I'm here with another chapter of RotP, LitF. Please enjoy this chapter.

Disclaimer: Look at chapter 1 and the Summary.

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.
-Henri Nouwen

A new adventure, another day
One more challenge that comes our way
It's up to me and you
We know what we've got to do
We are together now, friends forever now
Whatever comes our way, we won't run away
Standing tall
One for all
It's our destiny
Pokémon!

5 hours later:

Thanks to Charizard's speed, Ash was able to get to the Battle Area of Northeastern Sinnoh. He saw a large amount of people and decided to head towards Stark Mountain. After all he still had about three days before he needed to register and the actual battling wouldn't start until four days afterwards. He told Charizard to head towards the mountain as he scanned the large group of competitors and the crowds to be. He then saw a particular group of people and froze. Pikachu felt Ash freeze and turned to him.

"PikaPi, Pikachu Pi Pika," Pikachu asked his trainer, concern visibly showing. Ash shook his head and gave a false smile to his faithful Pokemon. Pikachu frowned as Ash talked.

"Don't worry buddy, I'm fine," Ash reassured his first Pokemon. On the inside he was shaking with rage and felt like Aura Sphereing a Salamance till it got angry at him. 'Damn, they're here, too,' Ash thought as Charizard landed at the base of Stark Mountain. Pikachu had a doubtful look on his face but didn't say anything as Ash looked around and saw the place that Charizard landed was a perfect place to train. He called out all of his Pokemon, and when they saw the place they were in, paired up and started to train. Ash grinned when he saw that Gardevoir wasn't training, so Houndoom was in a three way fight with Pikachu and Charizard. Ash quietly walked up to her and tapped her shoulder, causing her to turn to him. "What's wrong Gardevoir?" Gardevoir tried to say that she was fine, but Ash knew her better than she knew herself. She sighed before she 'spoke'.

"I'm worried about you master," The Embrace Pokemon told him. "You're feeling very deep hatred for certain people, and don't say you don't since I can feel your emotions." Ash had a sheepish look on his face before he to sighed.

"It's just that those people are here," Ash said as he spat out people. Gardevoir suddenly narrowed her eyes at the thought of those scum being here. It seems that Arceus had a very sick humor to bring those scum to this competition. She then sigghed before she started to sing an old tune that her people sang to the little ones when they felt angry or were sad. Ash almost immediately calmed down before he smiled. "Thanks Gardevoir!"

"No problem master," Gardevoir told him. "Just don't let your anger cloud your mind, and you'll be fine." Ash nodded before Gardevoir headed off to train with Houndoom while he went to another area before he sat and started to meditate. He felt a shuffle of grass and felt Lucario's aura next tom him.

"Hello my friend," he told the Fighting-Steel duo type. Lucario just stayed quiet, though you could here a low 'rah'. Ash chuckled before the two continued to meditate. A few hours later, the two were taken out of their trance when Pikachu came into the clearing along with the rest of his Pokemon in a hurry. "What's wrong?" Pikachu frantically started to explain the situation.

"Pika Pikachu Chu Chu Pika PikaPi," Pikachu explained rapidly as he panicked. Ash's eyes narrowed as he looked to the area that his Pokemon were in.

'Great, They're here,' Ash thought as he pushed out his aura. He felt seven auras in the area that his Pokemon were in and snarled on the inside. He decided not to meet them yet and was about to return his Pokemon, when he heard them come into the clearing.

"They all went this way," one of them shouted out. He heard a shuffle of feet and saw all of his former friends come out of the trees (you know the area before Stark Mountain if you go through the Resort Area. I think it was Route 229). He saw that they haven't changed much besides their age and height. He also saw that Tobias was with them.

"Hey, there they are," Brock called out before he noticed Ash. "Hey, excuse me but we found those Pokemon first." Ash sighed before he turned to them with a glare.

"So you are implying that you were about to steal my Pokemon," Ash said in a cold voice as his glared became more scary. The others were shocked that those Pokemon were his. "If you are then I'm going to call Officer Jenny." The other Pokemon were watching all of this with a smile.

"N-No s-sir," Max replied. Ash turned to him with an emotionless face. "We thought they were wild Pokemon. We didn't know they were yours, Mr..."

"Red," Ash said, giving them his alternate persona. "Red Satoshi." The others were shocked when they heard his name.

"Y-Y-You mean the legendary Red Satoshi of Mt. Silver," Max said in awe. "The one that even Lance, Wallace, Cynthia, or even Alder could defeat." Ash was surprised, but didn't show it, that he knew of most of his achievements. He simply nodded before he returned all of his Pokemon except for Pikachu, Lucario, and Charizard, who climbed onto Ash's shoulder, stood by his side, and leaned down for him in respective order. He then climbed onto Charizard's back, with Lucario sitting behind him, before Charizard turned towards the Battle Area.

"I hope we get to battle, Red," Tobias said as he saw Ash fly off on Charizard's back. 'I know that it's you, Ash Ketchum,' Tobias thought. 'After all, no one else would have a Pikachu on their shoulder like yours.'

With Ash:

Ash was currently going over the entire conversation within his head, before he sighed and faced off towards the upcoming Battle Area. He then noticed a particular man, wearing tan pants and a Hawaiian shirt. He sweatdropped when he saw said person waving at him from the middle of the streets. 'Same old Scott,' Ash thought as he told Charizard to land next to the man, now known as Scott.

As soon as Charizard landed, Ash jumped off along with Lucario as Pikachu held onto Ash's shoulder. Ash then looked at the man, to see that he hadn't changed much. "nice to see you again, Scott," Ash said as he returned Charizard to his smiled before putting a hand on Ash's shoulder.

"It's great to see you, Red," Scott said as Ash sighed in relief. Though he did see some trainers look at him in shock. Red was a very popular trainer for being able to defeat all of the champions. He was even able to teach some of the children that had been watching and also teach the experienced trainers something new. Scott then leaned into his ears and whispered. "Though you do know that your going to have to go by your real name in the quarter finals, right? Well that's once you register." Ash nodded.

"Nothing gets past you Scott, eh," Ash asked the owner of the battle frontier. Scott nodded as Pikachu Pika'd in response while Lucario stayed silent. "So what's the point of this competition anyways? And exactly how'd you find me?" Scott chuckled as he spoke up.

"Well the point of this competition is going to be discussed at the coronation three days from now and as for how I found you," Scott started, "Well to tell you the truth, it was a lucky guess. Hehehe..." Ash facefaulted at the answer before getting back up and looking at the owner of the Battle Frontier with an skeptical look on his face. Scott saw the look and chuckled in embarrassment again. "Anyways, follow me and I'll show you where to register and your hotel room." Many trainers that heard this either paled (Since Red was feared and respected) at the fact that Red (Ash) was gonna be in the competition, shrieked in delight (most of the females and some of the younger male out of seeing their idol) at the fact that Red (Ash) was going to be in the competition, or smirked (Cause they thought that if they defeat Red that they would be the strongest) at the fact that Red (Ash) was going to be in the competition.

A few minutes later, Ash and Scott were at a nearby Hotel/Poke-Center. Scott went ti the front desk followed by Ash and Lucario. Lucario was currently using his aura to check out the surroundings when he sensed the familiar seven aura signatures of Ash's 'friends' and Tobias. He looked at Ash and saw that he noticed as well, but didn't say anything.

"Excuse me, but I'd like friend here to be registered for the competition," Scott told the Nurse Joy there kindly. The Nurse Joy nodded before asking for information. When she saw the name, she froze. She almost shrieked, but was stopped by Scott giving her a lok that said, 'Don't'. She complied before she gestured for them to lean forward, which the two did.

"Are you really Ash Ketchum," the Nurse Joy asked. Ash was confused about this before he replied.

"And if I am," Ash asked. The pink nurse giggled before she replied.

"Well you see, I'm still a young nurse and I actually didn't get this job until I turned 15 a year ago," the nurse explained. "And you see, before then I was following you around on your journey through the Television after you placed 16 in the Silver Conference." Ash was surprised that someone would do all that. Lucario was equally surprised but Pikachu had a smirk on his face.

'Ha, Brock couldn't even get a Nurse Joy's attention without a problem happening, and Ash had one following through pretty much his whole journey,' the electric mouse Pokemon thought with a very mischievous grin on his face. Lucario saw the smirk on his face and knew that the little rodent thought of something to use against Ash's 'friends' somehow.

"Well, gee thanks I guess," Ash said with a blush on his face. Scott looked on at the interaction with some amusement before he remembered why they were there.

"Well sorry to break your interest with each other," Cue blush from the two, "But we still need to register him into the competition. For the beginning he'll go as Red Satoshi," Scott told her as the still blushing Nurse Joy nodded before writing everything down on the computer. She then gave Ash a key along with a piece of paper. Ash was confsed about the paper but decided to read whatever was inside later.

Scott merely smirked before leading Ash to the elevator. "So do you normally flirt like that Brock," Scott joked but was silenced by a glare from Ash.

"Don't you dare compare me to that person," Ash whispered to Scott who just nodded. The elevator opened and they both got on with Lucario standing next to Ash and Pikachu still on his shoulder. As the elevator started to rise, Ash took out the note and read. He noticed it was a phone number, Nurse Joys to be exact. Scott smirked as he read the note.

"So Ashy has an admirer, huh," Scott said to the now blushing boy as he got a twinkle of mischief in his eyes. "So you gonna ask her out?" The poor boy was now sputtering out gibberish.

"I-I do-don't even know how I f-feel for her," Ash argued. Scott shrugged.

"Well you have the whole tournament to figure it out," he suggested. "Anyways, once we get to your room, I have something to give you." Ash nodded as the elevator opened. They then headed towards Ash's room, which he noticed was on the top floor. He found the room, which was room 229 of the still unnamed five star hotel (make one up). The room looked fit for a very wealthy person to LIVE in. There was a king sized bed in within one of the four rooms, a master bathroom, a balcony, a living room with a t.v., and a kitchen that was full of food and supplies which Pikachu raided for some ketchup and Lucario for some pocky. He then noticed something on the table. Curious, he went and picked it up, before he saw a note besides it.

'Dear Red,

If you are reading this, then that means you have decided to join the competition. This devise is an upgraded from of the Poketch. With this, you will be able to store all of your Pokeballs and Pokemon, as well as have all of the functions of the regular Poketch. Once you slip this on, it will recognize you as its only holder, so that theft will be avoided. It will also stay on your arm unless you decide to take it off. We hope you enjoy this competition.

Signed,

Mr. Goodshow'

"Ah, I see that you found the new battling style," Scott said as Ash finished reading the note before giving Scott a confused look. "You see, the only way to battle in this competition is with those B Poketch's or Battle Poketch's. The Trio League is very complicated since the rules change every time it hosts another competition. You'll learn more later when the coronation begins. I have to attend to some business so I'll have to leave now. I'll see you later, and please stay out of trouble." With that, Scott left to wherever he needed to go.

Ash looked on a bit confused before he put the B Poketch on his wrist and felt a shock before the B Poketch changed to a purple color (blue from Aura and Red from attire). On the side, a small whole opened up and on the other, the initials A.K. were written on. A blinking light was suddenly on the screen and Ash pressed it before he saw his Pokeballs disappear in a beam of red light. He then looked at the screen and saw all of his Pokemon were in a virtual Mt. Coronet. He shrugged before he saw that Pikachu had an empty ketchup bottle. He sweatdropped before he looked at the note again. He then pocketed it and decided tot think about it later. Tomorrow he would figure out how to use the B Poketch and to also train some more, not that they needed it. He changed into some sleep wear before he laid down onto the bed. He felt Pikachu curl up next to him and Lucario laying down on the floor before his eyes closed and he fell asleep.

Well that's that. I hope you enjoyed this Chapter. Now remember, I won't update this fic. much since this is a side project. But since my notebook with all of my stories is ruined, and my cousin has my flashdrive I shall update this fic. if my games don't get in the way. I shall also update Naruto: Master of Pokemon sometime next week, so be on the look out for it.

I feel like this chapter was rushed, but I'll leave that to you guys. If you guys think so, then I'll rewrite it at a later date.

I have decided to make this a three harem pairing, which will include Cynthia, Latias (I'll explain in another chapter), and Nurse Joy. There are barely any stories with Ash being paired up with Nurse Joy, so I decided to be one of them. I know that they pretty much only heal Pokemon, but that's the magic of Fan Fiction . Net. You may expect for characters to be either a bit OOC or a lot, so just know and expect that.

This is it for now. Cya later!