*sighs* Hey there everyone.

Mew: Wha-

Birthday. It's coming up at the time I'm writing this AN and I'd rather just skip it all together… I can't afford to have a day for nothing, let alone the fact that I have to save up money to move. Again. So, I'm not really going to say much except this. Thank you for putting up with the RWBY phase I just went through. With that said, reviews.

Guest: I haven't really thought that far ahead. I might make some time shenanigans with Dialga or Celebi like in the previous version, but instead of locking his age in place, he grows older, sacrificing his own time for someone else. Actually...I'll keep that one in mind.

Phantomsoul2015: Well, when every person you're around IRL aggravates you to the point where you retreat into yourself and the internet, you tend to learn about something involving computers. He just happened to learn everything I could find on them. Which really isn't a lot.

So… yeah. Chapter. Here we go.

"Speech/Pokespeech"

'Thought'

"Telepathy"
Pokemon Attacks

Ash yawned slightly as he typed. He hadn't been getting much sleep in the past few days. He woke up at four in the morning, visited Froakie for two hours, took fifteen minutes to make breakfast for his team, then trained with them until noon. During the lunch break, he read the news to see if there was anything important going on. After lunch, he trained his aura with Lucy and his psychic abilities with Grace. He wasn't nearly as proficient in his Psychic abilities, but he was slowly grasping how to use Telepathy. With aura, he's now able to launch a perfect Aura sphere, but the time it takes to perfect it is much too long for him to even consider using it. He trains those powers for about two hours and then helps Bolt with his training. They've made some progress in terms of his general health, he even seemed a little slimmer then a week ago, which will allow him to move even faster, with less dead weight slowing him down.

Bolt had also made some progress in using Iron Tail, but couldn't get it to execute properly. Ash theorized that he just needed to work on his energy channeling. After he made dinner, they were free to do whatever, though Ash usually visited Froakie in that time. Then there was night where they were supposed to rest. Currently though, he was having a conversation with Cynthia Shirona through various overcomplicated hacking methods. "Let's see… she's blocked that method…I could just power through her firewall, but then that'd leave my own computer susceptible to much more undesirable people… Huh. I think she's got me beat. That's… huh." He took his fingers away from the keyboard and a message popped up on the screen.

'Giving up? ;p'

Ash sighed and sent a message back to the Sinnoh Champion. 'You beat me. Not a lot of people can do that. :\ Congratulations.'

'Yes! I have to admit, you gave me a much better challenge then most people. Think that you're impressive in…other ways? ;)'

Ash blushed slightly and then coughed a bit from his embarrassment. 'I don't plan on traveling to Sinnoh for some time. My apologies. Besides. I believe that I'm a little… young… for your tastes Ms. Shirona.'

'Really? :0 How old are you?'

Ash then smirked. 'How old did you think I am?'

'I don't know… mid twenties?'

'I'm ten years of age.'

Cynthia stared at the message and then slowly responded. 'Bullshit.'

'I'm afraid so. :| Does the name Ash Ketchum spring anything to mind?'

Cynthia quickly looked the name up and placed the window on her second monitor. "Ash Ketchum huh? Graduated high school at the age of five… Pretty impressive… Becomes Jr. Professor at the age of ten… Hold on a minute…" 'You're Ash Ketchum?!'

'Precisely.'

'You realize that you can get your license revoked for this, right?'

'I've hacked no one but you. And you found it fun. Why else would you have continued this past our first encounter instead of hiring a professional to kill my computer remotely?'

Cynthia sighed sadly as she leaned back in her chair. "First guy who interests me, and he's ten… what does that say about me?" She looked at the messages again. "More importantly… what does that say about him…?" 'You've got me there. Just how is it that a ten year old can hack into a secure computer from an entirely different region?'

'It was actually quite simple, though your I.P randomization algorithm was tough to get past, the actual firewall of the League is… outdated. To put it simply. I wasn't prepared for you to create your own firewall program so quickly though. You should probably share your security enhancements with the rest of the League, so that criminal hackers will have a difficult time getting into the system.'

Cynthia chuckled and then composed an email with her firewall program as an attached file to all of the Champions. The tile was just 'Install this'. 'That's an amazing idea. I hope you don't mind me stealing it.'

'Not at all.'

Cynthia smiled and then heard her Garchomp yawn behind her. She spun around and saw Garchomp asleep on her bed. She sighed. "Garchomp… what did I say about sleeping in my bed? You know that you have to wait for me girl."

Garchomp roared softly, telling her trainer to hurry up.

Cynthia nodded and sent a quick message to Ash before logging off. 'Got to go. My Garchomp wants to sleep already. Talk to you later!'

'Understood. I know how Dragon types can get. Talk to you tomorrow.'

Cynthia sighed as she flopped onto the bed, where her Garchomp immediately hugged her. "O-Okay girl. Getting a little tight… can't sleep like this… Garchomp!"

Ash sighed as he closed the chat room. "Okay… now it's time to research moves for-" He gritted his teeth as felt something trying to force its way into his head. He groaned softly as he felt his defences shatter. He groaned and then laid down and closed his eyes to see what exactly was trying to attack him. He stood in a grey void and looked around cautiously. He looked up to see a writhing form of… something. It looked kinda like Mew, but also… not.

"Run… RUN!"

An unstable pulse of psychic energy shot towards Ash and hit him full force. He tumbled back a bit as a purple glow surrounded him. "You come into my head and tell me to run…? Where the hell would I even run TO?!"

"He's… coming for you!" The creature seemed to writhe more, then disappeared.

Ash closed his eyes as he left his mind. He sat up in his bed and then brought his barriers back up as he thought. "'He's coming for you…' So I'm being hunted… by who though…?" He shook his head and was about to go to sleep when a message pinged on his computer. He groaned. "What now…?" He opened the message.

'Froakie's awake.'

He stared at the message for a second, then shot out of his bed, knocking Bolt to the floor in the process.

Bolt groaned as he held his head. "What the hell was that for…?!"

Ash glanced at Bolt as he got dressed in his day clothes again. "Froakie's awake. I'm going to go see them. You coming?"

Bolt hopped back onto the bed and then onto Ash's shoulder. "If you're carrying me."

Ash shook his head as he put his jacket on. He then held Bolt and began to dash through the halls to get to the ICU section of the Center. It didn't take long, but it felt like it took forever. He skidded to a halt and gazed inside of the window to see Froakie looking around. He calmed himself and then entered the room. "Hey there Froakie. I heard that you were awake."

Froakie stared Ash in the eyes. "… Mei…"

Ash tilted his head. Froakie's voice sounded much more feminine then before. "What?"

Froakie slowly sat up, even though it was uncomfortable for them with their current bodily structure. "My name. It's Mei."

Ash smiled as he sat down next to the bed. "Okay Mei. So, how are you feeling?"

Mei groaned softly. "B-Better… still not good though." She laid back down and stared at Ash. "Why did you save me…?"

Ash's smile became a gentle one instead of a purely happy one. "Because you were in danger. Do I really need a better reason then that?"

Mei stared for a moment, then sighed and looked away. "But I'm weak and worthless… why would you even bother with me…?"

Ash's eyes immediately became cold. "Who said that to you…?"

Mei began to shiver for some reason. "W-Well… my previous trainer… his name was Damien… I couldn't beat a that Pidgeotto so he abandoned me, calling me a waste of life…" She looked back over to Ash to see that his aura was flaring, threatening to go out of control.

"Did he beat you…?" Ash was staring at the ground, his fingers digging into his hands.

Mei hesitated for a moment, then nodded softly.

Ash's aura became red and the air became slightly heavier. His eyes were glowing a vengeful red. "That BASTARD! I'll… I'll make him suffer for every time he hurt you…"

Bolt slapped Ash in the face with his tail. "Hey! Human! Calm down already!" He seemed to care slightly. "Save it for when we find this Damien, then take him out!" He slammed a paw that seemed like a fist into an open paw with an evil grin.

Ash nodded and slowly calmed down, his Aura fading from the visible spectrum. "Okay… Well… if you'd like, you can join my team, though you won't be fighting for a while. You can train with us, but that'll mostly be just for rehabilitation."

Mei looked up at the ceiling. "I… don't have to fight…" As the realization dawned on her she began to cry. "I-I… I don't have to fight anymore…!"

Bolt stared at Mei. "…Geez… what's with her…?"

Ash bopped Bolt on the head. "You don't have to fight if you don't want to Mei… alright?" He gently reached over to her and gently gripped her hand, while making Mei's Pokeball float out of his bag and land in his other hand. "If you want to come with us, then tap the big button on the ball." He set the Pokeball onto the bed and then leaned back into his seat, beginning to fall asleep.

Once Mei was sure that Ash was asleep, she looked over at Bolt. "H-How is it, being with him…?"

Bolt chucked. "Okay. He's a slave driver when it comes to training." He saw Mei visibly tense up. "But he cares, so he'll probably only have you doing stuff to stay healthy while you heal. He actually cooks us meals, offers to bathe us, even though we all say no, probably for various reasons, and he won't hesitate to save a live he knows is worth saving. Seen it happen."

Mei sighed softly. "So… he doesn't hit you…?"

Bolt hummed a bit. "Well, he hits Lucy, but she hits back just a- oh. No, he doesn't abuse us. Ash fights with Lucy, but she's encouraged to fight back." He then chuckled a bit, somewhat ashamed at his choice of words.

Mei nodded a bit, then looked at the pokeballs on Ash's belt. "Can… you let me out as soon as I touch the button…?"

Bolt laughed at that. "Y-You don't like Pokeballs either huh? Okay. I'll let you out. But he's already captured you, ya know. Maybe he just wants confirmation."

Mei ignored the last bit and then tapped the Pokeball, returning herself.

Bolt pushed the button and released Mei, who was glaring.

"You said that you would let me right out!"

Bolt blinked. "I…did. Look at the clock. I can't read time, but the big sticks haven't changed."

Mei looked up at the clock to see that the hands indeed did not change. "That's… odd."

As the two Pokemon talked about their past throughout the night, Ash smirked while he 'slept'.

Ash carried Bolt and Mei out of the Pokemon Center with a new ball on his belt. He looked back and waved at Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, and Joey. He turned back towards the exit of the town and began to jog forward, wishing that he could take in the sights, but he had to make up for lost time.

Bolt yawned a bit as he looked up at Ash. "Hey. So we're finally leaving?"

Ash nodded as he ran. "Yep. Mei was cleared to leave by Joy, so we're gone."

Bolt cheered as he hopped onto Ash's head. "Huh. This hat is really comfortable."

Ash smirked. "Why do you think I wear it?" He stepped into the grass and then his expression changed. "Okay Bolt… let's get you used to battle. Hop off of me."

Bolt hesitated for a second, then hopped off of Ash into the tall grass. "So… how are we going to do this?"

Ash closed his eyes and pulsed his aura, trying to attract the Pokemon in the area. "Simple. We're going to see how long you can last in battle."

"I don't really like the sound of that."

"But I do." Ash chuckled as he heard rustling in the grass. "You all know the rules in this area. One at a time. Anyone who loses will be healed by me. Go."

A Pidgey flew out of the grass and immediately tried to hit Bolt with Gust.

Ash adjusted his hat a bit. "Bolt, remember, listen to me, but also go with your instincts when I don't react fast enough. Now, the wind is spinning clockwise. So dodge to the right and then attack them with a close range Thundershock."

Bolt immediately dodged to the right, the winds scratching his left side. He then rushed the Pidgey and jumped up in front of it to shock the bird's system.

The Pidgey yelled in pain as they lit up from the electric attack, then fell to the ground.

Bolt landed on his hind legs and then jumped back over to Ash just in time to dodge a Bite attack from a Rattata.

"Hmm. That one's strong. It must've taken quite a while for it to learn Bite around here. Avoid the front of them and attack one of their sides as you see fit."

Bolt nodded and then ran towards the Rattata and then hopped over it when it tried to bite down on him. He smirked and then flipped around in the air to strike the Rat Pokemon on the back with a powerful Thundershock for his time training the move. Which was just to become more accurate with it, not to build up power for it. The Rattata cried in pain, then glared at Bolt.

Ash smirked. "If you can use Iron Tail then do it Bolt."

Bolt closed his eyes as he fell, and began to gather Steel type energy into his tail.

The Rattata saw this as an opportunity to strike, so it rushed towards Bolt, its teeth streaking with Dark type energy. It closed the distance and was about to bite down on the Pikachu's neck.

"Move your tail in front of you now Bolt!"

Bolt quickly moved his tail in front of him and a sharp clang noise rang out. He slowly opened his eyes to see that his tail had a metallic sheen to it.

Ash smiled. "Your energy channeling has improved. Now use Tail Whip to get it off of you."

Bolt grinned ferally as he began to whip his tail violently behind him.

The Rattata tried to hold onto the metallic tail of the Electric Mouse Pokemon, but its jaws just weren't strong enough. It let go and was sent tumbling across the ground after a harsh landing.

Bolt panted softly and then threw his arms out. "Anyone else want some?!" He heard some soft rustling around him, probably the other Pokemon in the area sneaking away.

Ash walked over to Bolt and patted him with his free hand. "Great job Bolt. Once you master that attack, it'll be very powerful." He then picked up the hurt Rattata and the unconscious Pidgey after setting Mei down next to Bolt. He quickly healed the two wild Pokemon up and let them wake up. When they did, he watched as they ran away.

Bolt yawned. "Yeah. That was a breeze." He was then bopped on the head by Ash. "Hey!"

Ash picked Mei up again as he sighed. "Arrogance leads to defeat Bolt. What would've happened if you didn't harden your tail enough in time? You would've lost." He then began to run. "Keep up Bolt! You need to get faster!"

Bolt groaned and then ran after Ash, mumbling that he was a slave driver.

"I heard that!"

Bolt panted heavily and collapsed as soon as they were inside of the Viridian Forest. "Arceus… why did you make me meet this guy…?"

Ash chuckled and then picked Bolt up. "Don't worry. I'll set up camp soon so that everyone can train. Well, you'll rest before that, but yeah."

Bolt was limp in Ash's arms. "Thank… you Arceus…"

Mei snickered at Bolt's attitude. "You know that you should at least be nicer to our trainer."

"Partner."

"Nicer?!" Bolt then began to laugh a very loud fake laugh.

Ash shook his head and then walked through the forest, quickly finding a Caterpie. "Excuse me? Do you know where we could find a place to rest and train without disturbing the rest of the forest?"

The Caterpie flinched heavily when Ash started speaking, then slowly looked at him. "Y-You're not going to eat me…?"

Ash seemed horrified. "What?! No! Why would I eat you? D-..." A depressed expression quickly replaced the look of horror on his face. "Right… Pokemon eat other pokemon… well, my partners are very strong. I assure you that we won't eat you. Okay?"

The Caterpie nodded softly and then began to inch their way closer to Ash.

Ash smiled and extended a hand towards the caterpillar Pokemon as Bolt hopped onto his head. "Can you show us where to go?"

The Caterpie nodded again and then turned in a seemingly random direction. "That way."

Ash nodded and then looked down at the Caterpie. "So… you aren't surprised that I can understand you?"

The Caterpie shook their head. "No. A Pidgey flew by shouting that 'The Chosen is here'. So my parents told me to expect a human who can speak to Pokemon."

"Oh. Well, at least I don't have to worry about my secret getting out now…" Ash deadpanned as he walked through the underbrush. There wasn't a lot more conversation after that until they reached the clearing.

The Caterpie smiled internally, as their face wouldn't allow them to actually smile. "Here we are. Could you set me into a tree please?"

Ash nodded and set the Caterpie onto the branch next to him. "So do you live nearby?"

The Caterpie nodded. "I live just a little ways back there. I'll hopefully see you soon Chosen!" The Worm Pokemon inched away into the forest, leaving Ash without another word.

Ash quickly released the rest of his team and then smiled. "Okay guys. Just some warm ups today. After that, I'll introduce you to your new teammate."

The veteran Pokemon immediately ran off and began to do their exercises, already knowing what Ash wanted them to do.

Red looked around the meeting room and then sat down in his seat silently. For whatever reason, the Chairman called all of the champions up for a meeting. Cynthia still hasn't shown up yet.

Lance spoke up first. "Why are we all here?"

The Chairman, Charles Goodshow, or Charley, smiled. "As you all may know, Professor Oak has appointed a young boy of the name Ashura Ketchum the title of Junior Professor. He is ten years old and extremely intelligent, based on what has been said in Samuel's reports."

Steven leaned forward. "So, what is Ashura's team composed of so far?"

Goodshow picked up a remote and then clicked it. "His started is a Pikachu that he has named Bolt. He's very feisty and likes shocking people. Or at least he liked shocking Samuel. Ashura used Bolt in his first and only battle so far against a young trainer named Joey. Ash won by forfeit. Apparently he had Bolt grab Joey's Rattata's tail and use his most powerful Thundershock on it."

Diantha gasped softly. "Is the Rattata alright?"

Goodshow nodded. "The Rattata is in perfect health, and from our readings, is training with Joey to get stronger."

Red chuckled.

Lance looked over at Red. "Is there something that you'd like to say Red?"

Red nodded softly, his red eyes gleaming softly. "Do we have video?"

Goodshow hesitantly nodded as he felt the room get colder. He then put the short video of the battle up for the Champions to see.

Red smirked when he saw the red glint in Ash's eyes. "He wasted no time in playing with the kid. He showed him how far he needs to go to fight. Interesting."

Alder shook off the cold air like it was nothing. "What about the rest of his team?"

Goodshow was relieved that Alder changed the subject and then clicked another button. "His next Pokemon is a Lucario that he's named Lucy. She's strong and fast, though it seems that Ashura has been training her defence and speed more then her offence." He clicked the button again. "A Gardevoir that he has named Grace."

Diantha smiled softly, having a weak spot for the Ralts family. "Pretty name."

Goodshow nodded softly. "He's currently having her train her control for her Psychic abilities, though I believe that will change soon. She's currently the support of the group, as Ashura chose to teach her the move Heal Pulse." He pushed the button.

Lance stared at the pokemon. "I-Is that Sam's Dragonite?!"

Alder smirked. "Dragon type groupie."

Lance glared at Alder.

Goodshow cleared his throat loudly. "Anyways! As Lance said, this is formerly Professor Oak's Dragonite, which is still named Drago. Recently, Ashura has taught him to harness draconic energy. He can now utilize the attack Dragon Rage and is currently trying to learn Agility."

Cynthia barged in panting. "S-Sorry! Garchomp wouldn't let me leave my room!" She quickly took her seat and then straightened her outfit out a bit. "What did I miss?"

Red looked over at Cynthia. "His team composition."

Cynthia groaned and then shook her head. "Fine… anything else?"

Goodshow pressed the button a final time. "And finally, a female Froakie that he has named Mei. Nothing particularly stands out besides her ability, Protean. She's currently in rehabilitation."

Cynthia seemed to take an interest in that. "Why would she need to be in rehab?"

Steven pulled up the report Joy sent to the league onto the projector. "She said that he brought Mei into the Pokemon Center critically wounded and in a pokeball in stasis. Took her three weeks to recover enough to leave the ICU. Ash postponed his journey to stay with her."

Diantha seemed like she was about to cry.

Cynthia's eyes seemed to glint in the light. "So, who was her previous trainer…?"

Goodshow pressed a different button and a image of a blue haired boy with goggles popped up. "This is Damian. He has a record of reports filed against him for Pokemon abuse, but because no one has any evidence, we cannot bring him in and revoke his license."

Cynthia and Red glanced at each other, both having the same thought. 'I'd do a lot more then just revoke a useless license…'

Alder slammed his hands onto the table, a fire burning in his eyes. "That's it! I have to meet this Ashura! His spirit burns brighter then any other trainer I have ever seen!"

Everyone else present sweatdropped at the scene.

Lance glanced at Alder. "Err… Alder, it's league season. Which means that you cannot travel to other Regions until the season is over."

Alder pointed harshly at Lance. "It may be League season over there for Red, but it isn't time for the tournament in any of the other Regions!"

Lance's eye began to twitch. "Regardless… it is not proper protocol for you to leave your Region for one that's currently holding its season. And it's League season for Diantha as well, so don't get any ideas about distracting her like you always do."

Goodshow sighed. "At any rate, the purpose for this meeting is to evaluate Ashura's capabilities as a trainer to see if he may keep his three strongest with him. They seem to respect him outside of battle, but he hasn't used them in any real battles yet. Possibly because they are too powerful for the area."

Red smirked again. "Let him keep them. If he's doing a good job raising them, then don't take them away. I'm fairly sure that the rest of the Champions agree."

Cynthia just nodded, a little unnerved that Red spoke a lot more then she thought he would.

Alder nodded as well, the fire in his eyes still burning.

Steven shrugged. "Why not? He hasn't done anything wrong with raising them."

Diantha wanted to see Grace again, but nodded anyways. She could always just look up the image of Grace on her computer.

Lance sighed with a nod.

Goodshow smiled. "Okay then. Ashura Satoshi Ketchum will keep his Pokemon."

Cynthia blinked. "Sooo… the whole point of this meeting was to do absolutely nothing? Or is there another purpose for this meeting?"

Lance looked over at Cynthia, shocked. "You weren't told?"

Cynthia shook her head. "Nope. Not even so much of a text telling me what this would be about."

Steven groaned. "Tell her secretary to get herself together or she'll be fired."

Red's eyes became dead. "What's the status update on the criminal organizations…?"

Goodshow shivered and pressed a button. "Team Rocket, based in the Kanto/Johto region. The leader is unknown, but our agents Jessie and James say that they're close to getting a name. We're going to have them go after Ash to 'capture his Pikachu' as a cover to make sure that they can stay close to him at all times."

Lance nodded. "A very prudent decision sir."

Goodshow nodded and changed the image to two symbols. "Teams Aqua and Magma, based in the Hoenn region. We have a name for the leader of team Aqua, however, the leader of Team Magma is slightly more elusive. The name of team Aqua's leader is Archie. Though their intentions still seem to be to take everything in sight of their attacks, acting like the Pirates they dress as."

Cynthia tried her best to not laugh. "Y-You'd think that the leader of a band of pirates would have a cooler name then Archie! I mean, why not 'Sawtooth' o-or 'Buckshot' or something pirate-y?!"

Alder openly laughed at this revelation.

Goodshow sighed as he changed the image to a 'G' "Team Galactic, based in the Sinnoh region. We haven't the slightest clue what they want or who they are, making them the most dangerous of all of them. Though their uniforms are a little… much." He flipped the image again. "Team Plasma of Unova. Their goal is to release all trainer caught Pokemon into the wild, by force if necessary. This goal would be admirable, however, they are not only sending those pokemon out to die unknowingly, but are still doing criminal acts like robbing, mugging… and raping."

Alder growled at the sigil.

Goodshow pressed the button one last time. "And finally, Team Flare of Kalos. Their goal seems to have something to do with Mega Evolution, seeing as they've mostly stolen Mega stones and Keystones. They are relatively new to the crime scene, and seem to wear predominantly red. A lot of it."

Red stared at Goodshow. "We were dragged here to review what we already know about these fucks…? No plans of attack, no… no ways to get rid of them…?"

Goodshow shook his head. "W-Well, I figured that you Champions would like to handle that yourselves, as you all have better strategic minds then I."

Lance nodded in thought. "Thank you Charlie, we'll think of something. Why don't you let us discuss this in private?"

Goodshow nodded and left the room.

Alder waited for a moment, then his expression became a lecherous one. "So, now that the party pooper is gone, why don't one of you ladies get on the t-"

Cynthia was somehow behind Alder, slamming his head into the desk repeatedly. "Stupid! Perverted! Asshole!"

Ash panted heavily as he slowly lifted a sixth stone into the air. He began to to tremble before he collapsed, making the stones collapse onto the ground as well.

Bolt ran over to Ash. "Is it really that hard to make rocks float like that?"

Ash nodded softly as he caught his breath. "Yeah… it is… because you have to divide your attention between everything you plan to manipulate." He made one rock float into the air. "One thing is easy." He lifted another one. "Two is twice as hard." He slowly lifted a third one. His voice came out strained. "T-Three is three times as hard then two…" Ash sighed as he dropped the rocks. "By the time you get to the sixth one, my focus is so split that I wouldn't be able to move them at all, just make them float in the air."

Bolt stared at Ash, not believing him at all. "Should I ask Grace to confirm this?"

"No need. I heard everything."

Bolt jumped into Ash's arms from the sudden voice in his head. "ARCEUS SAVE ME!"

Grace appeared in front of Ash and Bolt. "It's just me Bolt. Don't worry. And what Ash says is true. That's why he has me only working with One very heavy rock instead of ten small rocks. Once I can hold up that rock for twelve hours without exhausting myself, then I can move on to multiple items."

Bolt stared Grace in the eyes. "…The hell are 'hours'?"

Lucy face palmed before punching the tree again. She shouted at Bolt. "It's the human's way of measuring time! Just like how in the wild, we use the position of the sun and moon to determine the time!"

Mei was about to say something, but just collapsed instead. She was panting heavily with her eyes closed.

Ash nearly threw Bolt off of him, well, he would've if Bolt wasn't already running towards Mei as well. He crouched down next to her and gently picked her up. "Mei… you keep pushing yourself too far. You can't train like everyone else yet. It's only been a few days since you left the ICU in the first place…"

Mei nodded softly. "S-Sorry. I just want to get better faster…"

Ash sighed and then set Mei down in the tent. "I know that, but you can't rush anything, or you'll get worse. Stay there. I'll make you something that'll make you feel better." He then pulled a case out of his bag and a battery powered blender. He placed some Oran and Citrus berries into it and began to make a smoothie out of them. He poured it into a glass and then helped Mei to drink some of it. "This will help you recover your energy so you can heal faster. But you need to stay still for it to work, okay?"

Mei nodded with a pained expression. "I-It's sour."

Ash nodded. "Yeah, good medicine will usually taste bad. I'm working on that. Drink the rest of it." He gave Mei the cup and then stored the rest of the smoothie in his bag. He walked out of the tent to see Lucy running towards him.

"Ash! I got it! I can do the move now!"

Ash smirked. "Really? Punch as hard as you can without the move, then with the move."

Lucy punched the air as hard as she could, but nothing happened. Then with her other fist, she punched the air while using Power-Up Punch. A small gust of wind blew through the area. Lucy sweatdropped. "Huh… it's more impressive when I use it on trees…"

Ash shook his head. "No, it's very impressive. I want you to work on Swords Dance. It's the same principal, but throughout your whole body instead of just your fists. Oh, and when you get the time, I'd like you to try and get Power-Up Punch to affect your feet as well. I have an idea for it."

Lucy nodded. "Can I-"

"Yeah. You can take the rest of today and tomorrow off of training."

Lucy jumped in the air with glee and then ran off to lay under a tree.

Ash sighed and pulled his laptop out and messaged Cynthia. 'Hey. I just made camp in Viridian Forest, just in case you guys are keeping an eye on me.' He then looked up how to teach Toxic to his team. "Bolt! Come here!"

Bolt panted heavily. "What the hell do you want?!"

Ash glanced at Bolt, then sighed. "You want to go out and fight stuff?"

Bolt shook his head. "To tired. You get me something that can make me all jumpy, then we'll talk about fighting."

Ash rolled his eyes. "I have a sour drink that'll help with energy, but it doesn't work immediately."

Bolt just waved Ash closer. "Bring it here. Nothing's too sour for me."

Ash smirked and then poured Bolt a glass of the recovery drink he made. "Now, it's important that you drink it down in one huge gulp so that you can get the full effect of it."

Bolt quickly downed the drink, then stiffened up as electricity coursed through his body. The cup dropped and he slowly fell onto his back, landing with a thud.

Ash hummed a bit, the smirk growing. "Maybe I should add more Oran Berries…"

Ash smiled as he watched Bolt crush a rock with Iron Tail. "Great job Bolt! While you haven't mastered it yet, you can use it, which will be useful against Brock. I want you to work on mastering it now, but take it at your own pace."

Bolt laughed a bit and then started batting away rocks with his new attack, like he was playing gold.

Mei panted heavily as she stopped 'running'. She was trying to learn Quick Attack on her own so that Ash wouldn't get mad at her.

Ash sighed and then looked over at Mei. "Mei! I told you that you don't have to do this yet!"

Mei slowly got up and tried to run again, but was stopped by Bolt.

Bolt whispered to Mei. "If you're going to try and learn a move, fill us in on it first so we can train with you." He then turned to Ash. "She's just trying to get faster so she can use an attack!"

Ash nodded a bit, then looked over at Lucy, who was getting better at channeling the energy from Power-Up Punch to her legs. "Lucy! Can you come over here?"

Lucy nodded and used Quick Attack to get over to Ash really quickly. "What is it Ash?"

Ash pulled Lucy in close with a smirk on his face. "You think that you can drill these two into using a move that relies on speed? Train them however you want."

Lucy thought for a moment, then grinned as well.

Bolt and Mei stared at the two Aura users, seeing a weird black smoke around them with their eyes glinting evilly. Mei looked at Bolt. "So… this doesn't happen often, does it?"

Bolt shook his head slowly. "No… but something tells me that we should start running." He then took off to the other side of the camp.

Mei blinked and then chased after Bolt. "Hey! Wait for me!"

Lucy mentally counted to ten. "Ready or not… here I come!" She flickered in front of the two small Pokemon using a combination of Feint and Quick Attack. "Where do you two think you're going? I'm gonna teach you how to be fast, which means that Ima break you two in like a new punching bag!"

Bolt slowly backed away. "T-That was very specific…" He then bumped into something soft and furry. He looked up to see Lucy staring down at him. "H-How?!"

Lucy smirked. "Oh don't mind me! I'm just existing in multiple spaces at once with my speed!" In reality, she just used Double Team while she was running.

Mei stared at the two copies of Lucy. "T-That's impossible…!"

Lucy slowly looked over at Mei. "Is it? Is it really?" The clone faded, pointing at the real Lucy. "At any rate, I'm going to be helping you two get faster while Ash goes and looks for some more food!"

Ash rolled his eyes and nodded. "I'll take the hint. Grace! Drago! Guard the camp while I'm out!" He then walked into the forest to go get more berries as payment for Lucy training those two.

Lucy grinned again and repeatedly pounded her fist into an open paw threateningly. "Well…? Get to running!"

Ash hummed as he carried a small bag of Cheri Berries with him. They were surprisingly easy to find. Then again, the Pokemon in the forest gave him fantastic directions so he wouldn't get lost. He found some young Rattata wanting some of the same berries along the way and gave them to the kids, making them run off happily. Compared to the other areas of the world, this forest is… pretty tame in terms of Pokemon hunting other Pokemon. He then heard rustling in the bushes and tilted his head ever so slightly in the direction of the noise. Ash activated his Auric Sight and glanced at the noise to see a Scyther stalking him. "You can come out Scyther."

The Scyther seemed to jump in surprise, then pounced at Ash with its bladed arms outstretched. It growled menacingly at him, attempting to unnerve him.

Ash sighed as he stepped into a battle stance. "I guess we're doing this then."

The Scyther kept glaring at Ash for awhile, then yelled as it began to slash at Ash wildly, with no form.

Ash hummed as he easily dodged out of the way of the slashes. "Are you done yet?" His eyes flashed gold and saw the silhouette of the Scyther slashing at him.

"I need to be strong! I want to be strong! Killing this human will make me the strongest in the forest!"

Ash winced as the thought invaded his head. "Okay then… guess I can't play with you." He forced Aura into his arms and legs and began to fight back. He batted the sides of the blades to knock the Scyther's arms to the side and hit it in the chest with a palm strike, knocking it back far enough to hit the closest tree. Not hard, as it had slowed down enough by then, but hard enough for it to stumble. Ash rushed the Scyther and threw an Aura enhanced punch at it.

The Scyther looked at Ash and then dodged out of the way of the punch using Quick Attack and tried to counter by cutting Ash's arm off.

Ash glared at it and his eyes flashed purple as he threw the Scyther away from him using his developing Telekinesis. "So you're fighting dirty… I can fight dirty too." He lifted the Scyther into the air and slammed it against a tree repeatedly. Ash slammed it into the ground before he could get tired, however, and then rushed at it with aura swirling around his body. Ash grabbed the Scyther by the throat and right before he could finish it off, a pulse of golden aura went through Scyther's body through the hand that was clasped around its throat.

The Scyther writhed from… something as its silhouette began to be replaced with white. As soon as the black and white were symmetrical, it collapsed from whatever was causing it to writhe as the two shades swirled together and revealed… Scyther.

Ash panted as he released his grip on Scyther. "This… also happened with that Gyarados… I'll have to ask Arceus what this is if I ever find out how to get in touch with her again. Maybe if I go into a deep enough meditative trance…" He was about to walk away from the Mantis Pokemon and then sighed. "I can't leave them here." He struggled to throw the bug type pokemon over his shoulder and then resumed his walk back to camp. "Damn my mercy…"

Grace struggled to not laugh at Bolt and Mei as they suffered through Lucy's training. Who knew that the Lucario was even more of a slave driver then Ash? "L-Lucy! I think that t-they've had enough!" She couldn't keep her laugher restrained through the sentence and began to laugh uncontrollably.

Drago chuckled tiredly at the sight and then looked over to his left to see Ash carrying something over his shoulder. "Hey…! Ash is back." He walked over to Ash and saw that he was carrying a Scyther. "So what's with th-"

"I'll explain in a second." Ash walked into the middle of the camp and then tossed the unconscious pokemon onto the ground, causing a small cloud of dirt to rise. He sighed a bit and dusted his hands off. "Okay… where's Bolt and Mei? I'm worried that Lucy went way too far with them."

Bolt was dragging himself towards Ash with his front paws, and his tail wrapped around Mei. "Help… us… She's sooo much worse then you…" He shakily reached towards Ash, then collapsed.

Ash was quickly at Bolt and Mei's side. "Are you two okay?!"

Mei slowly opened her eyes and looked up at Ash. "Stop… her…" She then let out a shallow breath, acting like she was unconscious to get out of training.

Ash sighed and then looked over to Lucy, who was approaching quickly. He held up the sack of Cherri Berries to stop her in her tracks. "Lucy. What did I say about tormenting them?"

Lucy looked away, embarrassed. "T-To make sure not to push them far enough so that they don't injure themselves. B-But I made sure to mend their wounds a few times!"

Ash quickly checked Mei with his aura and saw that some of her bones were still brittle. "Well, if… you can heal with aura?"

Lucy nodded. "Yep. It's not as effective as Heal Pulse but it gets the job done sometimes."

Ash sighed. "Then can you at least finish healing Mei before you go to sleep? It's probably taxing and all, but-"

"How many Berrie did you get?"

Ash groaned and handed Lucy the bag. "Here… I was going to use it for a bisque, but…"

Lucy popped one of the berries into her mouth and shuddered with happiness. "Okay! Give me a few hours with her and she'll be right as rain and ready for battle! Or for contests!" She then picked Mei up and then brought her into the tent to heal her up.

Ash smiled and then clapped. "Everyone take the rest of the day off!"

Bolt cheered on the ground. "Thank Arceus! I thought that it would never end!"

Ash chuckled and then looked over at the sleeping Scyther. "Now… what to do with you…"

"Ugh… honestly, this mission is getting a little annoying…" Jessie complained as she was mopping the floors.

James nodded in agreement. "I know that it's horrible Jessie, but we need to stick it out. The League is counting on us. We have to get a name for them."

Jessie sighed with a nod. "I know James, but still… I wish that we would've gotten a job where we didn't hurt our backs every single day!"

A grunt of Team Rocket walked down the hallway and stopped in front of the two janitors. "Hey. The boss wants to see you two jokers."

Jessie practically dropped her mop and saluted. "We'll report there immediately." She grabbed James's wrist and practically dragged her lavender haired friend there. "Come on! We can finally get his name and get reassigned!"

James let out a happy noise as he was dragged into the elevator. "You really think that we'll get a better assignment?"

Jessie nodded. "Of course we will! If we get this guys name, we can get out and get something that lets us interact with the outside world again!"

James sighed dreamily as he began to think of the next assignment. "Maybe we can get assigned to guarding the restaurants that the Champions eat at…!"

Jessie hit James on the back of his head. "Think bigger you dolt! Why not going with the Champions themselves whenever they go out in public!"

James nodded softly. "What about guarding the next Pokemon Master?"

Jessie glared down at James. "Not that big."

"S-Sorry Jessie!"

The elevators dinged open to reveal a hallway with a red carpet leading to intricate double doors. The two walked towards the end slowly, nervous.

The receptionist looked at the two cautiously, and then pushed a button on her desk, opening the doors to the boss's office. "He's expecting you two."

Jessie and James nodded with no hesitation and walked into the office of the head of Team Rocket.

A man was petting a Persian as he stared out his window. "You two hide your potential. I can see it. You're trained. You're also spies for the Pokemon League. I don't mind. I don't really have any reason to hide my face." He turned his chair around and stared at the two as the double doors closed. "Hello. My name is Giovanni, leader of the Viridian Gym, Head of Team Rocket, and the CEO of the Sylph company. I made Team Rocket to attain the most money as I can, and I am currently attempting to take down the crime syndicates of the other regions."

Jessie scowled and became ready to run. "And why are you saying this to us, when you know that we're spies?!"

Giovanni glared at Jessie. "Watch your tongue! You may be spies but you are still a part of Team Rocket!" He made the Persian hop off of his lap and and he then stood with his hands on the desk. "And as to why I'm telling you two this is because I don't care. The publicity for the League arresting me would be too much and they would collapse from the inside."

James sat down in a chair and then leaned forward. "So… why are you getting rid of the other crime teams?"

Giovanni scoffed as he sat back down. "Because they are getting in the way of business. The reason we've began to steal Pokemon is because we need more resources to get rid of those hacks. Before that, we stayed in the shadows, stealing art, 'taking care' of people when they got in our way, normal crime, no need for people to see us." He cleared his throat. "Anyways, the reason why you're here is because I have an assignment for you. Nothing like becoming my spies or any unruly thing like that. No need to turn your backs on the League. I simply want you to protect one person, and I assume that the League will want to as well once you give my name to them." Giovanni slid a hologram projector onto his desk and an image of a boy came up. "This is Ashura Satoshi Ketchum. He prefers Ash. Your job is to find him, watch him, and assist against all other crime teams while you're near him."

Jessie looked at the hologram, then James, then sat down and glared at Giovanni. "What's the catch? There's always one."

Giovanni chuckled and turned around again. "Yes, there always is. You will be partnered with a Pokemon Translator of sorts, to help you find him. Pokemon know much more then we give them credit for. We've almost cracked the translation upgrade for the PokeGear because we based it off of him. However, you cannot tell him what your mission is. Your cover is that you'll be going after him to obtain his extremely rare pokemon, and bring them to me. Make sure that you fail so you have an excuse to keep watching him."

James stared at the back of the chair, curious. "But… what do you get out of it?"

Giovanni thought for a moment. "That's… above your paygrade. Now head to the garage and take one of the more inconspicuous cars in there. And while you're at it, make your report to the League." He waved them away absently from behind his chair.

Jessie and James glared for a moment and then nodded, and left silently.

Giovanni sighed as the doors closed. "All right Red… time for you to hold up your end of the deal. Watch the Aura user closely. Make sure that he doesn't get in my way…"

Firstly, I apologize for this being posted so late. I've been both busy and had a hard time finishing this one. So, I've locked everyone out of the house for now so I can explain the poll on my profile. The Story would actually be about Shikamaru instead of Naruto if it happens. InoShikaCho won't happen, and other things. I was convinced recently by someone that I can do justice to the manga of Naruto through Fanfiction, so I'm just going to give it a shot. I won't make him super overpowered compared to all the other OP ninjas. As for Shika being the Gamer of that time period… I think that he matches it more then Naruto. That's all. So… enjoy the next chapter of Gamer of the World which comes out next. Bye!

*glass shattering sound* Mew: YOU CAN'T KEEP ME OUT FOREVER COUSIN!

I CAN TRY!