A/N I am sorry for the infrequent uploads at the moment. I have a lot on my plate at the moment. This is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. I shall be trying to juggle my two current stories as equally as possible.

For the first time I do not own Pokémon. That goes to Nintendo. Unfortunately.

If the words are in italics it is being spoken via Aura.

Chapter 6

Ash's POV

I strode through the corridors of the Team Rocket HQ. Jessie and James were right behind me while Meowth was leading the way. The Grunts got out of the way as soon as possible. Not because of fear but because of respect for what I had done. I was a legend through the ranks of Team Rocket. There were of course a few who did not like me but they did not tend to put me off much.

I was making my way to my father's office. He was revealing to me my big mission. After my victory at the Indigo league I had returned to the HQ to train and get ready for the mission. As I walked outside the office doors there were two huge grunts guarding it. They were the tied second best fighters in the whole of team rocket. I was of course first. The only other two who could challenge me was Jessie and James. They were just worse than these two as they preferred to fight as a pair.

The two hulks of men nodded to me and let me through. My three companions were not allowed in. My father was in a large leather chair. As I walked in he came up and embraced me. We then sat on opposite sides of a table and he started to speak, "Ash, I have a mission for you as you know. This will be difficult for you mentally and physically." I nodded expecting it. He only got me to do the most difficult missions. "I have sources which report the appearance of Team Shadow in the Pokémon masters league." Team shadow were a team made up of the renegade ex members of the team I had defeated over the years. They were led by an unknown person codenamed 'The eagle.' There was very little known about this person other than they were very powerful and ruthless. Most of the ex-leaders were involved in the team somehow. The exceptions being Maxie and Archie as they were both rotting in jail, thanks to me. "I have reports of them entering it. This mission will have two purposes. To find and eliminate the team shadow members, also to win the prize money as you may as well while being there. You shall be accompanied by your three companions and the leader of the Sinnoh division." I smiled at that. The Sinnoh commander was probably my best friend along with Jessie, James and Meowth. "The problem you will face is that the Team shadow members will be incredibly well funded." I grimaced at this. When it was team versus team we were all on equal grounds. Now with their combined might we were always outgunned and out manoeuvred by their huge amounts of resources. "However the main problem you will face will have nothing to do with Team shadow. You will obviously go by your name you go by to any outsiders; 'Red Satoshi.' You will have to keep your true identity secret for as long as possible. This will be made extra hard as your old traveling friends will be there to support the new young trainer and your old rival, who have both been put forward to the tournament. Your innocence has now been proved but I still do not want you revealed until as late as possible so as not to have any old wounds or pressure points re opened."

I nodded in agreement at the logic behind it. "Yes father, I shall do as you say."

My father smiled at me, "On a completely different note well done on your Indigo league victory. The use of your Dragonite was a surprise to the whole Pokémon world. To have an already rare Pokémon as a shiny is an incredible achievement in itself. To be that powerful completes the impressiveness."

"Thank you father," I said gratefully. My father was not one to hand out empty praise. "I shall go and prepare right away." He nodded and I strode out of the room. Once I exited I was once again flanked by the trio.

"What did the boss say, Ash?" James asked.

"He said we are going to the Pokémon masters league. Apparently there are some Team Shadow members taking part in it. I shall be entering. We shall be going along with the head of the Sinnoh branch." I explained.

I then went on to give them all of the other details of the mission. When we reached our destination they were fully briefed. I pushed open the door to my private training room. Inside were all of our Pokémon training. When they saw us they all stopped. I smiled and said "Continue as before." They all quickly got back to training. With me being the son of a hugely rich criminal we were given access to the most expensive training equipment on sale, and being criminals we had access to some that was not for sale. The trio went into the side room to do whatever they wanted while I watched the Pokémon train. After a while Lucario came over to me, "What was the mission Ash?" he asked.

I smiled, "We are to travel to the most prestigious tournament that I know of and beat it." After a second I added, "There are other parts to the mission but that is what you need to know for now. We will be facing some of the toughest trainers and Pokémon around so we need to be prepared." Lucario nodded and ran off to train with Infernape. The two of them fought together in no power duels for hours. The only time they would fight someone else was if they were training in their powers or fighting me. I looked around to see Charizard and Dragonite fighting in the air. It would be a little one sided in a full on fight but Charizard was training him. Sceptile and Garchomp were in a similar position. I turned to see Snorlax on a running machine, running faster than was thought possible for most Pokémon that size.

All in all the Pokémon were training well. We were ready for the tournament.

A/N That was a bit of a filler chapter, and I am sorry about it. I will have the start of the tournament next chapter. I may or may not have the first round. If any of you have any ideas as to who the leader of the Sinnoh branch might be put it in the reviews.

I hope that you are enjoying this rewrite as much as I am. I personally think it is a huge improvement on the other one.

As always thanks for reading.

HCS signing off.