Chapter – 3
NOTE: In this story, only two condition will be necessary for mega evolution. The Pokémon should be at a high enough Power level and a strong bond with the trainer. Mega evolution can also be achieved by Mega stone and Keystone but will be against the Pokémon's will. Enjoy the story.
*Evening, Secret garden, Alto Mare*
Latias was seated comfortably in the secret garden, watching as the younger Latias played with her two brother Latios. All of the three younger Pokémon had arrived on the day her old crush Ash had left. The day Alto Mare would have gotten destroyed if her brother had not given his life to save it. But that was all in the past. She had grown since then. She knew a relationship with a human would not only be hard but also pretty awkward. Although she still wanted to go with Ash, but not as his partner, as his Pokémon, and friend.
But Latias knew that was impossible. Ash had left that fateful day and he had never returned since. Suddenly her senses flared and told her of something about to enter Alto Mare. She immediately commanded the younger Pokémon to go invisible and went so herself.
Then, after a second, sure as the reverse world, Ash arrived. Or more accurately, three people and two Pokémon arrived. But she didn't see any of it. What she saw was that Ash had come. And he was just the same he was when she had last seen him. Sure he was a little older and taller, but none of that mattered. She immediately tackled him to the ground and began to nuzzle him.
The other two humans watched as Ash tried to calm an extremely happy Latias. Finally as she calmed down, Ash decided to introduce her to his friends. "Latias this is Dawn and this is Mewtwo. You already know Brock and Pikachu" he said as Latias cooed happily and directly said in all their minds. "It's so nice to meet all of you" Ash face-palmed at that. "Does everybody know telepathy these days", he said sarcastically, to which Pikachu raised his paw and rolled his eyes and said a "Chaaa". "Don't worry Pikachu, I don't need telepathy to know what you want" he said earning a grin from Pikachu.
"So Latias, what have you been up to?" Ash asked striking up a conversation with Latias since she could talk with telepathy now. "Nothing interesting" she said yawning, then continued. "These younglings came the day you left Alto mare. I have been training them ever since. And also training myself, for you". She said as two smaller Latios and a Latias dropped their invisibility curtain and came to the group
"Huh, what's that last part supposed to mean" Ash said looking quizzically at her. Latias rolled her eyes, the said "Well, I have already trained these younglings to look after Alto mare. And I have myself also become stronger. So I was wondering if I could be your Pokémon." Ash stared at her for a seconds, then gave a smile and said. "Sure, if that's what you want, then why not" Ash then took out a pokeball from his bag and held it to her. She touched it and let herself get absorbed.
As soon as she got in the ball, the other latios and latias started panicking. "Hey, don't worry, latias is still here" Ash said as he threw the pokeball into the air and Latias materialised in front of them. This seemed to relieve the other Pokémon. Then Latias asked Ash "So what brings you to Alto mare, Ash? And that too in such an unusual way" she said looking at Mewtwo and Dawn since she clearly hadn't seen them when Ash had introduced her.
"Well…" Ash began and explained to her everything which had happened, from his betrayal to jailbreak. Dawn in the meantime occupied her by playing with the other Latias and Latios, while Brock and Mewtwo had a chat. "Those traitors" Latias was fuming after Ash had explained. "Ash you better take your revenge fast because after that, I'm wiping them off the face of the earth. And of course you can stay here for as long as you like. You helped save this place after all" Latias finished and took Pikachu on her back for a ride. "Thanks Latias" Ash said as Latias flew away.
As soon as Latias had left, Mewtwo came to Ash. "Hey Mewtwo, what's up?" Ash asked watching the almost hopeful expression Mewtwo had. "Well Ash, You know how I was created to be the most powerful Pokémon and had powers strong enough to create cyclones". Ash nodded then asked him "Wait, what do you mean had. You're saying that you lost your powers?" "Well, not exactly" Mewtwo continued "You see, ever since this new phenomenon- Mega evolution was discovered in Kalos, I have been feeling much stronger, but it's almost as if most of my power has gotten locked away. Seeing how you just caught Latias, I decided I should regain all that power I had. And the best way to do that is train. And since you are the best trainer I know, I think you should catch me".
"So you want me to train you to get stronger. And in return, you will be my Pokémon and fight battles for me. Well, it'll actually be an honour. And I have never said no to someone who wanted to join my team. So welcome aboard" Ash said holding out a pokeball. Mewtwo looked at it, then spoke up. "But know Ash that I won't be able to stay with you all the time. I also have to look after my clones. If you can allow me to look after them from time to time, then I will gladly be your Pokémon".
"Sure" Ash replied. You are my Pokémon and my friend, not my slave. You can come and go as you please". "Thanks" Mewtwo said and let himself be captured in the pokeball. Ash then glanced at his watch, seeing it was already past eight. So he decided to call it a day and went on to where Brock and Dawn had started pitching their tents.
*The next day, same place*
Ash woke up to a feeling of drowning the next morning. He opened his eyes to Dawn holding a big bucket that had apparent been full before she had decided to empty it on Ash's head. "What was that for?" Ash asked complaining at being woken up so early. However, he immediately stopped when he looked at the new dress Dawn was wearing. She still had her cap though it was pulled lower to just above her eyes. Some strands of blue hair were bursting out from under her cap and in front of her eyes.
Below the cap, she no longer had her black cardigan or her pink mini-skirt. Instead, she now wore a full sleeved red coat that extended into a skirt till her mid thighs. Complementing the coat was a white scarf that had been pulled around her neck with the ends left hanging in front. Below that she still wore her knee long black socks and pink boots.
Dawn noticed him staring and sharply spoke "Ash if you're finished gawking at me then please get a move on. We have a tournament to win you know. Because as far as I know, sleepyheads don't win tournaments". "Yes ma'am" Ash replied giving her a mock salute which Pikachu imitated with a "Pika". "But tell me Dawn" Ash asked "Isn't that the same dress you wore in Snowpoint city? Wouldn't this be a little hot for the climate around here?" Dawn just rolled her eyes. "It isn't the same dress Ash. This one's modified for warmer climates. Anyways, you better be ready for training in 10 minutes or no extra breakfast today. Ash immediately started getting ready muttering something about getting starved as Dawn left his tent.
After ten minutes, all three of them were sitting around a foldable table, eating their breakfast as Ash asked Brock. "Say Brock, which Pokémon have you brought with you". Brock looked up from his bowl of breakfast and replied "Well I have Steelix, Croagunk and Sudowoodo of course, along with Crobat, Ludicolo, my old Marshtomp and Forretress and an Unfezant that my mother got from Unova in her last trip".
"So you're currently with eight Pokémon. So much for the league limit of six Pokémon" Ash chuckled dryly as he knew he was currently with almost seventeen Pokémon. "Do you think we could borrow some of your Pokémon for training? It would be a great help" Dawn asked Brock. "I don't see why not. I know many of my Pokémon would appreciate the practice" Brock answered. "Well then let's go. Ash are you done" she asked Ash as he put yet another empty bowl of food on the table. "Yes Dawn, let's go" he said getting up. "Well, I guess that leaves me to do the dishes. Brock said looking at Pikachu to which the latter just held his head in shame then followed his trainer to the clearing.
Ash and Dawn had already released all of their Pokémon by the time Pikachu arrived. Then Ash spoke up. "Ok listen here everybody. We'll divide you into groups of roughly the same type of moves. You all have to train and learn new moves from each other. We'll visit you all one by one and keep helping you to get better. Ok, so here are the groups". Ash spoke up as most of the Pokémon cheered.
"Ok so Pidgeot, you will train with Swellow and Staraptor". All three birds cheered. "Bulbasaur you, Torterra and Sceptile will train together". The three Pokémon in question nodded. "Charizard you will mentor Infernape into using his huge power better" Charizard roared as Infernape grinned. "Gible you will also join them". Gible just tried to bite Charizard's tail and was rewarded with a tail whip. "Squirtle you will train with Buizel" Squirtle put on his triangular shades and Buizel grinned. "Snorlax you and Heracross will train alongside Donphan. "Finally, Latias you will work on speed with Pikachu." He finished, then Dawn spoke up.
"Piplup and Buneary will go with BUizel and work on Hydro Pump and Ice Beam. Pachirisu, go with Pikachu and work on making your electric attacks powerful. Loose the flashiness for more power. Mamoswine, you join Snorlax and Donphan and work on Body Slam and Take Down. Quilava, you go with Infernape. I don't think you will be able to match their firepower just now but try your best. Togekiss, you go with Staraptor and the others. Finally Glameow, you go with Pachirisu and Pikachu and work on speed" she finished as every Pokémon present cheered and then went with their training groups.
As soon as they were alone, Ash called Mewtwo from his pokeball. "Mewtwo, I need you to do me a favour". Ash said handing Mewtwo a CD as Mewtwo looked quizzically at him. "I want you to break into the building of Pokenews Now and broadcast this CD on every channel they own. Can you do that?" Mewtwo looked at the CD in his hand, then at Ash. "Of course I can do that. I was created to be world most powerful Pokémon in the whole world. Of course I can broadcast a CD" Mewtwo said a little sarcastically, then vanished with a flash.
"Um….Ash, what is in that CD" Dawn asked a little scared at the way Ash was smiling. "Oh, you'll see. Just something I recorded last night". Suddenly, someone shouted behind them "Ash?" She then continued as Ash turned. "Oh my god. What are you doing in Alto Mare? You've been all over the news for some days" Bianca said and then noticed Dawn standing behind them. She then gave an awkward apology. "I'm sorry for that day. For what Latias did when she was turned into me I mean".
"Don't worry Bianca. My Bayleef felt the same way about me" Ash said and then his face turned dark as he recounted the events that had transpired till now. Bianca already knew half the events from the TV. Ash then told Dawn about his last time in Alto Mare. Dawn's face visible darkened, when Ash told her about Latias kissing him as Bianca, not that Ash noticed. He was far too dense for that.
Mewtwo appeared just then. "Done" he simply said and went back to his pokeball. None of the others were strong enough to spar with him right now so he would have to wait. "Bianca, remember you cannot tell anyone we are here. Only you and your grandfather can know. Since you are the only ones that know of the secret garden. Now do you have a TV?" Bianca nodded, both to response to his request and his question. "Very well then, we'll get Brock and meet you in ten minutes. You can explain things to your grandpa till then. I'm tired of doing that to every person I meet. Bianca nodded and hurried off.
Ash and Dawn then got Brock and went to the cottage that had a secret entrance to the garden and were met by Bianca's Grandfather. "Ash my boy, I never doubted you for a second" He said, shoving Ash into the living room where Bianca was switching on the TV. It promptly opened at a news channel which was showing a video. All of them except Ash were amazed.
The video showed Ash sitting with his head down, his cap covering most of his eyes and when he looked up, anyone could see what was pent up in those eyes. Hatred, anger, Vengeance all of them were visible in his glowing sapphire eyes. He then spoke up with a voice that chilled the hearts of even the bravest of people.
"I know what you all did and know that each one of you will pay. No matter how many of us you kill, the Aura Guardians stay strong, and we WILL return. The league has spent too many years exploiting people and hiding the truth. Justice will be served and no one shall be spared of this wrath. In the name of my parents and the Hero Sir Aaron of Rota, I declare war against the league. Ready all your assets and prepare for my arrival. I am Ash Ketchum, Chosen of Legends and Aura Guardian, Champion of the Orange League and the first Winner of the Kanto battle frontier, and I swear Vengeance". Then there was a flash of blue and the video went off the screen and a news reader appeared.
"These were the words of the escaped convict Ash Ketchum, guilty of Murder, Damage to Property and Pokémon abuse who escaped custody yesterday. We have no idea as to how he was able to blanket our signals and broadcast this video, but apparently he did. He has been declared enemy of the League along with his associates, Dawn Berlitz, Daughter of famous Pokémon co-ordinator Johanna Berlitz and winner of the Wallace Cup, and Brock Harrison, ex-gym leader of the Pewter City Gym and travelling companion of Ash Ketchum for many years. Many champions like Steven Stone, champion of Hoenn and Lance Blackthorn, champion of Johto and Kanto have openly spoken against him and declared him an insane trainer, while others like Cynthia, Champion of Sinnoh and Scott, founder of the Battle Frontiers have given statements in Ash's favour. Cynthia has even said she knew Ash Ketchum and believe that he was framed. She has been given severe warning by the Pokémon League with chance of suspension from position if she supports Ash Ketchum. There have been many other reports…" her voice cut off as Ash switched off the TV.
"Well good to know at least Cynthia is on our side". Ash chuckled dryly as Dawn and Brock gave him a look like he was insane. "Ash" Dawn said finally breaking the silence that had come over all of them. "Sometimes I don't know whether you are extremely brave or highly stupid. Maybe a bit of both" She said smiling then continued. "But don't you think challenging the League like that was a bit too dangerous". Ash pondered her words for a second before replying, then said, "Dawn, we have to bring the entire Pokémon league down. An entire organisation that runs six regions. To do that we will need people's support, and lots of it. The best way to gain that is to bring the reputation of the league lower in the eyes of people, and that is what we'll do. Now, I think we should see how our Pokémon are training right?" Ash said getting up from the table.
*Same time, Giovanni's Office, Team Rocket Headquarters*
Goodshow and Tobias are both standing in an elaborately furnished office filled with lavish decorations. Sitting in front of them is a well-built man in a beige suit with his brown hair slicked back and his Persian on his lap. Goodshow is looking a little intimidated while Tobias is relatively calm.
"Goodshow, you have made a mess out of this one. Not only has that kid escaped custody, but he has also publically declared war on the league. This is making the League look weak in the eyes of the people. I give you full permission to use all methods necessary to get rid of him…permanently. Look at all the files of his known travels to find potential places he can hide. Now get lost from in front of my eyes before someone sees you here." Giovanni said with a scowl. He was infuriated. Not only was Goodshow proving himself unable to get rid of this kid, but he was getting stronger. He could do with some good news right now. So he spoke into the microphone and called Dr Namba. The scientist arrived in a few minutes.
"You wanted to see me, Giovanni sir?" Dr Namba said as he entered Giovanni's office. "Yes Dr Namba" Giovanni said smiling a little. "Tell me, how if the Mew cloning project version 2 coming along?" "Ah, very well my lord. We have gathered all the materials and have restarted building the machines for his birth. But, my lord, before we start, we have to register him to a trainer. Do you want me to register you to him, just like last time?" Dr Namba looked at Giovanni, trying to read his expressions, which was proving difficult since Giovanni was half hidden in the shadows.
"No" Giovanni said after a while. "Instead, register him to the name of our latest ally. I would like to present him with this gift to celebrate our newest alliance." "Very well my lord, Gary Oak it is." Dr Namba said nodding. "Anything else you want to know" Dr Namba asked. "Yes" Giovanni replied. "What about the obedience Master ball. How is that coming?" Giovanni questioned.
"The blue prints are ready my Lord. In six months, we will have our prototype ready. Guaranteed to catch any Pokémon, even legendary, and their full obedience." Dr Namba said, smiling to himself at how well the projects were coming.
"Very well, keep me notified on the progress. I would like for Tobias to test it. You may leave." Giovanni said, a smile on his face. "Very well, Ash Ketchum. If you want war, then war it is." He said to himself.
*Three months later, Secret Garden*
Ash was smiling at the progress they had made. His Bulbasaur had evolved to a Venusaur who was great friends with Torterra, and his Squirtle had evolved to Wartortle and Buizel had reignited his love for battles. Even his Gible had evolved to a Gabite and was often sparring with Charizard. Even Mewtwo could get a good match if several of his powerful Pokémon like Gabite, Charizard, Sceptile, Pikachu, latios and Infernape teamed up against him. Though Charizard and Pikachu could hold their own against him in a single battle for a few minutes, they were soon overpowered.
Dawn had made progress as well. Most of her Pokémon had learnt to lose the flashiness of their moves for power. Her Buneary had evolved to Lopunny and was often practicing her fighting skills with Infernape, when she was not tailing Pikachu of course. Her Quilava had evolved to Typhlosion and now was packing some serious firepower. Piplup had chosen not to evolve and was still getting stronger. He was almost at the level of an Empoleon now.
Dawn came over to where he was standing. Recently, he had been noticing her a lot more. Ever since she had decided to join Ash in the Champions League, Dawn was training her Pokémon harder than ever. And because of that he had fallen in love with Dawn. Wait what? What was he thinking, he mentally slapped himself for that. They were probably being pursued by people who wanted to kill him and he was thinking of love. It was not possible, not in this world. Recently a few of league agents had come to Alto mare, tipped by Misty that he might be there, so they were extra careful. Nobody knew how much Misty had said. Right now, he sure liked Dawn but not in that way. But in what way then? Was he in love with Dawn, liked her a little or had a crush on her. He was confused so he slapped himself again, mentally of course.
While all this was going on in this head, he had forgotten he was staring at Dawn. "Ash why are you staring at me like that" Dawn asked, blushing a little. "Because you're so beautiful" Ash said absent mindedly. "Wait, what? Oh no, just because…because…" he could find anything to say, so he settled for mumbling to himself and looking the other way, blushing at what he had said. It was a good thing since on his other side, Dawn's face had gone redder than Charizard's flamethrower. Ash had just admitted she was beautiful. It wasn't a big deal since a lot of people had said this to her, but for someone as dense as Ash to accept this, it was nothing short of a miracle.
Suddenly Bianca came running over to them. "Ash" she shouted from some distance away. "You need to come immediately. Those League agents have got in". Hearing this, Ash immediately forgot his moment of embarrassment and rushed from where he was standing with Dawn close behind.
When they reached the clearing, they say all of their Pokémon standing together, surrounded by about eight league agents and a horde of powerful Pokémon. Brock was standing surrounded by his own Pokémon. While Ash was running towards them, he decided to take a look around. There were Tyranitar, Salamence, Dragonite, Aggron, Kangaskhan, a few Toxicroak and some Gigilith. They together could probably take all of them but not without several of their own Pokémon taking heavy wounds. Ash decided to take the other approach.
As soon as he reached, he returned all of his Pokémon. Dawn and Brock looked at him bewildered, then followed suit. Now the four of them – Ash, Dawn, Brock and Bianca were standing against the lot of Pokémon without any defences. Suddenly Bianca's Grandfather came from behind them, blood flowing down his nose, and a punch mark apparent on his face. "Bianca" he said "I'm sorry but this is for the best of the town. These people must leave. The league is far too strong. Please come to me" he said looking straight at Bianca.
Bianca looked at him horrified. "No, you can't expect me to betray Ash. Not after all he's been through. Not after he saved Alto mare and all of us. You are not my grandpa anymore" she said and started to leave but was blocked by a Tyranitar. "No one's going anywhere, sweetie" one of the League agents, apparently the leader said with an evil grin. "Stop" Ash shouted, "If you let her leave, we'll all surrender" he said, a plan forming in his head. "Very well then, you may go" he said pointing to Bianca who looked at Ash and seeing his reassuring smile, left. She hadn't gone a few paces as three invisible beings grabbed her and flew away, fast. The two Latios and the Latias that the older Latias had trained had been watching the scene, invisible. When they saw their elder's best friend leaving, they decided to help and leave with her.
As soon as she had left, the Leader shouted to Ash, "We let her go. Now you give us your pokeballs and come with us". "Sure" shouted Ash and threw a single Pokeball and Mewtwo appeared. "Teleport" he shouted, but Mewtwo created a Psychic barrier to keep the attacks of the various Pokémon at bay and telepathically asked Ash "Where to?" And Ash immediately shouted "Rota" and all of them vanished with a flash.
Unfortunately for Ash, the agents had heard the call as well. The leader immediately turned to the one next to him. "Contact headquarters and tell them what has happened. Tell him we suspect he might be hiding somewhere in the Town of Rota." He said to apparently one of his subordinates.
"Now we have your matter to deal with" he said to Bianca's grandfather with a wicked grin. "What do you mean by that? I kept my end of the bargain." The elderly man objected, taken aback a little. "You said that if we promised to leave Alto mare peacefully and not harm your precious Soul Dew or the Latias and Latios around here, you will help us capture Ash Ketchum and we would leave you all alone. Well do you see Ash Ketchum captured? But I think you still deserve a reward. Especially since we have been here for the past week and you decided to help us only today" he said grinning, took out his pocket knife and with a flash of silver, he slit the man's throat and he fell lifelessly to the ground. "Good riddance" he spoke as he left the garden.
A/N: And another chapter on the line. Phew, this was a long one. Doesn't help that I was trying to find a good cover image for the story. In the end I had to make one myself. Tell me what you think of the book cover. Also, yes I know Pikachu looks dumb. Next chapter, we go to Rota. And after that, revenge from May and Max. Also as for Giratina, I hope this chapter told you how he will be captured. Stay tuned. Now to answer some of the reviews.
Thor94: Yes I read that fic too. It was one among others which inspired me to write this. But rest assured, from here on it will be completely different. I hope you understood how Giratina will be captured by Tobias. He will become Tobias' main Pokémon after Darkrai chooses Ash as his trainer.
Also, about Mewtwo, yes I made him weak. For two reasons. First, if he was already most powerful Pokémon, he would rival Arceus when he went Mega. That would be too much. So I said he got even more powerful but they got locked in his mega form. Secondly, I want him to get stronger with Ash. I hope you understand.
MCRasengan: Ash gets a Riolu – the aura sphere one – next chapter. Also Pikachu will be able to use Aura because of his close bond with Ash. Dawn will also have Aura which will surface next chapter. She will also get a Gallade and Ash gets a Gardevoir both of which are a shiny blue and can use Aura.
Uber Ghidorah: Sorry, I asked a few friends of mine but none of them like Dunsparce, so sorry but he won't get a Dunsparce. If you have any other Pokémon you like, be sure to leave it in the reviews.
Guest: Thanks for all your suggestions. They are really helpful with the story. Especially the letter one. I hadn't originally planned on it but I decided – To hell with everything, lets declare open war. You will find most of the video was based on the exact letter so a big thanks from my side. Manaphy and Jirachi will come in next to next chapter. More traitors will come as you saw in this chapter. Also Ash will make a confessing video of the many people and broadcast it to prove his innocence and mobilise support against the League. So basically I took all your suggestions. Thanks a lot.
Stars90: GLiscor will return when Ash is in Sinnoh. It will take time but he will.
Halo Didact: IT will be revealed that many of leagues powerful Pokémon were caught by Hunter J. And she will return.*wicked smile* and get her backside handed to her on a silver platter. If you know what I mean.
.18, Cutesaralisa, Espeon44: Thanks for reviewing.
That finishes with the reviews. Also as far as legendaries are concerned, Ash already got Latias and Mewtwo. He will get Tobias' Darkrai and probably Hoopa. As for Dawn, she will get Meloetta and maybe Shaymin and Diancie. Don't forget to tell me what you think of the book cover. I wasted half a day drawing that. I think Dawn looks Badass. Be sure to review. See ya next chapter.