This is the fourteenth chapter of this story. This chapter holds the secret of what happens to Ash and May's father when they were young. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the songs

(Opening song)

They finally got into the entrance of Eterna City and saw the beautiful landscape. There were a lot of trainers on the streets with a lot of grass Pokemon by their side. But the group wasn't even amazed at the sight of the city. They were way too exhausted to be enjoying the view.

"Finally," said Dawn, "I thought we were never going to get here."

"That's Ash's fault for getting some Donphans all pissed at us," said Brendan.

"Hey, that was their fault for running over me," said Ash, "What's up with that mating season anyway?"

"I see a Pokemon Center!" exclaimed May as she ran straight for the doors, "Bed, here I come!" The group followed her and they ordered a room. May fell asleep right away, while the others went straight for the cafeteria to eat. They went up and picked out their food, but Ash was paying after he lost at a game of rock paper scissors with Brendan.

"Did you hear about what is on Mt. Coronet?" asked a lady that was eating her food right behind Ash (Looks like the Eterna City gym leader). Ash, for some reason, had the intention to eavesdrop on them.

"No," said another women right across form her (You can imagine her), "What's up there?"

"Well, I hear that there is an aura staff up there," said the first lady, "It's been up there for a while now and I was just wondering if you heard." Ash was now really interested in what they were talking about.

"I thought that my dad was the last aura guardian," thought Ash in his mind, "They must be making rumors."

"No, I haven't," said the second lady, "Do you know who that staff belongs to?"

"It's rumored that that staff belongs to the greatest aura guardian around," said the first lady, "Sir Aaron." Ash then became frozen. Did they just say his dad?

"Dad?" said Ash at the thought of his dad's staff right under his nose.

Something That Belongs To Father Part 1

Ash put his tray down and ran straight towards the two ladies' table. He went right by it and slammed his hands right on the table, shocking the two ladies.

"Is that staff seriously Sir Aaron's?" hissed Ash. The two ladies didn't answer at first at the sudden shock. They were also scared to answer by the way Ash asked that question.

"I guess so," finally responded the first lady, "I just heard the rumor kid. I really don't know if it's true or not. I also heard that it's in the snowy part of the mountain. I also heard that anyone who touches it gets some sort of static shock from it."

"Yeah," said the second lady, "Why do you want to know anyway?" Ash glared at her, shocking her once again. He then got away from the table and started to run out of the cafeteria.

"Thanks," he said thankfully to the two ladies and he ran out of the cafeteria and the two ladies gave a breath of relief. Brendan and Dawn saw Ash run out of the room, which increased their suspicions.

"Want to go figure out what's wrong with him?" asked Brendan.

"Yeah, I really have nothing to do right now anyway," said Dawn, and they also put away their trays and followed Ash outside.

Ash ran outside of the Pokemon Center and ran through the city streets. He was looking for a map of Mt. Coronet so that he would know where he was going.

"Pika," said Pikachu as it was running along his side.

"Hey Pikachu," said Ash, "Sorry that I didn't notice you there. Hop on." Pikachu jumped onto Ash's shoulder and Ash continued to look for the map. He went into every single map store to find it. Finally, at one store, he found a perfectly detailed map of Mt. Coronet.

"Found you," said Ash and he paid for it and went out to look for a jacket store so that he could go onto the mountain, since he forgot his jacket at his house. He found the right one for Pikachu and him (Looks like the jacket that the male version of the Platinum game wears, only Ash keeps his hat. Pikachu just has a smaller version on it, without the hat). He went back to the Pokemon Center to get his backpack. He went into the room and took his backpack, but he then saw May sleeping in her bed. Ash put his hand on her head.

"I'll be back," whispered Ash, "Don't cause any trouble." He then ran out of the room and put his jacket on. He then saw Brendan and Dawn at the entrance.

"Whoa Ash," said Brendan, "Where are you going? You look like you're in a sugar high."

"Whoopsie," said Ash, "I forgot to tell you guys that I heard that my dad's aura staff was up on Mt. Coronet. I need to go up there and see if it's true. Pikachu and my other Pokemon are coming along also."

"But what if it wasn't true?" asked Dawn.

"I'm just going to have to check on it," said Ash, "Take care of May while I'm gone. Make sure that she doesn't start any trouble. I'll be back very soon."

"Why can't we come along?" asked Brendan.

"I don't want you guys to come on some wild goose chase for nothing," said Ash.

"Okay, be careful man," said Brendan, "People get hurt on that mountain."

"I know," said Ash, "I'll be fine. I promise." Ash then ran down the road towards the mountain, and Dawn and Brendan watched him go.

"Doesn't it take about two weeks to go up and down that mountain?" asked Dawn.

"I know," said Brendan, "But knowing Ash, he'll be back down here within a week." They then went back inside of the Pokemon Center.

May woke up and went outside of the room. She found the other two sitting on a couch. She looked around and was hoping that she would be able to see Ash, but she didn't. She then walked over to Dawn and Brendan.

"Where's Ash?" she asked.

"Ash went out to Mt. Coronet to find something that belonged to his dad," answered Brendan,

"He went out without me?" asked May, rather sad.

"Don't worry," said Dawn, "He'll be back very soon. We just have to be patient. He won't get into any trouble out there."

"Okay," said May and she walked over to the cafeteria. She took her food and sat at a table. She began to eat it, but slower than she usually eats it.

"He's only been gone for about an hour and I already miss him," thought May to herself.

Giovanni, who was aboard the Team Rocket ship, and was thinking on another plan in order to catch May. Every single thing that he sends out is always destroyed by Ash and his friends. There had to be a way. But that wasn't his one true goal at the moment. He needed aura in order to finish his masterpiece. The one true thing that will bring the whole world to its knees. He needed Ash to come over here and give him the aura. But he also knew that Ash wouldn't do that intentionally. So he had to have some bait: The princess. But he knew that Ash was just going to stop him.

"I didn't want to do this," thought Giovanni, "But Ketchum leaves me no choice. I need to bring out my most powerful Team Rocket member, second to me of course: Cyrus (Spelled his name right. He was in the opening song, but his name was Cyran. Sorry.) Giovanni then went by his speakerphone.

"Cyrus, come to my office," said Giovanni, "I have a special mission for you." Cyrus then came into his office later on (DP clothing, but the initial TR is on his shirt) and bowed.

"Is there anything that you need master?" asked Cyrus.

"Yes, I need you to fetch the princess for me," said Giovanni, "I would send out the others, but they are all stupid when it comes to getting the princess. You won't fail me, will you?"

"No master," said Cyrus and he straightened up, "I'll be back very soon." Cyrus then walked out.

"Almost there," thought Giovanni.

It's already been about three days since Ash had gone up the mountain. He had already been able to achieve the goal of making it to the snowy part of Mt. Coronet. It was hard because he hadn't had a good sleep for days. He went and had about an hour of sleep, then continuing up the mountain. He didn't want to torture Pikachu so that it couldn't sleep, so occasionally he let it sleep in his backpack while he goes up this mountain. He did have some trouble with Pokemon, but he made it. He was now searching for the staff that is rumored to be up here.

"I know it's here somewhere," said Ash, "That lady couldn't have lied. I've come all this way for nothing."

"Pika Pikachu," said Pikachu, trying to calm its trainer.

"I can't give up," said Ash, "Not yet." He continued to search, but he couldn't find it. He got worried and was getting tired. The snow was getting heavier, so it became harder to see. He began to give up. He just wanted to see the thing that once belonged to his dad.

"Dad," thought Ash, "I'll find it. How did it even get up here in the first place?" After about three hours, Ash began to give up. Suddenly, he saw an object in the distance, through the falling snow. He went closer and closer. He couldn't believe his eyes. It was the staff! It was put in the snow and had some snow over it. Thank Arceus that it wasn't buried.

"The staff!" exclaimed Ash. He ran over to it and was about to take it, but he stopped and remembered that the lady told him that it gave a static shock.

"I don't care," thought Ash, "I have to get it. No matter what!" He grabbed it and took it out from its spot and he noticed that it didn't shock him.

"Must be because I have some aura inside of me," thought Ash. He was happy. He had the thing that he remembered that his father had the whole time. He looked around it and looked at its features. He then held it out like his father does all the time. Suddenly, it started to shake.

"Pika!" exclaimed Pikachu.

"I don't know!" said Ash, "Please don't tell me that I broke it." Then, out of nowhere, a Pokemon popped out of the staff. Ash didn't see it for a minute because of the sudden light. His vision begun to be clear, and he saw a Pokemon was bowing. He didn't know if it was human or not. It was certainly a Pokemon, but what? He saw it finally, and it was certainly a Pokemon.

"Oh—my—Arceus," said Ash surprised. The Pokemon stood and Ash took out his Pokedex and pointed it towards the Pokemon. It said that it was a Lucario. For some reason, the Pokemon looked familiar.

"Where am I?" said Lucario.

"Whoa!" exclaimed Ash, "You can talk? You must be using Telepathy or something." The Lucario looked right at Ash, surprised that someone was there with it.

"Who are you?" said Lucario sternly and it went into an offensive stance, which surprised Ash.

"Come down there buddy," said Ash, "I'm not here to hurt you or anything. I'm Ask Ketchum and this here is Pikachu. Say hi buddy."

"Pikachu," greeted Pikachu.

"I'm here because I heard that my dad's aura staff is here," said Ash, "And by the looks of it, it seems true. But why were you inside this staff." Lucario seemed to think for a while, but then, it saw Ash's face clearer. The same, young face of a young child that he knew.

"Ash?" said Lucario as he straightened up and gave a smile, "That's you? You have grown."

"What?" asked Ash, "You know me? When the hell did this happen?"

"You don't remember?" asked Lucario, "I was Aaron's Lucario. The one that you always wanted to play with when you were a little kid. I always said no because I was too busy training." Ash thought for a while, and remembered.

"That was you!" exclaimed Ash, "I thought that you were just my dad's friend that painted his body blue and had those ears that I always loved to touch. Who knew? "By the way, do you know where and what happened to my dad and how you even got up here." Lucario thought.

"I don't remember," it said slowly, "All I remember was fighting someone. I don't remember who it was though. And I also remembered that something did happen to Aaron."

"Really?" said Ash disappointed, "I thought that you would at least be a lead. Whatevs. Want you to come with me? We can catch up on things along the way. Lucario smiled and nodded and Ash and he went on their way to get down the mountain.

Dawn, May, and Brendan were walking along the streets, while they were all trying to do some fun things until Ash got back. May seemed glum throughout it, but she didn't want to show it.

"How about we go to the city carnival that's in today?" said Dawn, "It could be fun."

"I second that," said Brendan.

"Okay," said May. They then started to walk towards it, but suddenly, Cyrus landed right in front of them from the sky. The two girls held each other while Brendan stood in front of them.

"Yo dude," said Brendan, "Next time when you fall from the sky, give out a warning. You could've hurt someone dammit!" People began to watch at what was happening. Cyrus then stood up and looked at the three. He saw May and smiled his devilish smile.

"Found you," said Cyrus. Brendan saw his shirt and saw the initials TR on it.

"Dammit," thought Brendan.

"Give me the princess and no one gets hurt," said Cyrus peacefully.

"Kiss my ass!" said Brendan and he ran up to him and swung his right leg to Cyrus's face, but Cyrus stopped it with his arm.

"Warned you," said Cyrus as he put on a devilish, crazy face that seemed to scare Brendan. Cyrus then punched Brendan in the stomach and grabbed his face. Cyrus slammed him to the ground, which made a crack on the ground. Brendan yelled in pain at how powerful Cyrus was. Cyrus then cupped his hands together and slammed it on Brendan's stomach, knocking him out.

"Brendan!" yelled Dawn, "You're going to pay for that. Once my friend gets here, he'll rip you apart." Cyrus walked over to Dawn and May, while they took steps back.

"Stay back," said Dawn, but Cyrus didn't listen, Dawn then ran up to him and punched him in the face, but it didn't hurt at all for Cyrus. He then kicked Dawn to the side, and it was so powerful that Dawn's hat fell off, and Dawn was now knocked out. May was frightened. She was scared.

"Come princess," said Cyrus as he held out his hand.

"No!" screamed May as she slapped his hand away. Cyrus then devilishly smiled again and grabbed her and disappeared. The people did not know what happened.

"Someone, call the police and get Nurse Joy," said a women in the crowd, "People are hurt here." The cops came and took Dawn and Brendan to the hospital.

Later on, Dawn woke up and found herself in a hospital bed. She saw that Brendan was right near her, and he must've been sleeping because she heard him snore. She was thinking on what just happened to her. She then remembered May and Cyrus.

"May!" screamed Dawn as she sat up from her hospital bed in shock. Brendan woke up and turned back to her.

"What's wrong?" asked Brendan, "I'm trying to sleep here."

"Brendan, wake up!" said Dawn as she sat up from her bed, "We have to go get May! She's in trouble." Brendan thought for a minute and remembered what happened also.

"Oh Arceus Ash is going to kill me!" said Brendan as he also sat up and got out of his bed. Dawn saw that she had a bandage strapped around her head. She also saw that Brendan also had a bandage strapped around his head and a bandage strapped throughout both his arms.

"Let's get out of here and find her before Ash gets back!" said Brendan as he struggled to walk, but had a hard time, but he was able to finally walk.

"Let's hurry," said Dawn and they both checked out of the hospital, ignored the doctors and nurses to stay and heal up more, and went out to the city to find May. They didn't know that Ash was walking down the path to the city at that moment.

Ash, Pikachu, and Lucario had finally made it into the city. Ash had taken off his jacket and wore his normal clothes. They were both talking about the good old days and Lucario told about the amazing adventures Sir Aaron and he had.

"So why do aura guardians need this staff anyway?" asked Ash.

"They have it because it focuses their aura," said Lucario, "It helps them control it and makes their aura more powerful."

"So that mean having this will help me be an aura guardian?" asked Ash.

"Certainly!" said Lucario.

"Cool," said Ash, "I can't wait to tell my friends about—" But Ash didn't finish because Brendan came running by him.

"Shit," said Brendan.

"Hey Brendan," said Ash, "I told you I would be back. Hey, why are you all bandaged up?" Brendan didn't answer though. Dawn then came running towards them.

"Hey Brendan, did you find—" said Dawn until she saw Ash, "Oh Arceus Ash is here. Who's that guy next to you?"

"This is Lucario," said Ash, "He's a Pokemon, not a human. He once belonged to my dad. Now can you both tell me why you're all bandaged up?" Brendan and Dawn hesitated, but they finally gave in.

"May's—gone," said Brendan, which made Ash's eyes grow wide and also Lucario for some reason, "She was taken by some very strong Team Rocket dude and he took May. We're trying to find her so that you won't worry when you come back."

"Team Rocket," said Ash, "Those basterds are really pissing me off."

"Why is Princess May out of her castle?" asked Lucario.

"I'll tell you later," said Ash, "Let's go find May."

"We think that he took her out of the city because we searched everywhere," said Dawn.

"I can maybe sense her energy and I could teleport us to her," said Lucario as he closed his eyes and started to find her.

"Thanks Lucario," said Ash, "I don't know what I would do without you. Wait a minute. How do you even know May? And what kind of energy can you sense in her? You told me that you can only sense aura."

"I'll tell you later," said Lucario, "Found her. Hold on." He then used teleport and they all teleported into the Team Rocket ship that Ash has been in before.

"I remember this place," said Ash, "Brings back damn memories."

"Let's go," said Lucario, "I can still feel her." Everyone nodded and followed it to where May was.

May was thrown into the room where Giovanni sat. Giovanni just sat there, smiling evilly at her. May looked away and crossed her arms, with a very unhappy expression on her face.

"Nice to see you again princess," said Giovanni, "It's been a while."

"Oh shut up," said May, "I don't even want to see your face you asshole. Now get me out of here and fuck yourself."

"Oh princess," said Giovanni, "That's no way to talk to someone like me, especially someone with this." Giovanni took out a handkerchief from his pocket (Looks like Misty's handkerchief). May saw it and her eyes grew wide. She knew what that handkerchief was.

"Give that to me now!" yelled May as she tried to run up to Giovanni, but the chain at her leg stopped her.

"I can't give this to you at the moment," said Giovanni, "But I do remember that this belonged to you father, didn't it? I'm surprised that you remember it at first sight."

"What did you do with him?" hissed May.

"Oh don't worry," said Giovanni, "He's safe and sound. He's still alive." That made May surprised. She thought her father was dead. She even saw it happen.

"My dad is still alive?" thought a very surprised May.

"And also Ketchum's," said Giovanni.

"Where are both of them?" said May again, "Tell me right now!"

"I can't tell you right now," said Giovanni, "But you'll learn in due time. I just have to wait till Ketchum gets here and then you'll all die. Take her away and put her in the dungeon." Some grunts then came in and grabbed May.

"No!' said May as she tried to not let them take her, "I can't leave yet!" They took her and carried her away. May saw Giovanni laughing, and she was crying.

Ash and the others kept on trying to find May, and also avoid being seen by Team Rocket. Lucario led them to the dungeon.

"Are you sure that May's here?" asked Brendan.

"I'm sure of it," said Lucario. They kept on running until they passed by a cell. Ash saw something inside and looked back inside it. It was May, and she was crying. She had her face in-between her legs.

"Guys, May's in here," said Ash. The others went back and saw her. She heard them and looked up and Ash still saw tears going down her face. Lucario use focus punch and broke the cell cage. Ash went in and went by May.

"Thank Arceus," said a relieved Dawn.

"Pika," said Pikachu happily.

"May, are you okay?" asked Ash, "Why are you crying? Did they do something to you?" Brendan looked back and saw something, which made him freeze. Before May could say anything, Brendan finally spoke up.

"Hey guys, we got company," said Brendan. Everyone looked and saw that Cyrus was standing right there." Ash stood up and held the staff by his side and Pikachu went by him.

"Get away from the princess," said Cyrus.

"No fucking way," said Ash, "I'm going to teach you guys to back off when it comes to May."

"Ash, be careful with this guy," said Brendan, "He's crazy strong." Lucario watched as Cyrus walked towards them, slowly and evilly. A memory flashed in his head. He was at Mt. Coronet, with Sir Aaron. Someone was walking towards them, the same way Cyrus was. He couldn't see the person with all the snow. He saw Aaron's lips move and he was telling it something. The memory left. Lucario wanted more. The only way was to consult the boss itself. But he first needed the others to get out of harm's way.

"Bring it!" said Ash and he ran towards Cyrus and Cyrus ran towards him. They were ready to punch each other, but suddenly, Ash found himself in a grassy field. It was raining. He looked around and saw the others too.

"What happened?" asked Brendan.

"I needed you guys to get off that ship," said Lucario, "I'll be back. I have something to do." Lucario then teleported out of there.

"Lucario, what the hell!" said Ash, "I wasn't done with that guy yet!"

"Let's all just be happy that we got out of there," said a relieved Dawn. May looked around her and saw that she wasn't on the ship. But she needed answers. It was the only way to know what really happened to her dad. But it was too late. She started to walk on the path again. The others watched her. They were confused as to why she was sad, but Ash knew that it had something to do with Team Rocket.

Cyrus came into Giovanni's office and bowed down to him.

"Is Ketchum here yet?" asked Giovanni.

"He was," said Cyrus, "But it seems that he teleported out of the ship, along with the princess." Giovanni then slammed the table that he was sitting on.

"Dammit!" he yelled, "I thought for sure that plan would work!"

"Should I go after her?" asked Cyrus.

"No," said Giovanni, "He'll be back. He wouldn't just leave without knowing the reason his friend was crying. I know the Ketchums, Cyrus. I know them very well." He then started to snicker in a crazy way.

Lucario ran through the ship's corridors in order to find Giovanni's office. He had to have answers.

"I'll remember Aaron," thought Lucario, "I'll remember."

Ash, Brendan, and Dawn were sitting under the leaves of a tree in order to help them not get wet from the rain. May had gone to a lake that was near them for some reason.

"I hope that May's okay," said Dawn, "She seemed glum the whole time. Do think that Team Rocket did something to her?"

"If they did, I would never forgive them," said Brendan. Ash then stood up and walked to see what was happening to May. He saw her by the lake, and she was looking into the waters. Ash sat by her and watched their reflection in it. They stayed like that for a while.

"Hey May," asked Ash, "Are you okay? I swear, if Team Rocket did something to you that—"

"Ash," May interrupted, "They know what happened to my dad."

"What?" asked Ash.

"I think they have him," said May as she began to sob up, "I know that I saw him get killed by them, but he says that he's still alive. I'm scared. I don't know what they are doing to him right now, so I'm scared." Her tears then began to fall into the lake. Ash felt so sorry that he was speechless. He actually knew how she felt. He looked at the staff in his hand. He felt the same way she was feeling when he heard that his father was dead. He was like that for days. He didn't want that to happen to May. No person deserved that sadness, especially May. He put the staff down and brought her closer to him.

"Don't worry May," said Ash, "I swear that I'll be able to get your dad back, no matter what the cost. Just don't be sad anymore." May held on to his shirt and continued to cry in it. Even he felt like crying. He held on to her tighter.

"Giovanni," thought Ash to himself as his eyes turned blue, "You are dead to me."

(Ending song)

Next time on Pokemon Heroes: Ash and his friends plan to go back to the ship and try to find answers on to what happened to May's father. They also find out that Lucario is also on board, and Giovanni prepares to take his last step into creating Mewtwo, and someone's life will be taken away. Will Ash stop Giovanni without the aura beast, or will his anger get the best of him? Next time: Something That Belonged to Father Part 2.

That was that chapter. The ending was kind of rushed due to the fact that I was kind of busy during the weekend. The next chapter will be up next Monday, of course, with two chapters. I'm also beginning to work on the storyline of the movie. See you next week.

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