash)

They were both now deep in the forests of the island, secluded from the rest of the trainers who had begun a hunt for the blonde champion.

she was seated on a large rock crossing her legs and leaning back with her arms to support her up, she had a barely noticeable smile on her face as she watched the raven haired boy train with Lucario.

They fought against each other as training, throwing punches and kicks to each other which were either blocked or countered by the other.

"Focus and give me your best shot Lucario, go!" ordered the raven haired male throwing a kick at the aura pokemon who dodged it swiftly and reappeared behind him landing a powerful blow onto the trainers back sending him crashing down onto the ground.

Cynthia gasped, "Pi! Pikachu!" they both ran to his side, checking to see if he was ok.

He sat up, aching from the painful attack but grinned up at Lucario, "You really have gotten stronger, way to go buddy". it crossed it's arms smirking down at its trainer with a prideful expression.

"Are you ok?" She took a peek at his back but he grabbed her hand making her quickly stare into his eyes.

"You worry too much, i'm fine". he grinned devilishly, making her cheeks flare up and turn pink.

"I know…" she looked away, avoiding eye contact so he wouldn't see her blushing.

He got up from the ground helping her up as well, "I don't mind it though, it's nice to know someone cares about me". he grabbed her chin, she closed her eyes knowing what was coming next.

He lifted her chin up as he went down to place his lips on hers, both Pikachu and Lucario turned their backs, giving both of them some privacy.

He pulled his lips away from her, grinning as she still had her eyes closed and lips purched together, when she opened them she was embarrassed to find him looking at her in that state.

"Come on". he grabbed her hand and led her away.

"Where are we going?"

"I think i've trained enough for today, i don't want to get my team exhausted for tomorrows first rounds, so we might as well enjoy the rest of today".

They exited out from the forest and ended up back on the field of arenas, he continued holding onto her hand leading her through the massive crowds of people attempting to surround them but were forced out of the way by him.

"People just can't seem to get enough of you can they?" she rolled her eyes, laughing at his response.

"Well may i remind you, i am the most powerful trainer in sinnoh".

"Not to mention the hottest". she turned completely red after that.

She began watching as people whispered and talked as the two of them walked by.

"who is he?"

"Why are they holding hands?"

"Is that Cynthia's boyfriend?"

"I didn't know she was dating".

"You hear them too huh?" he chuckled at the peoples responses, she nodded.

"yeah…."

"Let them think what they want".

He stopped when he realized something, "I forgot i need to do something, why don't you go back to the villa and i'll meet you there".

She didn't think to question it because she didn't want to find out so she agreed and walked off, entering the black car that was waiting for them with Jeremy, he watched as the car drove off and without moving his head he pointed to the trees behind him on his left side.

"Lucario….aura sphere". it growled when it heard a rustling noise and held it's palm out towards the trees, firing a large blue energy orb that had destroyed the trees into pieces.

"You're pretty sharp". she giggled, unaffecting the boys expression as he closed his eyes and crossed his arms.

"Show yourself". he answered back demandingly.

It was Leaf, showing herself from behind a tree, she leaned against it folding her arms with a smirk as she stared at him.

"Long time no see Ash".

"Who are you?" he glared at her, unsure whether to let his guard down or keep it up.

She mockingly gasped, placing a hand on her chest as she frowned, "We've been working under the same team for a while and you don't even have the decency to remember me? I'm kind of hurt, Ash Ketchum".

He growled at her taunting response, "What are you talking about"?

She came closer to him, only inches away from his face, she kept that same smirk she flashed Misty earlier, "Don't act stupid, I know you've been impersonating Red to work under team rocket". He stepped away from her.

Scowling at her answer he furrowed his brows onto the brunette, "How do you know?"

She chuckled, "There's nothing for you to be worried about, we work on the same team, not team rocket that is, but for Red you moron".

"How do you know Red?"

"I grew up in the same town as you and Red, Pallet town, but i was kidnapped when i was little by a masked shadow man, i was raised by him and worked under some pretty fucked up shit planned by team rocket, but Red saved me, he saved a lot of us from team rocket and gave us all new starts".

"So then what are you doing working back for them?"

"I'm guessing Red didn't tell you the full reason why he wanted you to go undercover".

"What reason is that?" he felt himself starting to get angry.

"You'll learn soon enough…Red however, asked me to do this because someone he loves dearly was taken from him, and he needs me to find her, as for you, well let's just say…..there's no other person in the world who can take on this task….Red trusts you entirely to do this for him… so if you fail him….then i'll be coming for you…...anyways, can't wait to see you in the arena tomorrow, Red, Oops….i mean, Ash". she sent him a wink followed by a devious chilling smile before turning her back to him and walking off.

"What is that supposed to mean?" he whispered, staring after the brunette until he couldn't see her anymore.

Well there you guys have it, chapter three to red ashes, sorry it took me a while to write a chapter but i was busy with work, school, and some other crap so i hope you enjoyed it, leave reviews so i know if my story sucks or is pretty damn good, plus i won't put another chapter up until i at least receive like 8 or ten reviews, so when i do i'll post another chapter up, and chapter four will be the first rounds to the tournament so i'll leave you all to wonder who i'll be pairing up in matches and all, i know there wasn't much in this chapter but it's to build the excitement for these upcoming chapters, i personally liked Leaf's and Misty's battles but then again i wrote it but i could imagine the epicness in my head so that made it more awesomer, but anyways let me know what you thought about it, so there you guys have it, until then i'm outs!