Episode 50: Emotional Reunions.
This chapter will take place 6 months after the previous, well the idea of this chapter popped into my head pretty quickly. okay I might be able to get more of the story done than i expected, please review and tell me your thought.
"Dad, where are you?" Salvia called out for her father as the flames of the small town burnt in a fiery inferno, she ran around looking for her father with Madeline and Raichu next to her, "this is horrible if only Ash was around this wouldn't have happened," Salvia told herself as she continued her search for her father. Salvia tried to avoid the falling embers as the heat of the flames started to intensify around her, the roar of the flames deafening and the shouting of the soldiers fighting against the opposing forces, as Salvia tried her best to not inhale the smoke that was enveloping the tiny town, "Madeline, don't breathe in the smoke," Salvia instructed the little girl as they continued through the small town.
Salvia ran through the small town with the little girl next to her, "so you two think you can escape from us again," three men wearing mostly black asked the princess as they started to surround the royal laughing at her, "this time you don't have your precious Ash, your precious Aura Guardian to protect you," the man in front of the royal pointed out. Salvia stood in front of Madeline while Raichu got ready to attack the members of the Shadow Triad, "how admirable, you are intending to fight even though you have no chance of winning, Thundurus go," he called out his legendary pokemon, a large blue pokemon glared down at the princess ready to follow the commands of the trainer.
"Next Tornadus time to battle," the member of the Shadow Triad called out his other legendary pokemon, the mostly blue pokemon also got ready to battle the princess, "luckily for you we don't have the third member of the Kami Trio," he stated while the other member called out a humanoid pokemon colored mostle red and black with white gloves.
"Oh no the princess," one of the random soldiers yelled out in horror as he tried to run up to the royal but was cut down by a member of Team Rocket, "you monsters…" the soldier said before succumbing to his injury.
The three pokemon charged up for their attacks causing the princess to freeze on the spot, she then noticed the little girl standing behind her, she quickly moved as the attacks approached them, she waited for the attacks to hit knowing that it would kill her, she waited but nothing happened, "what happened, there was no one anywhere near me…" Salvia stated as she looked up to see a familiar person and a large white pokemon.
"Sorry I took so long to return," he said while looking down to see the princess getting all teary at the return of Ash, "you want to know where I have been, later," Ash told the princess as he returned his focus back to the Shadow Triad, "now it's payback time, you will not hurt Salvia and Madeline, you will not hurt anymore innocent people," Ash declared with fury as his large white pokemon let out a mighty roar, "start things off with Dragon Pulse," Ash instructed his legendary pokemon.
Salvia watched on in amazement, the powerful pokemon unleashed a powerful burst of energy pushing the two legendries back and Bisharp away from the scene, 'no way, after six months his Reshiram is fighting three pokemon at once and two of them are legendary pokemon,' Salvia thought while keeping Madeline in her grasp, "have you gotten stronger Ash?" Salvia asked quietly as she admired the trainer again.
Ash didn't notice the princess's words and continued to hold off the foes until another pokemon appeared to join the fray, the large white pokemon with a purple tail appeared next to Reshiram, 'not this time Mewtwo, this is my battle,' Ash told his pokemon friend, the powerful psychic type acknowledged this and moved away from the battle, "now you three will face the might of Reshiram, attack with Fusion Flare," Ash instructed his pokemon with confidence.
"We need to counter attack," the left member of the Shadow Triad told his team mates, "this worthless maggot almost killed me back in Nimbasa City," he stated while glaring at the trainer with a dark glare.
"You still remember that, well I should have finished the job," Ash smirked at the member as his pokemon charged up the powerful attack, the powerful ball of flames spiralled around with great intensity, "hit them with full power," Ash instructed his powerful legendary. After receiving the instructions the attack cannoned into the three pokemon dealing immense damage to the three pokemon and injuring two of the members on the Shadow Triad.
"Amazing, he has gotten much stronger, he defeated us with just Reshiram even when we outnumbered him," the uninjured member of the Shadow Triad pointed out in shock while noticing Ash kneeling down towards the princess to see if she was alright, 'now is my chance,' he thought to himself while grabbing a dagger from his side.
The member lunged at the trainer but the hand holding the dagger was stopped by the trainer, "don't think for one second that I didn't know what you were thinking," Ash growled at the last standing Shadow Triad member while tightening his grip on the member of Team Plasma's wrist, the trainer's hand started to glow blue while the last standing member started to yell out in pain, "submit or I will break your arm," Ash declared with a smile, "I will not have you hurt my friends or my family, you will not be hurting Salvia or Madeline for that matter," Ash declared while tightening his grip even more.
"Alright I submit," he replied as he dropped the dagger with Ash letting go, "how did you become so much stronger?" he asked in disbelief before running away with his injured team after they recalled their fallen pokemon, "all forces pull back!" He called out to the remainder of his forces, Ash watched as the enemy pulled away from the small town.
The remaining members of the allied forces started to cheer and ready to charge out for the counter attack, Ash stopped them and closed his eyes, "no we don't attack there, they are waiting for us, we are heading into an ambush," Ash pointed out much to the shock of everyone around him.
"How do you know that Ash?" Salvia asked her husband quietly.
"My pokemon weren't the only ones to get stronger, my abilities with Aura control have increased," Ash replied with confidence, he looked up to see his legendary pokemon and nodded at it, "we wait for them to make the mistake," Ash instructed the people as he recalled his legendary pokemon and walked over to the house to get some food.
"There is something different about Ash, it's like he is an entirely different person," Madeline told the blue haired royal.
"I know he is more relaxed and can assess the situation before anything happens," Salvia replied while moving towards the trainer. After walking in she approached the trainer and placed her hands on the table he was sitting at, she looked down at him angered by her husband's disappearance, "do you have any idea how worried I was?" Salvia asked while glaring at Ash, her anger now to the point that she raised her hand into the air, she swung her hand down towards Ash's face and slapped him with all her might.
"Salvia, I couldn't show my face here until I know I was strong enough to protect you, not the other way around," Ash replied while Salvia moved her hand away from Ash and started to cry, "I know, I missed so much in my absence, I had to get stronger, to stop this pointless war and to keep my wife safe," Ash explained while getting to his feet to get another plate of food.
She ran around the table to get in front of Ash, "you have returned to me," Salvia said with tears, she ran up to her prince and embraced him hugging the air out of him, "don't ever do that again," Salvia cried, she buried her head into his chest while crying even more.
Ash placed his hands in Salvia's long blue hair, "no need to worry," Ash stated with an assured tone.
"Hey that's my line, I never said you can use," a female voice called over to Ash.
Ash let go of the princess and spotted a group of familiar people some with blood trickling down their arms, "Misty, May, Dawn, Brock and Max," Ash called over to his friends with a proud smile.
"You idiot how can you forget us?" asked a man with short purple hair as he chuckled at his rival.
"I don't Paul, but I guess he has forgotten about his rivals," replied a man with spikey brown hair, Gary looked down at his rival's left hand and noticed a ring, "yo Ashy boy what is that on your left ring finger?" Gary asked his rival with a smirk.
May and Dawn noticed it soon after Gary pointed it out, "yeah Ash are you hiding something from the rest of us?" The two girls asked in unison.
"Ash, I thought my dad told you to keep it a secret," Salvia whispered.
"Well I have decided not to keep it a secret anymore, it was one of the reasons why I left, the pressure of keeping it quiet was starting to get too much for me," Ash explained with a frown while looking over to his friends, they looked at their friend bemused by what was going on after hearing about the secret that was being kept from them, "what are you all looking at?" Ash asked his friends as they stared at him perplexed even more by his calm demeanour.
Dawn walked up to Ash and grabbed his hand to look at the ring for a moment, "Ash this is wedding ring," Dawn stated much to the groups shock, "when did this happen?" Dawn asked while she glared at him.
Salvia walked next to Ash and took out her ring, "it happened about seven months ago," Salvia replied to her friend's enquiry.
"What are you talking about?" May asked in the background while Dawn stood back in shock.
"Why didn't you two say you were married?!" Dawn asked in anger as she turned around in anger, "I was hoping you two would wait so I could become the bridesmaid!" Dawn declared as she stormed out of the room with tears rolling down her face.
"Ash, you have upset my girlfriend," Paul commented before turning around to follow Dawn.
"Hold on for a moment Paul, I want to talk to her about it," Ash stopped his rival, he ran pass the purple haired trainer and towards his friend. He spotted Dawn sitting on a bench looking up to the setting sun, the trainer approached his friend and sighed a little, "Dawn, I am sorry you missed out this time, but the king had no choice in the matter," Ash told the bluenette as he took a seat next to her. "The truth is Dawn, Salvia and I will have another ceremony and she does want you to be the bridesmaid," Ash told his friend.
"That's not the point of it Ash, I thought I was like a sister to you, how can you keep such a secret from even me let alone all your friends?" Dawn asked the prince who looked away remorsefully, "I am not angry at you for marrying the princess, but next time something major happens at least make the effort to tell me," Dawn instructed Ash before getting to her feet to walk back into the base.
Ash remained on the seat and looked up to see his father-in-law walking towards him grasping his left side in pain, "so you told them?" Brian asked with a smile, "you saved us Ash," the royal stated with a proud smile.
"I told them, because the secret was the root of my problems, hiding the truth from my friends was not going to be an option upon my return," Ash told his father-in-law with a determined expression, "have you heard from Colin yet?" Ash enquired quietly as he turned his gaze to the back to his friends in the mess hall.
"Not much Ash, just that he is still fighting Alex who is preventing any contact with Team Aqua and Team Magma, if we don't get those reinforcements, then we won't last much longer in Unova, we would have to pull back to another region," the king replied with a frown explaining the situation to Ash as the princess walked out of the mess hall with Madeline and Raichu next to her.
"We won't need to do that," Ash replied to his father-in-law.
The king looked up with a smile, "why not Ash? Do you have a plan?" the royal asked with hope.
Ash nodded and looked over towards the mountain and then to the north, "yes I do, we need a small force to head straight to Lentimas Town just pass the Mountains to the west, then I will be heading to Oplucid City with Salvia and Madeline," Ash explained while pointing to north.
"Why Lentimas Town, what's so important about that place?" Brian asked nervously.
"One of my friends has a cargo company, she is also a pin master," Ash explained as Dawn walked out from the building, "Dawn, I need you to take a small force just pass those mountains, meet up with Skyla, from there you will attack Driftveil City with the rest of our friends," Ash told his bluenette friend while looking over to the rest of the forces, "I will head north with Salvia and Madeline to thwart The Shadow Triad and get the legendary Musketeer pokemon," Ash explained the plan to his allies.
As the plans were being laid out two flying type pokemon landed in front of the trainer with two more friends walking towards him, "I can't believe you are going to have a party and you haven't invited us, I thought we were you friends Ash," a woman with long brown hair wearing denim shorts, a white blouse and a black vest.
"Yeah what she said," said a male trainer with short brown hair, wearing blue jeans and a blue jacket.
"Hilda and Hilbert, what took you so long?" Ash asked his friends while extending out his fist.
The two trainers bumped Ash's fist and nodded appreciatively, "well Hilda was really busy with shopping and I had to wait for at least a few hours for her to finish," Hilbert stated before being slapped across the back of the head.
"That's bullshit and you know it, you were too busy battling ten trainers in a row!" Hilda replied in anger causing Ash to burst out into laughter at his friend's antics.
Salvia heard the trainer laughing for the first time in a while and showed signs that she was relieved to hear it, "it has been so long since I heard him laugh, it's so good to have him back," Salvia whispered as the rest of the group watched the argument between Hilbert and Hilda.
Ash looked back and grinned at his friends as the two behind him continued to argue, "come on you two, I think we can all agree that we need to focus on the battle ahead, I really want to save Darkrai and we need to take away the Kami Trio from the Shadow Triad," Ash told his friends while looking out to see, 'soon our reinforcements will come,' Ash thought as Reshiram appeared in his mind.
'We need to stop the Shadow Triad from getting the item they need to fuse me into Kyurem,' Reshiram told Ash telepathically as the large white pokemon show him an image of the fused pokemon. The mostly white pokemon similar in appearance to the legendary pokemon in front of Ash appeared, 'as you know Zekrom and me were once a single pokemon, Kyurem is what remains of that pokemon,' Reshiram explained while Ash watched the image fade while the vast what faded from his mind.
'Don't worry my friend I know what needs to be done,' Ash retorted calmly as he opened his eyes, he looked over to his friends and extended his fist out, "come on you two, we need to work together again," Ash stated while keeping his fist out.
"Well at least we will remain a team," Hilbert joyfully pointed out while fist bumping Ash.
"You're right Hilbert, we will finish our argument later, now we need to save Unova again," Hilda remarked while bumping her fist with Ash and Hilbert, the smiled at each other while the other friend watched in awe as the three friends holding their fists in position before moving away.
Ash turned around to look at his friends with his father-in-law walking up to him, "well I guess this is where we all part ways," the king stated quietly as he walked up to Ash, "I know you have gotten stronger, you know what I expect of you?" Brian enquired quietly, Ash nodded with certainty before looking over his shoulder to see the princess talking to Dawn, "good, I am placing my trust in you," he stated while thinking about his mother who still remained captive, "don't worry too much, we will get Lady Delia back," the king promised with a smile as he held out his hand.
Ash took his father-in-law's hand and they both shook respectively, "thanks, but we will need to save Unova first, then I can focus on getting my mother back," Ash explained while looking at the ground with guilt, "to be honest I don't know what my mother would think when I put everything else before her," Ash solemnly stated while clenching his fists angrily.
"She would be proud of you Ash, she isn't the type of person who would expect you to make the right choice," Brian assured Ash, he looked over to the beach to think about every moment of his capture, "Lady Delia, is an amazing person, a true friend, but I have a question for you Ash what would you do if you have to fight your own mother in this war?" Brian asked the trainer.
A sudden chill ran down the trainers back, "I….never quite thought about that….possibility," Ash struggled to declare while remembering the moment he watched his mother get taken away from him, "I thought I had gotten stronger mentally, but you have just given me something to think about," Ash told the royal while still trying to come to terms with what he might need to do, 'and if Chris sends my mother in with the intent to kill, then what will I do?' Ash questioned himself before being interrupted by one of the soldiers.
The soldier knelt down in front of the king and the prince, "Sirs, there is a massive fleet heading our way," the soldier said, he started pointing towards the horizon with one of the ships becoming visible to everyone in the area.
They watched as the line of ships grew larger and panic started to set in, Ash closed his eyes to see what was going on, it was then that he cracked a smile, "Brian tell everyone to calm down, they aren't the enemy," Ash told the royal next to him as he moved towards the docks to greet the ships that were coming his way. He looked out into the horizon with the gentle seas breeze starting to kick in and the sun hanging over head, "so things are about to go our way, about damn time our fortunes changed in this war," Ash whispered to himself.
Salvia waltzed over to Ash and looked out to see the armada of ships approaching, "how do you know they aren't the enemy?" Salvia asked quietly.
"Simple, they would have already attacked if they were our enemies," Ash replied confidently.
Meanwhile in the White City the Shadow Triad were talking to their boss about the defeat at the hands of the prince and the kings army, "what, you mean to tell me you three were defeated by a trainer with a Reshiram?" Ghetsis asked in a rage, he looked over his shoulder to see Chris approaching him, "we thought he was dead, but now it seems like he is alive and stronger than ever," Ghetsis told them while swinging his cane towards a desk sweeping off the items covering it.
"Sir, that isn't all, he seems to have greater control of his aura abilities, he almost snapped my arm," the Shadow Triad leader pointed out while showing the burn marks on his right arm, "not only that master Ghetsis, he used only Reshiram in our battle and pushed us back even while we had Thundarus and Tornadus," he stated while the anger of the plasma leader started to build.
"Fools, you tell me that you were pushing the king's army into the sea and yet you still failed in your attempt!" Chris yelled at his allies in anger while looking back to see Delia walking up to him.
The doors were suddenly pushed open as a soldier rushed into the building, "sirs we have a major problem, there is a massive fleet heading towards Undella Town, we aren't completely certain but they seem to be reinforcements for King Brian's forces," the soldier stated while kneeling down at the Shadow Triad.
"What, a massive fleet, how can that be possible?" Chris asked as he started to panic at the mere mention of the navy.
At the other end of the call another soldier entered the room with even more news, "Sire, our forces are under attack in Iccirus City, there are getting hit by a force of men dressed in a knights attire," he said as Ghetsis looked back to the soldier in panic.
"How can that be, I thought I took out the remaining members of the traitors in my ranks three months ago," Ghetsis pointed out while Giovanni glared at him.
Giovanni took a glass of wine and started to sip it, he moved the wine glass away from him and sneered at the plasma leader, "seems like you couldn't quite go through with finishing off your former comrades," Giovanni chastised the Plasma boss.
"It matters not, we still have the advantage when it comes to numbers," Chris stated with great confidence as he walked up to Ash's mother, "plus I have a trump card, the princess and that trainer will bend to my will soon enough," Chris stated while laughing at the situation as it unfolded on the screen, "your mission is still the same, get Landorus and Kyurem, " Chris ordered the Shadow Triad with certainty, he walked out of the room followed by the hypnotized mother, 'time to make everything go as I had envisioned,' Chris thought while walking in front of the mother confident everything was going as he had planned, he looked out the window to see his base had been complete and the defences were set in case of an attack, "come on my sweet little Delia, we need to get you a team of pokemon," Chris told the woman while sneering at her before bursting out into laughter, 'let's see how you go Ash, battling your own mother,' Chris thought as he laughed even more at the prospect.
Back in Undella Town Ash and Salvia stayed at the docks waiting for the ships to land, Madeline and Raichu walked up to the couple wanting to see what's happening, "so Ash, who do you think these guys are?" Madeline asked the trainer while keeping an eye on the fleet, the girl looked as the prince smiled at the scene, "Ash, are you listening to me?" Madeline questioned the trainer quietly.
"I have a really good idea who they are," Ash replied with certainty as the first ship docked in front of Ash. Ash looked up to see a familiar face looking down at him from the side of the ship, "seems like you want to join in the party," Ash sarcastically stated while the man nodded happily.
"Yes Master Ash, and I have gotten what we need, Team Magma and Team Aqua," Colin responded with great confidence as a man wearing mostly red and black pants and a man wearing blue and black walked off their respective ships, they walked towards the trainer and sighed awkwardly knowing that there past mistakes might not have been forgiven.
"We do need their help, " Ash pointed out with a smile as he extended his hand out to the leader of Team Magma, "I also sense you brought powerful allies too," Ash commented much to the shock of Maxie and Archer.
"Yes, we took longer to get them, but they are willing to help stop this madness," Maxie explained as he held out his pokeball to Ash.
"And don't forget about this pokemon," Archer pointed out with a proud smile, "we made mistakes in the past, this will be our chance to redeem ourselves," Archer declared while looking back to see the massive force that he had amassed with the help of Colin.
"Colin, I am glad you made it back to us, what of Alex?" Brian asked the royal knight with hope.
"He got away, I had almost captured him, but he found a way to get away from me," Colin stated sadly as he grabbed his pokeball to show his new addition, "I managed to get a new ally as well," Colin said happily as he walked up to Ash.
Ash and Salvia looked at one another and happily nodded at one another, "so, the tide of war has changed in our favour," Ash declared with joy as he looked around to see the powerful army that had amassed around him, "time to stop this war and to bring Chris to justice!" Ash yelled out causing the army to cheer out loud.
"Impressive Ash, is showing great leadership, his return has boosted the morale of even my small army," Brian whispered to himself proudly smiling at Ash who was riling up the forces around him, 'I am proud to have you as my son-in-law,' Brian thought while he watched the prince place his arm around his daughter, 'Salvia really has made her choice, her experiences in this journey has made her a better person, maybe me holding her back in the palace was a bad choice,' the king thought with joy while smiling at the both of them while thinking about what life would be like after he steps down from the thrown, 'maybe I will journey again, this time competing against the gym leaders and tackling the Pokemon Leagues,' the king told himself as he walked up to Ash who keeping the princess close to him. He looked over to the forces that had amassed and nodded, "time to plan our counter attack!" Brian declared with confidence.
The tide of the war has changed with the massive reinforcements arriving and the attack against the forces in Iccirus City, but everything will change as the real prospect of Ash having to face his mother in battle will soon be realized.
What will the counter attack involve? Will Ash have the resolve to battle his own mother in battle?
Next time episode 51: Mother VS Son, round 1