"Once you have really hurt someone, it will always be in the back of their mind even if they still have a smile on their face" - :p
(Before I get into the story, this is going to take place 7 month after the entire incident, world will be in chaos and also that this is the war that I bet some of you wanted to see that I planned out, enjoy)
"Zack, get your team and move to the southern gate of the fort!" Nicole commanded as Zack nodded before heading over to his squad and told them to gear up and move out.
The war between AGO and DAU raged on as the two side got the regions involved in it. Kanto, Kalos, and Sinnoh sided with AGO as they wanted to keep the regions as they are but Unova and Hoenn had joined with DAU as the evil organizations grouped together and conquered those regions making the people side with DAU. The war went on as the two sides clashed with one another but AGO is on the verge of giving up as DAU is pushing them to the brink of losing, Sinnoh is untouched but is being bombarded by Unova as Kalos is on the brink of losing the capital. This is the final stand for the battle of Kalo as our heroes and their allies as Kanto is under preparations for war with Serena, Alexa, and Tessa leading them. Kalos is on their own as Sinnoh is under their own siege and Kanto is not yet ready, along with the fact that Johto and Alola are being neutral in this as they didn't want any of the fighting in their region. This is it, this will decide whether the tide will change or DAU will take over and eliminate AGO once and for all….
"Nicole!" Nicole turned to the person who is no other than Ash except that he is wearing his Kalos clothing except that he has a mouth only gas mask hanging from his neck with pichu on his shoulder as he ran over to Nicole.
"Ash!" Nicole ran over to the Kantonian as she hugged him tightly before letting him go and looking him in the eye.
"How was the plan?" Nicole asked worriedly as Ash sigh before gesturing to a group of weary soldiers limping and walking slowly into the camp. Nicole gasped as she also noticed pokemon being carried on stretchers or even the fact some of the soldiers seemed dazed, like they lost something precious.
"We lost half of the attack force and also the fact that we even lost a quarter of our pokemon, only a few are injured..the rest is gone," Ash said grimly as he motioned Nicole to walk with him.
"Any news on how AGO is doing?" Ash asked as this time it was Nicole who sigh.
"No, the last news Lillie gave was that AGO is still trying to prevent DAU from sending in the Ultra Beasts to aid their battle, along with the fact that Kuroda is still out of commission and is still a bit controlled, but that was two months ago, I don't know the rest, what about the others?" Nicole said to Ash as the two walked into the command tent.
"Well, Zack is being really brutal as he is helping Sinnoh at the moment, Sinnoh is actually holding their ground against Unova and it seems as they are going to launch a counter attack on Unova, Kanto is still preparing, I don't know what is the delay but if they don't hurry, they'll be next," Ash said with disdain as the two sat down near a table with plans and a war map.
"We can only hope that Sinnoh can hurry up and come over here to help us before we actually start losing…" Nicole was cut off as a soldier with a mandibuzz burst through the curtain doors with a frantic face.
"Hoenn is attacking!" the soldier yelled as Nicole and Ash immediately stood up with Nicole taking out an ultra ball.
"Tell the men to gear up and defend, if we lost the front lines we will be crippled within the city!" Nicole ordered as the soldier nodded before she and her pokemon ran off. Ash and Nicole look at each other before they ran out as well with Pichu's cheeks sparking with power as Nicole has her hand clenched on the ultra ball.
"You sure that is actually a smart idea?" Ash yelled as the two ran to the commotion of screams and explosions.
" I wasn't planning on using him but this is a last resort!" Nicole yelled back as the two reached the front lines to see gun shots ringing and pokemon clashing with people/pokemon clashing with pokemon as the two sides seemed to go on with cries of the wounded and the roaring of pokemon.
"Well, here we go," Ash muttered as he took out a colt pistol. He turned to Nicole who looked at him with a nod as he ran into the field of battle while sending out Greninja and Charizard to help him out.
Nicole watched as Ash and his pokemon disappeared in the chaos as she looked back at the ultra ball again. Though when she looked up an enemy soldier jumped on her making the two of them fall to the ground struggling with one another as the opposing soldier tried to stab her with a knife.
"FOR DAU!" The soldier cried out but it wasn't a battle cry but with more fear. Though in the situation Nicole was blinded by the adrenaline.
"Fuck that!" Nicole cried out as she punched the soldier in the face sending him off her as she whipped out a pistol and shot the young person in the head as she breathed heavily. Nicole stood up as she picked up the ultra ball from the ground as she looked at it for a little bit before she made up her mind.
"Go, Rayquaza!"
Ash POV
I swear, I can never escape dangers or some kind of end of the world scenario, not to mention that I seem to almost or even die in those situations. Funny and ironic with the battle that is going on around me.
"Greninja, use water shuriken, Charizard Flamethrower, Pichu, volt tackle!" I yelled out as Greninja formed a mega shuriken even though we weren't in bond form as he threw it. The shuriken sliced through everything that is in its path. Charizard opened his mouth as he let fire fly from his mouth to the ground burning everything in it fiery destruction. Pichu jumped from my shoulder and ran into the battle being engulf in electricity as he smashed into every pokemon and enemy human that is unfortunate to get hit. I took out the two five-seven pistols I kept in my jacket as I clicked the saftey switch off and pointed them in front of me. I pulled the triggers on the two pistols and I just see flashes of bullets flying at the enemies, only hitting people as I know that the pokemons are just following their human partner's orders so they aren't really at fault.
As I ran through the battle field firing at the humans, it seems as we are being overrun by the enemy as each time that we kill a soldier like five more replaces them. I looked around for a quick sweep and what I saw was devastating. The Kaloians are being mowed down and the AGO units that were sent to aid with us are also being defeated slowly but either way, I can see that we are losing.
"Everyone fall back!" I yelled out.
Several soldiers heard me and echoed my orders as the rest soon followed suit as we all retreated. I look behind as I see Nicole on... Rayguaza?!
"Ash, stop standing there and help me out!" I shook my head from staring as I called out for Charizard.
Charizard flew to me and I jumped onto his back as he prepared to fly off but I remembered about two other pokemon.
"Pichu come back Greninja Return!" I yelled as Pichu ran over and jumped onto my shoulder while I returned Greninja to his pokeball as Charizard quickly got off the ground as gunfire whiz by him as he fire a fire blast at the shooter before taking off.
Charizard flew over the retreating men as Nicole and I both covered them with air support. Rayquaza soared over the charging soldiers as it used dragon's breath on them as they screamed from the blazing inferno.
"Charizard, use Air Slash!" I yelled.
Charizard's wings glowed white with energy as he flung air blades at the enemies which hit not just the pokemon but also the soldiers.
"AAAAHHH"
"GGAAAHHH!"
Both sides scream as both sides are either being shot at and hit or getting hit by pokemon attacks. I watched from Charizard's back as I look ahead to see the Kaloians are now running towards the water as there seems to be boats, ships, and large water pokemon picking up civilians and also few soldiers on before leaving the port and a new boat/ships/water pokemon taking their place to pick up more people. Nicole flew back to me as she seem to be tired and also very wounded.
"Ash, we need to get these people off now, the enemy is pushing with a way to big of an ar…!" Just as she was about to finish her sentence, a rocket flew and exploded between us knocking her off of Rayquaza.
"Nicole!" I yelled as Charizard immediately turned downward and zoomed towards Nicole. I held my hand out to reach for her as time seem to slow. I look a little behind her and saw a soldier holding an Ak47 aimed at us. My mind seem to slow as I jump off Chairzard and lunged to Nicole. Once I grabbed her I held on to her for dear life as I closed my eyes for the incoming bullets, only to feel leaves.
"Huh?" I opened my eyes with Nicole getting off of me as well to see that we are on a Venasaur.
"Vena-SAUR!" Venasaur roared as the soldiers and pokemon hesitated a little bit before readying their attacks.
"Venasaur, use magical leaves!" a familiar voice called out.
I looked down from the grass starter to see a girl with blonde hair tied into a ponytail held by a lily flower wearing a white cloak over a white sweater and skirt with white socks and sneakers.
"Lillie!" I called out as she turned to me with a serious look as she nodded before turning back to the battlefield.
"Shiron, use snow powder!" her vulpix jumped out from no where as the little one opened her mouth and frost flew at the upcoming soldiers and pokemon freezing them in place with the magical leaves cutting them down.
"You guys get out of here, we'll try to cover your escape!" Lillie yelled as me and Nicole jumped down from Venasaur with our pistols loaded and Pichu on my shoulder ready to jump into action.
"We?" Nicole asked as I too, noticed what the blonde said.
"Just g…" another rocket was fired and it headed towards us as we all braced for the explosion only for it to explode and we turned to the smoke. Only to see an aura barrier created as a teen boy my age standing there with a thin black jacket with a hoodie covering his head and he is wearing dark blue sport jeans and black and green tennis shoes. The barrier collapsed as the teenager called out a Gabite, Pichu, and Charmeleon to engage the enemy before speaking to us.
"Lillie is right you two, get out of here while you still can, our squadron will be behind you guys, just go!" Kuroda yelled as a soldier nearby tried to jump him only for Kuroda to grab the guy's rifle and pulled him in before forcing his palm to the guy's neck resulting in the soldier falling down to the ground with a knife mark in his neck as he been stabbed. I looked at the two as they seem to be hopelessly outnumbered but Nicole shook me as she tugged on my jacket.
"Come on Ash, if we stay here any longer, we'll just cause more problems!" with that said Nicole pulled me along as I ran behind her while whistling for Charizard as he flew down next to us as I jumped onto his back with Nicole jumping after as she called for Rayquaza to return him to his pokeball before we flew out of there.
I turned back as I could see two distinct black and white cloaks in the midst of the army with several other colored cloaks along with pokemon attacks in different areas as the enemy seem to be drawn to them while the other few continued their pursuit. I looked over to the port and saw the last of the Kaloians had boarded the last ship and it got off the docks in time before the enemy got to it. Thank goodness they got out of there, I turned back to see if Kuroda and Lillie are out and to my relief, the colored cloaks were nowhere to be seen and I can feel their aura still pumping with energy as I told Charizard to fly near the last ship with Nicole holding onto my waist as we both gave each other an aura connection.
That was too close
You can say that
Wait...how did Kuroda…
Don't ask, just be glad that they were there to help us
Your right, so I guess now we are going to Kanto or Sinnoh?
I didn't get an answer so I turned behind me to see Nicole fast asleep leaning on me as we are now at a steady pace in the air away from the destruction behind us. I smiled a little as I stroke her hair gently before looking straight forward.
"This war will end and I will end it, to protect those that I care for," I muttered as we headed towards Sinnoh as the sun starts to set for night time.
Back at the port
DAU soldiers and pokemon sorted the bodies of both human and pokemon as they threw the corpses into trenches while taking their gears while for the pokemon that were still conscious, they were thrown into cages and carted off. A male in a blue tracksuit with a red cap and blue jeans and sneakers walked down the street with a Chesnaught behind him. His hat gleamed in the light of the street lamps showing a glimpse of a cross like logo on his cap as he walked towards the end of the dock. The male adjusted his hat a it up as he looked across the sea with an evil smile on his face.
"Just wait Ash Ketchum, I am back and more dangerous than you know," The male snickered uncontrollably as some of the DAU soldiers look over to him with a weird look but also a bit frighten as the male changed to a malicious laugh to the sky as it slowly becomes night with the moon at the peak.
Campment somewhere in Kalos
"So what now, we lost two of our squad members and we are officially in enemy territory," a young male said with arrogance as he looked straight at Lillie.
"Arnold, we will regroup with the others, though the Elders asked us to stay in here a bit longer to gather intel," Kuroda said coldly as he stood behind Lillie who was petting Shiron. Arnold snarled at Kuroda before storming off to his tent which he shared with the male squad members. Lillie sigh as she spoke to Kuroda without looking up at him.
"You know that you a being a bit harsh to the squad right Kuroda?" Kuroda sigh as he knows this. He sat down next to Lillie as the two sat near the campfire with Shiron snoozing peacefully.
"Nothing that I can do, I really don't want to be this harsh and I know they don't trust me fully yet, but with the remnants of the ultra beast's neurotoxin still lingering in my body, I can't control much, I can still feel it fighting in me to take control," Kuroda sigh as he looked at the fire with his eyes seeming to glaze. Lillie lays her head onto his shoulder as she cuddled next to him as she looked at the fire tiredly.
"I know, just try to keep fighting it, don't forget that you have us to help you, just like how you helped us in the past," Lillie whispered.
"Which part in the past, the one that included you and Tessa in a pickle or the fact that you jumped in the air eight feet when I scared you to make you feel a bit of emotions?" Kuroda smiled as Lillie lightly punch him before getting comfortable again.
"Very funny, next time I'll be sure to get you back," Lillie whispered.
"Good luck then, do that when this entire mess is over," with that Lillie fell asleep as Kuroda stared into the fire.
"This is just the beginning isn't it…" a pokemon rised from the shadows as it revealed to be Marshadow, the little bear looked at Kuroda as he looked back at it.
"I guess you can say that, but because of my position in this due to Arceus orders, I am restricted to what knowledge I can give, if anything, you are just a pawn to the Aura Master's army, he will decide where the pieces will go in this war, he is the controller, you are the chess piece, remember that Aura Time Guardian," With that, Marshadow disappeared into the ground as Kuroda starts to get tired as well.
"Everyone has a role in this war….Ash….please pick each move wisely," with that said, the campsite becomes silent as everyone is turned in for the night.
Sinnoh
Ash is still awake with Nicole sleeping gently behind him as they flew over the sea for hours in the night. Ash looked around and saw an uninhabited island and whispered to Charizard.
"Hey buddy, land there, we'll rest for the night," with that said, Charizard flew to the island before landing on the sandy beach. Ash jumped off and with the help of Charizard, got Nicole off as he carried her over to some leafage to place her gently on. Ash then calls out Greninja to help him get some firewood as they manage to gather a bunch in the dense forest before heading back over and creating a campfire. With the help of Charizard, they manage to make a temporary campsite as Ash sat near a sleeping Nicole with Pichu already asleep in her arms. As the sky soon turn to complete darkness, the sky soon revealed stars gleaming in the night as Ash looks up at them with Greninja who was in the trees and Charizard who curled around nicole,pichu, and Ash as a heat source beside the fire.
"Wish we could do this again…" Ash mutter. Suddenly Ash felt a presence somewhere nearby. He quickly got up with Greninja jumping down from the tree silently to prepare for a fight. As Ash used his aura to see the presence, the figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Ash-kun!" A small genie like pokemon popped in front of him as Ash yelp in shock as he fell backward. Ash look up at the genie and held a finger to his mouth as to shush the little guy.
"Hoopa, keep it down, Nicole is sleeping," Ash hissed but unfortunately it was too late.
"Ash...what is going on," Nicole groggily sat up as she rub her eyes and also Pichu perked up his ears sensing a familiar presence nearby.
'Pii?" Pichu jumped out of Nicole's lap as he hopped over to Ash and Hoopa as he jumped at Hoopa.
"Pika-kun!" Hoopa flew down to Pichu's level and flew around him as the two greeted one another.
Nicole stood up and walk over still a bit asleep while Charizard is fast asleep at the campsite. When she arrive over, Nicole accidently lost balance due to being still half-asleep and Ash quickly caught her.
"You okay Nicole?" Ash asked as Nicole yawn with a nod before getting up straight. Hoopa flew over to the two as he giggled crazily.
" Ash-kun has a love mate!" Hoopa yelled out happily as Ash looked at Hoopa weirdly while Nicole who was before sleepy suddenly is now fully awake as she look between Hoopa, Ash, Pichu, and Greninja with a skeptical look.
"What do you…" Ash was about to ask but he fell to the ground unconscious as Nicole stood over him with a….taser?
All of the pokemon look at Nicole with a amuse look as they watch her fluster face and her heavy breathing.
"Pi-pichu," Pichu said to Hoopa who understood as he snickered.
"Nicole-kan have love sickness!" Hoopa exclaim as Nicole glared at the mythical pokemon as she slung Ash's arm on her shoulder and drag him to the campsite with Pichu, Hoopa, and Greninja following behind.
Kanto
The Kantonians are now bustling in Celadon city as factories are noisily being active preparing stuff for war. While in Cinnabar Island, navy soldiers are training on ships with pilots as well. As for Lavender Town, military barracks are stationed there as they are filled with recruits and officers preparing for transporting to the battlefield. In one of the Barracks we see two familiar girls in their daily attire with a body vest and paddings on their arm and knees. They are looking at battle maps of Unova and Hoenn as they are discussing with four other officers in the barrack with them as a quarrel is up.
"NO! We are not ready yet, if we send our troops out there right now, we will kill too many of our people if we are unprepared!" A man in a general uniform shouted as Serena glared at the man. Alexa on the other hand gave a poker face as she petted Espeon who sleeping on her lap.
"General Eiren, if you must know, you have been delaying us from making any action to help our allies in this war because of the excuse, 'not ready yet', it has been seven months and I know that we have soldiers ready to go," Alexa said sternly but another officer stood up from his seat as he slam his hands on the table.
"You are younger than all of us you dumb teenage girl! You don't even know how war is because you just focus on your make up and gossips, so let us…"
"Lieutenant Fokato, for your information, if I am that teenage girl that you assume I am, I wouldn't be here to F*****G lead your A** in this war, you think that if we prepare our men and don't help, you really think that DAU will take their time in attacking us!" Alexa yelled as she stood up and held a hand in front of her as her eyes glowed causing the lieutenant to float upwards with fear in his eyes as he struggled to get down to no avail.
"Listen here boys, if I don't see this army get mobilized by the start of next month, which is only two weeks from now, I will personally get a friend of mine from AGO to knock some sense into your stupid brains!"
The men all look at her with disgust but they nodded as they can't argue with her. Alexa let go of Fokato as he crashed to the ground with a groan as he stood up with a pissed look.
"Fine, we will do this only because we don't want AGO to get mad at us along with DAU, not because you told us, using that card of your blonde hair bitch of a friend because she is part of AGO won't help you next time," The General hissed at Alexa before he and the other officers left the tent leaving only Alexa and Serena in the tent with a sleeping espeon that is on some boxes nearby.
"You sure that this is a good idea to rush them?" Serena asked Alexa who sigh as she looked over to Serena.
"I really don't know, but for one thing, I know that we need to help the others, Zack is trying to hold the line in Sinnoh and as for Tessa, she left with a few of the prepared men to go to Sinnoh to help him out. As for Kalos, I got a call from Lillie that they had to evacuate Lumiose City and now she, Kuroda, and several other AGO guardians are now stranded in the middle of enemy territory while the other troops escaped, while we are here 'preparing' to fight," Alexa sigh as she collapsed on a nearby chair. Serena walked over with some tea as she sat next to Alexa while pouring some into the cups.
"Well, we got things moving now, just try to keep on hope, never give up til the end," Serena said as she smiled at a certain saying. Alexa look over to Serena as she smiled and took the cup to drink before looking into it twice.
"Um, is this tea or coffee?" Alexa ask as Serena looked into the teapot before she got up quickly and ran back to the stove.
Hi guys, sorry for this very short chapter, I just want this scene to get over with and sorry if I miss out some characters but I think I got some points driven, Zack and Tessa chapters are a bit...rocky, I am having difficulties with how I should do their chapters but I got an idea for the next chapter. As always thanks for reading this story and next chapter will be up once I am confident on how the plot will role...too many gaps in the story at this point XD