I have no idea why, but whenever I write these chapters, I don't have much to say on the AUs. Anyways, if you have any suggestions, PM me.
Chapter 4: The Road to Recovery
"There is some internal bleeding that I cannot heal, so it is best to take him to the hospital," Mewtwo informed the other two legendaries as he teleported them out of the scene. Mewtwo's teleportation had gotten them to the hospital a few miles away from the arena. The legendaries weren't surprised to see humans around the outside of the hospital glancing at them. Mewtwo teleported inside the hospital and looked for someone to help one of his close friends.
"Need something sir?" a nurse asked looking up to the Genetic Pokémon. Mewtwo nodded and revealed an injured Ash. The nurse requested doctors to take Ash to the emergency room. Mewtwo left and teleported back to the two legendaries.
"How is he?" the Victory Pokémon asked.
"Ash is fine; the doctors are taking care of him."
"Mewtwo, I am surprised you could not heal him, I have seen you heal far worse injuries," Rayquaza questioned the psychic-type Pokémon.
"There is a reason for that. If I tried to fully heal Ash, not even his aura would have protected him, leading to his death," Mewtwo explained to Rayquaza as he shot a glance at the hospital, thinking about Ash. "And don't worry about his identity being revealed, turns out, you can use transform on a human."
"How did you do that?" Victini asked as he gave a quick glance to Mewtwo.
"I asked Arceus to change his appearance."
Time-lapse: Three days after the incident
Word spread fast of Red Satoshi, the mysterious man of Kanto putting a stop to the criminal, Hunter J and Ash's three legendary Pokémon. Security had gotten tighter; police officers were in every corner. Ash had recovered after two days of unconsciousness.
"Can't you believe they were going to cancel the tournament?" Max said angrily as the group walked towards the hospital.
"Well, be thankful that they only did it for a couple of days," May replied.
"Let's hurry up; we need to thank Red for saving us from them," Serena said as the group walked faster to the hospital. The group arrived at the information desk and Serena asked, "Excuse me; we would like to visit Red Satoshi."
"Friends or family of his?" the nurse asked.
"We just want to see him, to thank him for saving us when they attacked," the green haired Pokémon connoisseur responded.
"Room C4, take the elevator upstairs, fourth door to your left."
"Thank you very much!" Cilan said happily as they all ran to the elevator.
With Ash…
"Thanks for everything Mewtwo, I don't know what I would have done without you," Ash told the Genetic Pokémon as he sat up straight on his bed.
"I did what I thought was needed to be done." Mewtwo responded as he sat beside Ash.
*Knock* *Knock*
"Come in!" Ash yelled as the door opened as he saw his friends in the doorway. "Sorry, only two are allowed right now, otherwise it'll get crowded here. Everyone nodded and left, leaving Gary and Serena.
"Red?" Serena asked, earning a look from Ash.
"Yeah?" Ash asked one of his childhood friends, then directing his attention to Gary.
"We would like thank you for saving our lives the other day."
"No problem, I did what needed to be done."
"We were wondering if you would like to hang out with us tonight and grab some dinner," Gary told Ash.
"Sure thing, I'm getting out of the hospital soon anyways."
"I'm Gary by the way."
"Serena," the blonde said as she smiled back at Ash and left.
"Are you sure that this is a good idea Ash? What if they find out?" the psychic type asked.
"They won't. It's far too dangerous if they do," Ash said as he looked at Mewtwo.
It was silent for a moment until Mewtwo spoke up. "Soooo… You and that blonde girl, Serena huh?" Mewtwo teased.
"Shut up!"
"I saw that look in your face, even with that transform thing going on," Mewtwo chuckled as he teleported out of Ash's hospital bed. Ash sighed as he laid down on the bed.
*Knock* *Knock*
"Come in." Ash said as he quickly jumped out of the bed and sat upright.
"Mr. Satoshi," the nurse said, opening the door, "You are free to go, but you may stay here for as long as you like."
"Thank you," Ash said as the nurse closed the door.
Eight hours later…
Ash had arrived to the restaurant he was supposed to meet his friends were, Restaurant Le Wow. He walked up to the reservationist and said, "Excuse me ma'am, I am here to meet someone named Serena and Gary."
"Right this way, sir," the woman said as she led the way to his friend's table.
"There he is!" Gary said, gaining the attention of the others.
"Where would you like me to sit?" Ash asked them.
"Take a seat over there," Gary replied, gesturing his hand next to Serena.
Ash took a couple steps and sat next to Serena and gave a simple, "Hi." The waiter came over with menus and handed it to each of them. "Where are the two kids that were with you earlier in the hospital?" Ash asked.
"You mean Max and Bonnie?" questioned Brock. Ash nodded at his reply. "They're at the apartment, sleeping."
"Okay. So what made you guys want to join the tournament?" Ash asked. A cloud of silence fell over them for a moment until Serena spoke up.
"W-we came here t-to win this tournament for our friend," Serena said softly.
Ash raised his right eyebrow and asked, "What was the name of your friend?"
"A-ash Ketchum," Serena said as tears began forming on her eyes.
"Oh… I guess let's just stop talking about this and eat," Ash said, as Serena wiped the tears from her eyes.
The waited walked over to them and asked, "Are you ready to order?"
The group nodded and ordered away. "So Red, what are you planning to do tomorrow morning?" Dawn asked.
Ash looked at the blunette and answered, "Probably go to the arena or something."
"How come?" May questioned him.
"Training."
"But we saw your battle against Trip, his Pokémon never landed a hit against yours, and it took one hit for each of Trip's Pokémon for them to be fainted, and you have three legendary Pokémon at your disposal!" Brock complained.
"It may be, but we still want to become the best," Ash responded. "And it isn't just those three; I have fifty-one in total, in other words, all of them."
All of Ash's friends had their jaw hung open. "I'm confused though, Misty started, "Mewtwo said that Ash was the only human he could trust."
Ash's brain ran faster than Pikachu's thunderbolt, trying to process an excuse good enough for Misty to believe. "I found him protecting a group of Deerlings in Unova and was getting beat up bad by some guys that looked like the ones we saw the other day," Ash lied, and finished right on time as their dinner came.
Hope you enjoyed Chapter 4. I'm going to try to make the next one exciting.