Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. If I did Ash would age and he would win a main League.
A/N: Here is Chapter 30. Hope you enjoy it.
Ranger Head Quarters Several Hours earlier
Richard Ketchum turned away from the screen. He had just spoken to his wife, and been told that his son was missing him. Richard loved his job as a Pokemon rangers, it was enjoyable and the job supported his family quite comfortably. However the worse thing about his job was that it involved staying away from his family for long periods of time. As a ranger he had to be on call 24/7. However recently everything had been quiet, so he was planning on leaving his Deputy Matthew in charge of the base while he went home for a couple of days to see his wife and son.
"Matthew will you come into my office please." Richard removed his finger from his intercom system and watched as a man around his late 20 walked into his office. He had brown spiky hair, and was dressed up in the usual Pokemon Ranger attire. This consisted of a red short sleeve jacket with a yellow collar. white polo shirt and black shorts along with black socks and red trainers. On his belt he were a styler that doubled as his communicator.
"You called Sir?" Richard nodded, and looked at his second in command. Matthew was one of his top rangers and had a perfect mission record like his own. He had only been second in command for a few months, but he had proved himself more than enough to be consider for future commander of the Kanto region Head quarters.
"Yes Matthew. I have decided to return home for a couple of days. Seeing how things have been very quiet here for the last few months. As my second in command you are in charge. Jackson and Laura are out at the minute. When they get back send them out on patrol."
Matthew couldn't believe it. At last he was getting a chance to to run head quarters. He snapped his feet together and then saluted his commander. "I will make sure this base is ran to the best of my ability."
Richard inclined his head then picked up his jacket off his chair. As he was putting it on he spoke to Matthew. "If you get any emergency you call me right away. Don't try to take on something that you know you can't do. Being good is at your jobs is admirable, but also knowing when you have reached your limits. I won't take the Dragonair bus, this time. I will use my Pidgeot. I will see you in two days Matthew. Good luck." Richard then left his office and made his way out of the main doors. When he was in enough space he threw his Poke ball and out came Pidgeot, who shook its feathers down. It had been a very long time since it had flown anywhere. It waited for Richard to climb on and then it extended its wings and took off.
While riding back on Pidgeot, Richard began to wonder just how many Pokemon Ash had already caught, and what types he had. He was very proud of Ash for having seven badges already. When Richard had been a Pokemon trainer, it had taken him nearly a whole year to collect his badges. Ash hadn't even begone seven months and already he had seven badges. Richard was also looking forward to seeing Ash for another reason. He was fourteen now, meaning he needed to have a talk with him about his dormant power.
Richard looked at his hand. His eyes glowed blue briefly before his hand was surrounded by a soft glow. Richard had the power of aura. His family tree went all the way back to the original aura guardians and one famous aura user in particular. That user was Sir Aaron of Rota. he was a royal servant to the of Cameran Castle. A small place located in the region of Kanto. Richard had been told the story by his father when he was little. Sir Aaron lived at time when the world was at war. Kingdoms were using Pokemon to fight for them, and there were huge battles going on everywhere. To make peace Sir Aaron travelled to a special place called the tree of beginning. Here he merged with the tree, enchancing his aura so that it would reach to everyone, and making them see the errors of their ways. It was due to his sacrifice that the world became peaceful once more. Legends say that his partner Lucario wanted to join him in the tree, but instead Sir Aaron decided to seal him away in his power staff, so that he couldn't interfere and wouldn't get hurt.
Richard had also told Ash the story when he was little, but he had not told him that he actually had the blood of Sir Aaron in his veins. Before Sir Aaron had left for the tree he had fallen in love with a woman and unknown to him had left her with a child. The child grew and continued the line of his father, all they way to Richards father who had now passed it on to him, and when Ash grew up then he would also pass on the gift to his children. Richard could see his home town just below him and see his house. He noticed Pidgeot dived down and levelled out to land in the back garden of his house. He dismounted Pidgeot and then stroked its feathery head before recalling him. He turned to find his wife Delia had the back door smiling. He quickly walked up to her and then embraced her.
"Hi Honey, Where is Ash?" Delia had tears in her eyes. It had been such a long time since she had seen Richard. Slowly though she composed herself.
"He left to go see all his Pokemon at Professor Oaks Lab." Just then the two adults noticed a shadow appeared over them. They both looked up to see a Meowth shaped balloon making its way towards the lab. Delia noticed Richard frown.
"Sorry love. I have to go. I have seen that balloon somewhere before, and if my hunch is right then the people in that balloon could be looking to steal Pokemon."
Richard kissed Delia once more before racing down the road towards Professor Oaks lab. He had recognised the balloon from a wanted Poster in the ranger head quarters. The owners were wanted for stealing Pokemon a few years ago, however they had never been caught. He watched as the balloon hovered over the lab and then out of the basket came all sorts of different gadgets. Including several cages. Richard raced up the stairs and into Professor Oak lab. That was when he had noticed everyone was outside. He had seen his son standing there in front of the balloon shouting up to the people inside it. Richard eyes then widened as he watched Ash summon a Mew and a Darkrai. Both were considered legendary Pokemon. Richard was then stunned again as he witnessed both Pokemon follow Ash orders, he then watched as he rescued all his Pokemon and used a Powerful looking Scizor to send the thieves packing. He then noticed Ash looked over towards him, and the next thing he knew he had Ash smashing into him.
"Dad, I can't believe your home, but how?" Richard ruffled his son hair. He then pulled Ash off him gently and took a good look at his son. He could already tell he had grown a few inches and that he was looking just as active as he first left on his journey.
"Well your mum called and told me how you told your friends that you were missing me. So seeing how things were quiet at HQ, I decided to come home for a few days. So young man, care to explain to me how my son come to have two legendary Pokemon?" Richard noticed Ash grabbed his arm and was leading him towards the group of people now walking towards them.
"I will tell you later Dad. Right now I want to introduce you to my new friends. Including my girlfriend." Richard blinked at the word girlfriend. However the closer they were getting to the group the more Richard felt his aura was beginning to act up. There was only one reason why his aura would be acting up like this and that was if he was close to psychic. Finally they reached the group. "Dad these are my new friends. Brock, Misty and Sabrina who is also my girlfriend." Richard locked eyes with Sabrina and frowned. So this was the girl that was causing his aura to act up. What surprised Richard the most was this girl was his son girlfriend, those who were filled with power of aura were not suppose to get involved with Psychics. Richard decided to find out the story later, but for now he shook each of their hands.
Soon as Sabrina had shaken Ash dad hand, she had felt his aura fighting against her own energy. It seemed Ash had inherited the gift from his father. Sabrina decided she would tell Ash later as clearly he was not aware that is dad also had the gift. Not only that but she could see Ash father, thought like her father, aura and Psychics shouldn't mix.
Later that Night
Everyone was sat down to dinner. Even Professor Oak had been invited. Ash was telling the adults about his few adventures and some of his gym battles. He then told them how he and his friends had rescued a Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Charmander. Ash could tell that Professor Oak was still not happy with Triston's treatment of his squirtle. After dinner everyone sat down in the lounge, when Richard looked at him.
"Ash can I have a private word. I will see you out in the garden." Ash then watched as his dad left the room and walked into the kitchen. Curious with what his dad wanted to talk to him about, he left Sabrina side and followed his dad out into the kitchen and then outside into the garden. He noticed his dad was sat down on one of the outside chairs. Ash grabbed one and then took it over before placing it next to his dad and then sitting down next to him. He waited while his father gathered his thoughts.
"Ash now that you are fourteen, it is time you learnt about our family history and a special gift you have within you." Ash eyes widened as his dad hands were surrounded by a soft glow. It seems he also had the gift of aura.
"But how, I thought I was the only one?" Richard eyes brows raised, it seems his son was already aware of the power within him. Richard was wondering if Ash had used his powers on his journey so far. "I trust by that statement that you know what this is?" Ash nodded his head once more. He then concentrated on his own hand and watched it glow blue softly. He then focused and his hand went back to normal.
"Its called aura, and it allows me to become in tuned with the environment around me." Richard inclined his head. Yes aura did that, but it was also capable of doing much more. Example it could be used to enhance ones strength, it could also be used to move different objects and it also could be used as a defensive weapon if needed or an offensive weapon.
"Yes it does do that, but it also does much more. Tell me have you ever had to use your gift on your journey so far?" Richard noticed his son lowered his head. Obviously he had, but was too ashamed to talk about it. "Ash it is okay, I won't get upset with you. If you have used it then, you must have had a good reason to."
Ash looked up and sighed. "Well the first time I used it, was when I was really angry. We had just rescued a Charmander that had been left out in a storm. It's tail was almost out and I was worried if it would survive. Anyway, it turned out that the Charmander trainer had abandoned it because he it was weak. The trainer had then tried to hit me when I refused to trade him my Lucario. My Pokemon intercepted his punch and sent him flying. The boy then began shouting about how Pokemon shouldn't attack humans and they we were their masters and they were our slaves. With what he had said and with how he had abandoned his Charmader, I felt myself getting angry. Next thing I knew my eyes were blue and my hands were glowing. It was if I was in some trance and I picked up the trainer and threw him against one of the walls. My aura then began to lash out towards everything in the Pokemon centre. That was when Sabrina had teleported in and used her Kadabra to put me to sleep with hypnosis."
Richard nodded. "So that was how you met Sabrina. Then what happened." Ash then continued his story.
"Well when I woke up, I found myself in the Pokemon centre hospital ward. I woke up to find Misty was sitting by my bedside. She explained what had happened to me, and how Sabrina had calmed me down. Sabrina and Brock then had walked in and Sabrina asked for a private word. She asked how long had I known about my aura, and I had told her this was the first time I used it. She then went on explained to me that she was Psychic and that for some reason she had been pulled from her home town and teleported to the Pokemon centre. She explained how aura user and psychic were enemies, but sometime the two enemies formed a bond with each other. She explained it had been the bond that had called her to me in the firs place. According to Sabrina she had been having dreams and vision about me, and that I had a very important task to complete. However she told me that she wasn't allowed to reveal what task that was. She also explained that our bond was not yet complete and that we were missing someone else she had seen in her visions. This someone was another girl that I had met earlier in my journey called Cynthia. She was on vacation from the Sinnoh region with her family. According to Sabrina once all three of us are together then our bond would be complete."
Richard laid back in is chair. He had thought Sabrina might have lured Ash into a trap by telling him a lie. However the bond she described between an aura and Psychic did exist. Although it was very rare. "Well I must admit when I first met Sabrina, my aura energy was trying to fight with her psychic energy, however that was because our two energies recognised each other as enemies. However your aura is different it seems your energy is in harmony with Sabrina, meaning that the bond she described does exist between the both of you. I trust she has explained that this bond is for life."
Ash nodded his head. "Yes she did, she also explained that if either one of us died then the other would die as well. I have also found myself getting closer to Sabrina as if some weird force is making us come together. We already share a bed, but don't tell mum, she would hit the roof." Ash noticed his dad was smiling.
"Don't worry, I won't. So you really love this Sabrina. What about this other girl Cynthia, do you care about her too?"
Ash lowered his head. He didn't want to admit his feeling as he felt like he was betraying Sabrina. Finally though he looked up. "Yes I do like Cynthia, as well. However I am worried about what Sabrina would think. Cynthia and I have been in contact recently you see it turns out the Riolu I found at the beginning of my journey had a mother and Cynthia had to catch her because she was injured. Someone had captured her and was taking her somewhere in Kanto. She escaped with her egg and managed to float it down river where I came upon it. We only recently discovered the connection and now my Lucario is spending some time in Sinnoh with her mother. However I haven't told Sabrina. Although I think she knows already."
Richard looked at Ash serious. "Well according to what you were saying earlier, this Sabrina already knows Cynthia is apart of your bond, so why would she be upset that you were in contact with her. Listen Ash I am happy for you. Sabrina sounds like a lovely girl and so does Cynthia. However I want to know what else has happened on your journey. It seems to me that the incident in the Pokemon centre was not the only time you used your power."
Ash lowered his head. "Well the last time was quite recently. We were on our way to Cinnabar Island when the boat suddenly stopped. It turned out a group of Team Rocket thieves wanted to steal all the Pokemon on board. However one of them grabbed Sabrina, and my aura just flared. I used it to knock one of the thieves out. When the other saw what had happened to their leader, I gave them a choice, jump overboard or suffer the same fate. They chose the right option and all jumped overboard. However again I lost control and ended up blacking out."
Richard nodded once more. "Well it's a lot less worse than my first time using aura, but still you need to be careful. I trust your Lucario is teaching you how to control your aura. After all a Lucario is very in tuned to the power of aura and normally they prefer trainers who also share the gift. It's a shame your Lucario is away as I would very much like to meet it."
Ash smiled. He missed Knuckles but knew he had done the right thing in allowing him to visit his mother in Sinnoh. Ash looked up. "Yeah he really great. So dad, why did you never tell me about you being able to use aura, or more importantly that might be able to."
Richard sat back. "Well I was planning to tell you when you turned 14, as that was when I had started using my aura power. To be honest I hadn't expected you to tap into your aura power so soon. It took me nearly two years to get where you are now. Heck I couldn't even make my hand glow at will till I was sixteen and you already can do that. Any way let's go back inside." Ash grabbed his dad hand and the two went into the house.
Next Day
Ash decided to visit Professor Oak lab for a while. He wanted to check on all his Pokemon. It was just him, Sabrina and Brock. Misty wanted to make an early start, so after wishing each other luck they had parted ways. There was another reason why Ash was here though, and that reason was to give his mum and dad some alone time.
Ash was logged on to Professor Oaks computer, checking all the recent notes about his various Pokemon. It seemed Bulbasaur was close to evolving and it looked like one more battle would do it. Pidgeotto was also close to evolving. Also Growlithe had learnt all his speed attacks so if Growlithe wanted then he could use a fire stone to evolve into Arcanine. It seems another Pokemon was close to evolving too and that was his shiny Magikarp. Ash remembered the battle with Gary, when his had evolved. It refused to listen to him. Ash wondered if that would happen to him. Ash left the computer and turned to Brock.
"Hey Brock can I have a mock battle with you, several of my Pokemon are close to evolving and I want to see if I get get them to evolve during our mock battle." Brock looked at Ash and nodded.
"Okay Ash. Been a while since I have battled." Ash, Brock and Sabrina made their way out to the field at the back of Professor Oaks lab. Sabrina was going to act has referee. Ash had already gathered the Pokemon he wanted to use. He had Pidgeotto, Bulbasaur, Magikarp and Poliwag who was also close to evolving. Ash and Brock took their position on either side of the field while Sabrina stood on the touchline to referee the match.
"This is a battle between Brock of Pewter City and Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town. This will be a four on four contest, no substitutes. Trainers send out your first Pokemon."
Ash removed a ball from his belt before lopping it onto the field. The ball opened up revealing Bulbasaur was ready for battle.
Brock removed a ball from his own belt before throwing it on the field. "Steelix lets go!" The ball opened up to reveal a powerful looking Steelix. Ash had bought some more metal coats and had given one to Brock who had used to evolve his Onix.
Sabrina raised both her arms in the air. "Bulbasaur vs Steelix. Begin!"
Brock wasted no time going on the offensive. "Steelix use Fire fang!" Steelix teeth began to glow and small flames encircled around each one. It then launched itself at Bulbasaur."
Ash waited for the various last minute. "Now Bulbasaur dodge and use Sleep Powder!" Bulbasaur leapt out of the way and watched as Steelix got a mouth full of dirt. It then released a sparking white mist from the bulb on its back. The sleep Powder floated over the steel snake Pokemon. It's eyes began to get drowsy and then it fell forward asleep.
Brock just stood there. He now had to watch Ash attack his Steelix. He watched as Ash went on the offensive.
Ash seeing Steelix asleep, decided to make sure it remained out of action. "Bulbasaur good job. Now use Leech seed!" Bulbasaur growled before a white seed shot from his bulb on his back. The seed landed on Steelix and then split into several vines which began to wrap themselves around Steelix. They then began to drain his energy.
Brook shook his head as Steelix carried on snoozing away.
Ash seeing Steelix still had not woken up, decided to deal some more damage. "Bulbasaur sue Razor leaf!" Bulbasaur jumped in the air, then flipped producing a gust of razor sharp leafs that fired towards Steelix, hitting it in multiple places. Ash heard Steelix growl before swirls appeared in its eyes. As Steelix laid their fainted Bulbasaur began to glow.
Ash smiled as he watched his Bulbasaur change shape. Its bulb was now sprouting four huge leafs and it was just a little bigger then Bulbasaur. Once the light had died down Ivysaur stood before Ash. Ivysaur then ran up to Ash and and allowed his trainer to stroke his head. Ivysaur was then recalled to his ball. "I forfeit the first round. Let Brock have it."
Sabrina knew why Ash was doing this, he wanted to evolve all four of his Pokemon, and he couldn't do that if the same one carried on battling. Sabrina raised her arms. "First battle goes to Brock. Trainers send out your next Pokemon."
Ash removed another ball from his belt, before throwing it on the field. "Go Magikarp!" Ash to be honest wasn't sure about this, but for Magikarp to evolve it needed to battle. The shiny cat fish Pokemon appeared on the field and flapped around
Brock recalled Steelix. He then threw a ball onto the field. "Go Geodude. Tackle!" Soon as Geodude appeared from his ball it flew towards Magikarp. The tackle sent Magikarp flying towards Ash. It landed at Ash feet, before glowing white.
Ash smiled as Magikarp grew, however just in case his Gyarados refused to listen to him. He had his Poke ball ready. Soon the light died down and there in front of him was a red Gyarados. Ash noticed Gyarados turned its head to look at him. It then roared before turning its head back to the battle field. Ash was happy that Gyarados had not launched an attack on its own. "Okay Gyarados lets use Tackle!"
Gyarados roared before flying towards Geodude. It then used the fall length of his body to smash into the rock Pokemon, sending it flying back to Brock.
Brook looked at Gyarados it may have been a water type but it was classed as a flying type too, so rock moves would be super effective. "Geodude use Rock Throw!" Geodude flexed its arms before digging into the earth and pulling out several boulders which it threw at Gyarados.
Ash seeing the danger, decided to go on the defensive. "Gyarados dodge then use Thrash attack!" Gyarados dodged the rocks and then used its huge tail to whack Geodude multiple times. Finally it felt to the floor fainted.
Sabrina raised her arm. "Geodude is unable to battle, winner is Gyarados. Brock send out your next Pokemon." Sabrina watched Ash recall Gyarados. It seems he was determined to get all his Pokemon evolved.
Ash recalled Gyarados. Next up for evolution was Pidgeotto. " Ash threw the ball onto the field. The ball opened up and Pidgeotto flapped its wings and hovered in front of Ash ready for battle.
Brock recalled Geodude and then threw another ball onto the field. "Go Goldbat! Supersonic!" Goldbat came flapping out. It then sent out a high pitch sonic wave. That was heading towards Pidgeotto.
Ash grinned. "Pidgeotto dodge than use Quick attack!" Pidgeotto dodged the sound wave then dived and hit Golbat, sending it down to the ground. Pidgeotto then glided back over towards Ash.
Brock noticed his Golbat could still battle. "Golbat use Ariel Ace!" Golbat vanished from sight and then hit Pidgeotto. It then flew back to Brock.
Ash smiled. "So speed is it. Okay then. "Pidgeotto use Agility, then straight into Bravebird!" Pidgeotto started to move around the field with lightning speed. It then surrounded itself in a red hue before smashing into Golbat. The impact of the Bravebird caused dust to be thrown up all over the field. Just then Pidgeotto flew out of the cloud a little beaten up but still able to battle. However the same could not be said for Golbat who was laid out with swirls for eyes. Just as Brock recalled Golbat, Pidgeotto glowed. The white glow began to get larger till finally Pidgeot was up in the sky. Its huge wings out stretched.
Ash grinned." Well that is three out of four. Now for one more. Pidgeot return." Ash recalled Pidgeot and then removed another ball from his belt. "Go Poliwag!" The ball landed on the field and opened up to reveal a small round Pokemon, with a spiral design on its tummy. It had a small paddle for a tail and a pair of huge red lips on its body.
Brock sighed then threw is final ball on to the field. This was one of his recent catches and he was hoping it would be able to do well in this battle. "Go Machop!" The ball opened up to reveal a humanoid shaped Pokemon. It was blue and flexed its arms showing its muscles. "Start things off with Focus energy!" The small fighting type was surrounded by a red hue increasing its critical hit rate."
Ash didn't want Machop to raise its stats too much. "Poliwag, use Hypnosis!" Poliwag eyes began to glow blue as it sent out hypnotic waves. Several hit Machop sending to the ground asleep."
Brock crossed his arms. He couldn't do anything until Machop woke up. Brock just watched as Ash went to work on his Pokemon.
Ash seeing Machop was out, decided to cause some damage. "Poliwag, use Double slap!" Poliwag raced towards the down Machop and then used its paddle like tail to lash out. The attack hit Machop four times. However Machop still would not wake up so Ash decided to finish it. "Poliwag use Water gun!" Poliwag focused before sending out a jet of water hitting Machop and sent it rolling towards Brock. When it had stopped. It had swirls for eyes. Again there was a white glow and Poliwag finally evolved into Poliwhirl. Ash was really happy all his Pokemon were now at their second or final evolution stage. Ash recalled Poliwhirl then walked up to Brook before shaking his hand. "Good Battle Brock. Thanks for the help with evolving my Pokemon."
Brock smiled and then shook Ash hand. "Any time Ash." Just then professor Oak appeared out of the main doors.
"Ash I have just got a message for you. It seems something as come up at Ranger HQ and your father had to leave. However before he did he asked if I would give you this." Professor Oak then handed Ash a leather bound book.
Ash took the book and then looked at the front cover. "Journal of Sir Aaron." Ash flipped open the book and then read a posted note from his father.
Hi Ash
Sorry I had to leave. However I left you this book. For generation this book as been passed down to aura user within my family and now it is time it was passed onto you. Read it Ash, you will find it most helpful.
Love Dad.
A/N: So Ash Is a descendent of Sir Aaron. Expect some serious changes when we get to the movie chapter for Lucario and Mew Tree of Beginning.