Authoress' Note:

And here is where I start noticing who I've missed through the story. (Okay one I noticed a lot earlier, but just couldn't find how to get them back in the story until now) Worry not though! It will be explained. (Yes, I found myself a good excuse to make it look more natural~)

Anyway! Thanks for such wonderful reviews everyone! Your theories amuse me greatly. I just hope my idea is still good enough. Enjoy!

Chapter 13 ´A Past Unknown´

The first thing Tapu Koko did when finally being released was to spin in the air with a cry before flying away at full speed. Seeing he was left behind, Rowlet chirped desperately after it and tried to catch up. The last two Pokémon looked on for a few seconds before sharing a look.

"Char?"

"Nator…" it nodded.

With an apparent agreement, Charizard took off from the ground and flew after the pair.

"And they took off," one of the officer who saw the exchange commented.

"They didn't even say thanks…"

"Not that you would have been able to understand them," another remarked.

"Say, why is Turtonator not going with them?"

They all stare at the big turtle-like Pokémon, who paid them no mind and just looked ahead with a wishful expression.

"I think Turtonator is too slow to keep up. So it decided to stay behind," one of the officers explained.

At this, the one that had asked about it, walked near the Fire type. "Hey, Tortunator! You want to help, right?"

The Pokémon looked back at him with clear confusion, so the officer continued.

"What do you say we go find your friends?" seeing Turtonator had perked up, he explained. "We may not be as fast, but we can still reach them if we follow the volcano, right?"

"Are you serious? Our orders—"

"Were to help the Pokémon, and Turtonator still needs it, so I'm technically still following orders."

"Fine, but take two others with you."

.:oOo:.

The last thing Ash remembered was being about to get hit by one of the Shadow Balls that were raining down over him. So he couldn't explain how he was now standing with no injury on a green patch of grass that was wildly growing over the top of a chain of mountains. With the sun setting in the horizon, the trees below were covered in golden light. But even if the view was breathtaking, Ash's worries didn't let him linger on it. He looked around in confusion unable to find an explanation of how he had gotten there; that is, until he heard a voice behind him.

"I am sorry Fenriar. But I could not find your siblings…"

He turned around just as the voice's statement was answered with a passive growl. Fenriar was there, sitting on a rock. Its form was much more defined and not as dark, giving it the appearance of a wild wolf-like Pokémon with sad yet strong eyes.

"Come on, don't give me that," a man was standing right beside it. His blue clothing were a bit ragged and discolored from use. "I'll be heading east next; towards the Kalos territory. I heard rumors that your gloomy sister was seen there…"

Fenriar growled again; this time sounding reproachful; causing the man to laugh good naturedly.

"You can hardly blame me for their descriptions of her."

The beast seemed to snort in resignation before standing up and giving another impatient growl.

"Sorry, big guy. But you know you can't come," the man said in lecture. "We agreed that the only way to reassure those fancy stuck-ups from the council is proving to them you know how to behave. And that means staying where they told you to. Let's not give them an excuse to send you away like they did your family."

As the beast turned its head away from the man, Ash could have swear that if it was possible for it, Fenriar would have been pouting in annoyed irritation at the words spoken.

"Yeah, I don't like them either," the man agreed. "But that's why I'm here. Being separated doesn't mean you should stay out of contact. I'll find them and keep you all three up to date with each other. At least until the council sees to reason and let you reunite."

The beast turned back and nodded, just as Ash's surroundings started to vanish into darkness…

.:oOo:.

Lysandre observed attentively as the graphics in Xerosic's device marked the slow but steady progress of energy flow. He frowned at seeing the seal's pressure had barely reach a fifty percent of the energy needed, then looked back at their source of energy only to raise an eyebrow in contemplation.

Even if the young trainer was not trashing around or screaming as much, it was obvious he was still resisting by the expression on his face, set on an angry scowl, and the occasional grunt of effort escaping his lips.

"Director, we have reports that the unknown Pokémon and a couple of brats are heading this way!" one of the scientist suddenly announced.

"We might have less time than we anticipated," Lysandre commented as he pulled out two Poké Balls.

"The boy has more control than I expected from someone with no training," Xerosic reported. "He is somehow making the process too slow."

"I am not surprised…" Lysandre stated as he started walking ahead. "Do something about it. I'll buy you some more time."

With a nod, Xerosic went to reprogram the device, while Lysandre walked calmly out of the main chamber, right in time to spot the intruders running into view. The Pikachu and Greninja, two kids with a Luxray, the guy his reports have shown as the one Ash was currently staying with, and the unknown Pokémon that had single handedly decimated half of his Team. Odds against him and all, he threw his two Poké Balls to the air, releasing Gyarados and Pyroar.

Standing up to the challenge, Clemont signaled Luxray to stand up front.

"Lysandre! Where is Ash?!" he asked angrily clenching his fists in barely controlled aggravation.

"Your friend is…" a sudden cry of pain both in front and behind him interrupted his sentence just as Greninja staggered to his knees. "—a little preoccupied at the moment," he finished vaguely.

Their faces blanched.

"Go, and help him," Mewtwo levitated forward, raising his arm towards Team Flare's leader. "I'll take care of this."

"Pipika?" Pikachu's inquiry was answered with a shaky nod as Greninja stood back up. Seeing he was okay, Pikachu pouches sparked with electricity, ready to sprint ahead to find his trainer.

Lysandre saw their intentions and ordered Pyroar to stop them with a Flamethrower attack, but it was easily intercepted by Mewtwo, already taking his self-assigned role.

"Come on, Luxray!" Clemont was fast to follow after the retreating pair, sounding almost desperate.

Without wasting time, Professor Kukui placed a hand on Kiawe's shoulder and shook him out of his shock. "Let's go."

Jumping at the sudden contact, the fire-type trainer shook his head as if to clear it before nodding with determination.

"You are quite the unusual Pokémon," Lysandre commented casually despite the fact that all but one had slipped past him. "Who exactly are you?"

"That is not for you to know, human," Mewtwo said glaring at him. "It is organizations like yours that I hate the most. You endanger this world by attempting to control a power beyond that of which you can possibly comprehend."

"This world is already endangered by humanity's selfishness. I merely seek to beautify it by recreating it from scratch."

Mewtwo frowned at the answer. "I once had that misconception. But a human child made me see the wrong of my ways…" the Pokémon looked over the man's shoulder before continuing. "To use the life of one of the few individuals I trust, in order to destroy everything they believe in, that is something I won't allow."

Even if suddenly intrigued, Lysandre knew the conversation was already over and ordered another attack.

.:oOo:.

Ash opened his eyes with a gasp of pain only to find himself back in the void. He knew more than wondered that what he had seen was one of Fenriar memories. Even if it was going through a tough moment in life, the Fenriar within the memory didn't look dangerous or out of control.

Turning back to the enraged beast still howling away in angst, Ash frowned. The man in the memory was clearly an Aura adept, if the clothing was anything to go by. And he was friends with Fenriar. So, something had happened.

He had to try and reach Fenriar somehow. If he could make it listen… maybe… even if it was released into the world...

Reaching a decision, he took a deep breath to prepare himself mentally and ran forward.

.:oOo:.

They entered the chamber, only to be greeted by a group of high ranked scientists looking their way with their Pokémon in front of them already in formation. Even with more than half the organization arrested, they were still outnumbered, Kukui mildly noted.

Then there was the weird contraption those people were guarding, and as his attention turned to it, his blood ran cold. His charge and most enthusiastic student was suspended in the air, trapped inside an energy field that seemed to be sapping Ash's life away. He didn't seemed to be conscious, but it was obvious he was in extreme pain by the tension in his body and his expression.

A bright light beside him and the distinctive sound of Poké Balls being opened, got his attention back to Clemont who had released a Bunnelby, a Chespin and a Dedenne, all ready for a full battle.

"Xerosic! Let Ash go!" Clemont yelled.

"Ah… if it isn't the obnoxious Gym Leader from Lumiose City," Xerosic mentioned with an annoyed expression; causing Kiawe to send a curious look to the blond beside him. "You might have destroyed my invention back then, but I have bested you this time. There is no way to stop the process."

Clemont was not in the mood for banters; his only focus being in getting his friend out of their clutches. With quick commands, his team was already moving to take care of the Pokémon surrounding the area, causing the man to retaliate by sending out his Malamar and Crobat.

"Can you take him?" Kiawe asked seriously, internally berating himself for not having Turtonator with him.

"Yes, leave it to me. You go ahead and try to release Ash from that thing," Clemont commanded in full Gym Leader mode.

Nodding his understanding, Professor Kukui turned to Ash's Pokémon. "Pikachu! Can you guys lend us a hand?" he requested. "We need to reach that thing and get Ash out of there!"

"Pika!"

"Ninja!"

Taking that as an affirmation, both Kukui and Kiawe ran ahead, trusting the two Pokémon to cover for them as they made their way to the center of the chamber.

.:oOo:.

With Professor Kukui going ahead, Officer Jenny took quick charge and approached the group of kids with Gumshoos beside her.

"Let's help them out, Gumshoos. Use Hyper Fang on those restrains!"

Saluting in acknowledgement, the normal type came forward and broke the rings without trouble.

"Thanks!"

"Come on! Come on! We have to go find Ash!" Bonnie practically jumped on her place with impatience.

"Hold on! You should wait here and leave the rest to us," warned Jenny. "Even if we have arrested these people, it doesn't mean the danger is over."

"That Fenriar does sound like a very scary Pokémon," Sophocles agreed with nervousness.

But Bonnie just frowned stubbornly. "I'm not leaving Ash and my brother alone!"

Serena and Mallow shared a look, and with a silent agreement they sided with Bonnie.

"We can't just stay seated and wait!"

"Ash needs us!"

Their words seemed to give Lillie courage and she nodded. "You are right! We have waited long enough!"

"Professor Kukui told us we would get our chance, so this must be it!" Lana said already fired up.

Sophocles gulped beside them but didn't protest.

Jenny blinked. "I'm not sure that is what Professor Kukui meant."

A cry from behind got their attention to the room's entrance in time to see Tapu Koko flying through, with Rowlet and Charizard following behind.

"They've been freed!" Serena exclaimed happily.

"That's great!"

"They are heading to the next room."

"Let's go!"

Jenny jumped at that, getting her attention back to the kids, "Okay, how about I send someone in first to make sur-" …only to find she was already talking to empty space. With a sigh of frustration, she put yet another officer in change before heading out. "Let's go after them, Gumshoos."

.:oOo:.

Before he got too far, Ash found himself in yet a different scenery all together. He soon realized it wasn't much different than the last memory. With the only variant being, that this one was in a different day time. Possibly late afternoon.

It didn't take him long to find Fenriar this time. It was still seated in a rock looking at the horizon, as if waiting.

"I heard that Tyrus has been searching for your family behind our backs…"

Both Ash and Fenriar turned to the side, finding a different man standing quite a few steps away from the beast. Ash thought there was something off about his wary expression, but he couldn't tell what it was.

"I hope you both are aware that the council does not approve of that," the man continued gaining some confidence. "There is a reason why we decided to separate you after all. And even if the Aura Guardian swears he just hopes to give you news about your siblings, no one can assure us you won't go looking for them."

Fenriar snorted and look back at the horizon, apparently deciding the man was not worth its attention anymore.

"With that said, we'll like to test your strength. To see if the prophecy about you three is true," this got the beast attention back to the man. "If we get prove that you are not as strong as the prophecy implies, then we'll stop breathing on your back. And you'll be able to go search for your siblings yourself. So, what do you say?"

As Fenriar seemed to think about the proposal, Ash couldn't stop the feeling of dread that formed in the pit of his stomach. Something was definitely off about that man.

.:oOo:.

The organization's leader had given him a good challenge after the Gyarados had evolved into a form he had not seen before, but even with the odds of two against one, Mewtwo had manage to defeat both Pokémon in just a few minutes.

"You may have beaten me, but you can't stop Fenriar now. I'm afraid you were already too late to do anything."

Mewtwo knew better than to take the man's words as the truth, and hurried into the chamber to see for himself, leaving the man alone in the hall.

.:oOo:.

"Did you find anything, Professor?"

Kiawe and Professor Kukui were currently in front of the device trying to figure out how to shut it down, but Kukui's technological knowledge only went so far. The structure and coding were beyond his understanding.

"Where is Rotom when you need him?"

.:oOo:.

Somewhere in the forest… Rotom had gotten lost.

It had taken just a wrong turn while being distracted by a Venusaur with unusual patterns on its skin for him to lose track of the group. And now the sentient PokéDex was surrounded by more Pokémon with similar strange patterns.

Well, at least he could update his internal data…

.:oOo:.

"Rotom?"

"Being a device himself, it would be easier to hack into the system and break the execution code."

"The exe-... What?"

"Basically it would have been easier to shut the thing down," Kukui simplified.

"So, what now?"

"Pika-Pikachu!"

The sudden yelled was the only warning Kukui had to get out of the way before Pikachu's tail hit the keyboard and screen with such a force it made it explode.

As it cleared, they noticed the device was shutting down.

"I guess, that works…" Kukui commented, not entirely disapproving the violent solution.

"You obnoxious brats!" Xerosic screamed somewhere behind the cloud of smoke.

With the device going off, the restraining rings opened up and Ash fell at gravity's mercy. Greninja reacted fast, jumping to catch his trainer halfway before touching ground and lowering him down to the ground, using his own arm as support to hold his trainer's back against him.

"Pikapi!" Pikachu was right next to them; panic clear in his expression.

They barely even noticed Tapu Koko entering the chamber with a full out Brave Bird attack, sending half the enemies flying in different directions.

"Hey Ash, wake up!" Kiawe raised his hand towards him, but hesitated at seeing a faint blue light surrounding his friend.

It wasn't long after Clemont's team had left Xerosic's Pokémon knocked out on one side of the room, that they came running over; Clemont kneeled beside them with clear panic in his face. "Ash! Can you hear me?! Please answer!"

He searched his best friend's face for any acknowledgement to his words, and felt like crying himself at seeing Ash's eyes shut tight and stained with tears of pain. Besides the intermittent jolts of energy running through his body and his raspy breathing there was no reaction. Clemont clenched his teeth feeling himself trembling in both fright for his friend and rage towards the madmen who had yet again hurt them all for their own selfish purpose. He swore to himself things would not end like last time.

"Let me do a first aid checkup," Kukui said as he crouched down. "No physical injuries that I can see, but his breathing is too shallow and he seems to be burning up."

"D-Don't worry, Ash," Kiawe swallowed. "We'll get you out of here and find you help."

Hearing a silent croak, they looked up to Greninja who was looking down at his trainer with wide and worry eyes.

"You feel it too, don't you?" Mewtwo's voice came from behind the amphibian.

Greninja turned to him and nodded.

"W-what is it? Is there something wrong with, Ash?" It was a stupid question, Clemont knew, but somehow he felt their worries went beyond what he could physically find.

"There is another presence within his mind," Mewtwo explained as he turned to the red sphere. "Most likely the one sealed away has found it's way into Ash's psyche. It's trying to use his body as an alternate exit since the seal is still resisting."

"W-What?!"

"Are you saying… it's trying to take control of his body?!"

Mewtwo nodded. "It has yet to realize though, that at the stage his energy is now, there is a very slim chance for them to survive."

Clemont and Kiawe visibly flinched.

"Y-You are not serious…"

"Ash can overcome this. He always does!"

"Isn't there anything we can do?" Kukui asked gravely.

"Too much of his life force has been taken away," Mewtwo lower his head. "I'm afraid he will end up suffering the same fate as the Aura Guardian who sealed the beast away."

Greninja growled his disagreement, not about to let his trainer die. Mewtwo met his glare with a calculating gaze for a few seconds before nodding.

"You are right. We can't give up just yet," he conceded. "He has done so much for me in the past, it is only natural I shall repay him."

Clemont watched the exchange in silence, wondering not for the first time if he should have been more curious about his friend's past adventures. In only these past hours he had learned a lot more about him than he had during their time traveling together.

The idea of such a powerful and independent pokemon needing help from anyone sounded far-fetched, yet here was Mewtwo, admitting to them how Ash had yet again achieved the seemingly impossible.

"Take my hand," Mewtwo ordered the two other Pokémon. "I'll send our consciousness into his mind."

Greninja and Pikachu nodded with determination, following the instruction without hesitation.

"I'll have to trust that you will keep our bodies safe while we are there," he said this next to the rest of the group.

Clemont was honestly surprised at Mewtwo's readiness to trust them, but nodded with determination.

"We'll keep you all safe. You just concentrate on helping Ash."

His team agreed with eagerness and no more words needed to be exchanged. Mewtwo wasted no time in placing his free hand on Ash's forehead. A blinding light flashed at the contact and soon enough, the three Pokémon's bodies slump slightly forward.