Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or the concept for Aura Bond. Pokemon belongs to Satoshi Tajiri and Aura Bond I believe was first used by dragonwolf12 on his story 'The Chosen One's Journey'. I only own the plot.

"Is that him?"

Yes. That is him, youngling.

"I thought the Chosen One would be…"

A pause.

"… taller."

He was born nine years ago. Unlike pokemon, humans grow at a slower rate and they reach their prime when they reach eighteen years of age.

"Oh, right. Forgot that little detail. So what am I supposed to do exactly?"

Teach him everything about Aura: how to harness it, how to use it and how to fight with it. And he in exchange will help you to grow stronger. I believe his dream is to become a Pokemon Master, so I am sure that he would surround himself with powerful and loyal friends. And you will be one of them.

"Well. I can't refuse the God of Creation and all Pokemon, can I?"

A deep chuckle.

I suppose you can't. It is not like this would be bad for you. The Chosen One's path will be filled with adventures and interesting ordeals so you should look up to this.

"Oh you bet I am looking forward for this. And I get a master to ser to boot. This going to be awesome. Thanks for the opportunity, Arceus."

It is all for the sake of the world, youngling.

-AM: KOI-

Like most nine year olds, Ash Ketchum was very interested in Pokemon. Ever since he could form coherent thoughts and could reason he knew that his life was the fantastic creatures that habited the world in which he lived: To be friends with them, to command them in battle and to reach the peak of the world alongside them. That was his dream. To become and Pokemon Trainer and to get the rare title of Master.

And as luck would have it, his mother was very knowledgeable of Pokemon, having her own degree in Pokemon Anatomy, Ecology and Behavior along with the title of Professor. She had a ranch which size rivaled that of Samuel's Oak in Pallet Town and also owned a chain of restaurants across Kanto. That meant that Ash and his mother were pretty well off and it was very easy for Ash to be in contact with pokemon of all kinds. Sadly, since she wasn't the local professor, she couldn't give him a Pokemon. He had to wait three more years for that anyways.

Ash frowned as he sat at the edge of the clearing that composed most of the ranch leaning against a tree with a book about all the pokemon types. He could hear the chirping of pidgeys very high in the sky along with the sound of the many pokemon that called the ranch their home. He lifted his head to see a bunch of tauros, nidoran and their evolutions, pikachu, rattata and raticate and many others. All living peacefully on the ranch.

His frown lessened somewhat at that but it was still prominent somewhat. The reason for his distress was because it wasn't his mother who would be giving him his starter pokemon when it was time to start his journey. That duty belonged to Professor Oak and Ash could freely admit that he didn't like him nor his grandson Gary. They were both arrogant and were jealous of his mother's success, meaning that he was bullied a lot by Gary the few times he had met him.

Due to this, Ash was afraid that the Professor wouldn't allow him to become an official Pokemon trainer since he was the only one authorized to give kid from pallet their licenses but his mother had assured him that he had to give one to everyone that passed the test or he would have to deal with the League. And Ash only needed to get the license because he could change sponsor whenever he wanted and to whomever he wanted his sponsor to be. His mother was the obvious choice. That was the reason why he was so focused on learning everything he could to secure a passing grade and force Samuel Oak to give him a license and a starter pokemon when he reached twelve years of age as per the law.

"Why are you so distressed, young human?"

Ash jumped slightly at the light, male sounding voice coming from his right and he whipped his head in that direction. His eyes widened when he saw a small, blue, canine pokemon. It had black legs and torso, a blue tail, and a yellow collar. It had rounded bumps on the backs of its forepaws. It had a black "mask", with long, black prostitutions framing its face and red eyes. It was standing on its toes instead of its entire foot.

The pokemon cocked his head to the side as his eyes locked with Ash's. "Also why are you looking at like that?"

Ash idly noticed that the voice sounded on his head before he scrambled to his feet, the book that was on his lap landing closed on the ground. "You can talk!" He exclaimed, amazed at understanding this strange Pokemon that he had never seen. He knew that it wasn't from the Kanto or Johto region since he made sure to memorize them all by name.

The jackal like pokemon shook his head. "No. I can't talk. I'm merely projecting my thoughts into your mind with the use of Aura, something that you and I have in common."

Ash scratched his head in confusion. "Aura? What is that? And what kind of pokemon are you?"

The blue and black pokemon sat on the ground and for some reason, Ash found himself doing the same. "Aura is the energy that exist in every living and no living thing in this planet. It has many uses and you have the biggest potential to learn to harness it. As for what kind of pokemon I am, well. I am a Riolu and you, Ash Ketchum, are my master."

Ash blinked, bewildered and thoroughly confused.

Riolu sighed audibly. "This is going to take a while."

-AM: KOI-

Three years have passed since his strange meeting with Riolu and Ash could see that from that day until this one, things had been significantly interesting and different for him and his mother. She was shocked to see him walking into her office with such a rare pokemon at his side. He explained to her that he found him in the woods and the pokemon just began to follow him around. She had accepted the story and let him keep Riolu around, thinking that it would be an invaluable experience for him.

And it was after that day that his training in the usage of Aura began. Riolu thought him many things from sensing and seeing through his Aura, to use it to walk on vertical surfaces and on water, using it to create barriers, channeling it through his body to enhance his muscles and bones, forming empathy links and Aura bonds and performing a long range attack called Aura Sphere. Riolu also thought him how to fight, making him learn a style that focused on speed and precision. This was all done without his mother's knowledge as he didn't want to worry her.

Ash also kept up with his studies and learned as much as he could about Pokemon. He even learned about pokemon from the other regions much to his mother's astonishment because on how adamant and diligent he was on learning. Thanks to all of that, he managed to pass the qualification test for a trainer's license with a perfect score. Oak had been so shocked and Gary so jealous that it had made him chuckle just to be reminded of it.

And today was the day that he was going to receive his starter pokemon from Professor Oak along with Gary and two more that also got a passing grade. It was early in the morning, around eight, but he was up and ready to go get his starter. Ash looked at himself in the mirror, grimacing slightly at the sight of his now red eyes. Riolu had explained that due to his Aura and being so close to him when they trained, he acquired that trait from Riolu. It was disconcerting, and his mother had been worried sick about it. But since the change didn't have negative effects, it had been mostly ignored.

"Are you trying to imitate me with the color of your clothes, Ash?"

The twelve year old turned towards Riolu, who was on his bed, leaning against the wall with one knee pressing against his chest and the other leg extended. His arm rested on his raised knee and he was giving Ash an amused look. It was true. Ash had chosen to wear clothes that matched the coloring of Riolu. He was wearing long, black cargo pants that were kept up by a brown utility belt and were tucked into brown boots. He was wearing a long sleeved blue shirt under a black vest that had a gold colored zipper and he had black and gold fingerless gloves on his hands.

Ash shrugged his shoulders. "It's not my fault that your colors go well together. If I do look like I'm trying to imitate you then is pure coincidence, nothing more," replied Ash nonchalantly as he tried to comb his spiky, messy black hair only to get it even more disarrayed. He sighed before picking up a black, blue and white colored hat that he put on. He adjusted it son only a few strands of hair were left out. He turned towards Riolu and spread his arms. "So, how do I look?"

Riolu snickered before answering. "Like me."

Ash glared at him before sighing. "I walked right into that one." He shrugged his shoulders before walking towards the door. "I'll go get the pokedex and my 'official' starter from that Oak Jerk. I'll be back in a few minutes to get my license and pokedex linked to mom's lab and then we are out. I don't want Gary's whining of he sees you so please stay here," he said, grabbing the doorknob of his room.

Riolu nodded. "Right. And Ash?"

"Yes?" Ash turned around to face Riolu only for his right hand to shot up and catch a blue sphere with white tendrils of energy on its core a few inches away from his face. It hovered centimeters away from his hand and he scowled at the innocent scowling Riolu before he dissipated the Aura Sphere. "Asshole," he muttered under his breath as he stepped out of his room, ignoring the snickering of his first pokemon friend.

Ash passed the kitchen and saw that his mother was not in there so that meant she was on her office. His mother was always busy with her research and studies so that didn't surprise him. It was a good thing that she had some people that helped her around the lab and they took some work off her, which also helped on making her have time to spend with him, which he appreciated. Another reason why the Oaks and the Ketchums disliked each other was because Daisy, Samuel Oak's granddaughter and Gary's older sister, preferred his mother's area of study and was one of her aids. It helped that she didn't share the arrogant traits of the rest of her family. She and Ash got along pretty well actually.

As he walked towards to Oak's ranch, Ash absently waved at the people who greeted him. Pallet town was a very small town so everyone knew each other at least by name. He glared at the building that had a windmill functioning on its back. He doubted that Oak would give him one of the normal starters just to spite him but Ash didn't really care. He just wanted a Pokemon so he could get on with his journey.

It took him ten minutes to reach the lab and his mood soured when he noticed the brown haired boy standing there with crossed arm and a smirk on his face. Much to Ash's dismay, Gary noticed his presence because his smirk widened as he leered at Ash. "Hey, loser! I don't know why you bothered coming here since only real trainers are going to get a Pokemon from grandpa," said Gar snidely.

Ash raised an eyebrow at him. "Do I need to remind you who got the best score out of the two of us?" He smirked when Gary's arrogant face twisted into a scowl. "I thought so," said Ash with a chuckle as he walked pass him, ignoring the growl coming from Gary's throat.

Ash wanted to ignore Gary so he focused on the pretty girl that walked up to him. She had long brown hair and warm green eyes that shone as she looked at him with a smile on her face. She wore a blue tank top and a white skirt. On top of her head rested a white hat and on her feet were some sneakers that matched with her tank top.

"Ash! What's up?" She asked after she gave him a hug in greeting. This was Leaf Green, one of Ash's human friends and she is one of the four soon to be trainers that were going to start their journey today. The last one was standing a few feet away from them. It was a short boy with blond hair and blue eyes that were framed by glasses. Ash only knew that his name was Zack and that he barely passed the test.

Ash and Leaf talked about what they wanted to do on their journey. Leaf surprised him when she told him that she only wanted to travel through all Kanto, catch a team she could train and bond with and then go to another region and do the same. Her goal was to catch a team of Pokemon off each region and explore them all, which was very interesting. Ash would do kind of the same, only that he would focus on catching and training pokemon along with completing the league circuit so he could participate in the Conferences.

They only had to wait for a few more minutes for Oak to come and get them and Ash had to hold back a sigh when he noticed the distaste on Oak's eyes when they landed on him. He glared at his back as they went up the stairs and into the lab. He ignored all the machinery and technological devices since he had seen all of them and much better on his mother's lab so he was hardly impressed. They soon made it into a wide room that looked like the research area of the lab.

Oak cleared his throat to get their attention. "Good morning to all of you. It's a good thing that everyone came early to get their starter pokemon since I got a lot of work to do so it'll be on our best interest get this done quickly. I believe that everyone requested an specific pokemon as their starter and thankfully I managed to procure the ones you requested," said Oak with a smile and a discreet glance towards Ash.

The black haired boy gritted his teeth in anger at that. That was most likely the excuse Oak was going to use to not give him one of the standard rare starter that the new trainers from pallet got which were Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander. And it didn't seem farfetched since one of the non scoring questions of the test was 'What Pokemon would you like to begin you journey with and why?'.

Oak was a first grade jerk. But he was a smart and cunning first grade jerk.

He watched with a frown as he gave Gary a squirtle, Leaf a bulbasaur and Zack a charmander. They all released their pokemon in a flash of white and smiled at them, petting them as they began to bond with them. Ash ignored the smug look on Gary's face as he turned his attention towards Oak who was holding a plain pokeball towards him. He coul clearly see the desire to not give him one at all on his eyes but Ash ignored it as he took the pokeball.

"Since you didn't specify what pokemon you wanted as your first I took the liberty to pick one for you. I recently caught it so it would be a little hard but I suppose some one that scored perfect on the qualification test wouldn't mind the challenge," said Oak with a clearly forced smile on his face.

Ash withheld a scowl before he released the pokemon inside the ball. He watched as the white energy coalesced into the distinct form of a pikachu. The yellow rodent with pointy ears and tail shaped like a thunderbolt looked around curiously before its eyes twitched and it looked up at Ash. It's eyes narrowed and electricity sparked from its red cheeks as it glared at Ash.

The black haired trainer sent a discreet look towards Oak and he noticed the expectant look on his face. It was clearly obvious that he expected for Ash to try and pet Pikachu so he could get shocked but Ash was many times smarter than that. When one dealt with pokemon that didn't trust humans, one needed to find the cause the root of the distrust and try to fix it. Thankfully, Ash could communicate with pokemon thanks to his aura.

He knelt down and sent a tendril of aura from his forehead to Pikachu's, connecting their minds temporarily. When an Aura bond formed, this tendril was constantly connecting the minds of pokemon and trainer. "Hey there?"

Ash smirked when Pikachu blinked at him. "Umm, hi? Why am I hearing you in my head, human?" Pikachu asked wearily. Ash noticed that his voice sounded like that of a male boy that was almost reaching ten years of age.

Ash smiled kindly at him. "The same reason why I can hear you in mind and understand you perfectly, Pikachu. I am training to become an Aura Guardian and I can use Aura to talk with Pokemon and understand them. I happen to notice that you were not happy to see me even if we haven't met before so I was hoping for you to tell me what the problem is and if there is a way for me to fix it."

Pikachu sniffed the air and turned back to glare at the Professor, who was looking at them with confusing. "That old guy beat me up with an Alakazam and stuffed me in one of those stupid balls just because I was chewing on power cables. He tried to 'tame' by force so I shocked him a few times but he would have his Alakazam disable me. I just want get out of here," said Pikachu angrily. In the outside, he was calling his name wildly and pointing at Oak as his cheeks sparked, much to the confusing of everyone.

Ash nodded his head after he sent a glare at Oak. "Well we can fix that pretty easily. Oak gave you to me as an starter Pokemon so I am going to start my journey across the region. If you come along with me and promise to listen to me and train to get stronger, then you get what you want," proposed Ash with a smile on his face.

Pikachu stopped glaring at Oak before giving Ash a considering look. "On one condition."

"Name it."

"I don't have to go inside a pokeball."

"Deal," agreed Ash easily with a nod of his head. He smiled as he scratched Pikachu behind his ear, earning a purr. "Let's form an Aura Bond so we can keep speaking like this," Ash suggested and Pikachu nodded its head. Ash sent a pulse of his Aura through Pikachu and Pikachu sent it back. An Aura Bond was pretty easy to do and it also gave the Pokemon the ability to manipulate raw Aura. "Done."

"That was really weird," said Pikachu as he scratched his ear before running up Ash's arm and settling on his shoulder. Ash chuckled at that and stood up. He enjoyed the astonished look in Oak's face as he was sure he was not expecting for Pikachu to be so accepting of Ash. He was really thankful for Riolu's appearance three years ago otherwise he wouldn't have had it so easy.

Oak scowled at his plan not going as he planned. He didn't know what Ash had done to get that rodent's trust so easily. He was hoping for the Pikachu to shock him and for Ash to demand another Pokemon so he could deny it since it was the only way he could not give it to him but his plan backfired. Now Ash had a powerful Pikachu at his command. He shook his head. It was not worthy to get worked up by someone like Ash.

Oak coughed again into his fist as he pulled out for pokedexes and handed it the trainers. He made sure to give Ash one that only recognized pokemon from Kanto and Johto. He gave Gary an international one since he was his grandson he deserved it. The other two got normal ones that would identify pokemon from other regions but wouldn't give them as much information as Gary's. "That's a Pokedex. It is a digital encyclopedia that contains all kinds of information about all the Pokemon that had been so far discovered and thoroughly studied. It will also serve as an ID once you set it up with your personal information," explained Oak before he reached into a bag and pulled out twenty shrunken pokeballs and gave five to each one of them. "Remember that unless authorized by me, your sponsor, or a league official, you can only carry six pokemon with you and if you catch a seventh one the pokeball will automatically get locked until you send it to me or you send one of your other pokemon."

"You won't be getting any of my pokeballs, jerk," said Ash out in the bond link. He heard Pikachu snickering and he was soon joined by Riolu, and Pikachu was startled if the sharp shift he felt was anything to go by. "Oh. I forgot to mention it. You are not the first one I bonded with. I have a Riolu back at home and he was the one who taught me how to use Aura on the first place. While you are my first 'official' pokemon, he was my first friend. I hope I can add you to that list too, Pikachu," said Ash warmly through the link.

Pikachu chuckled and scratched the back of his head. "I'd like to get a decent human as a friend and you seem like one. We'll see after we get out of here," said Pikachu giving another glare to Oak.

Ash nodded before he turned towards Oak. "Thanks Professor. Also, my mom told me to tell you that she wanted to be my sponsor. I hope that the transaction won't be an issue," said Ash and he only got a nod and a dismissive wave from the old man. Ash shrugged before he walked out of the lab. He noticed that the others had left already except for Gary who stayed behind for some reason. Probably to say goodbye to his grandfather in private. He shrugged. It wasn't like he cared.

Ash briskly made his way out of the lab and down the stairs and began to walk back to his home. He ignored the curious look sent his way by the townspeople as he confused on talking with Pikachu and Riolu through the bond. He learned that Pikachu wanted get as strong as he could and beat a raichu as a Pikachu before evolving. He told Pikachu that they were going to train very, very hard and Pikachu just replied that he was looking forward to it.

Ash arrived at his house and went through the living room and kitchen before going out through the back. He smiled as he beheld the ranch. It was very wide and oval shaped field with a lake at its edge that occupied half of it. There was a tree line that indicated the beginning of a forest and Ash could see smalls mountine a few kilometers away. He had gone training there with Riolu a many times.

"Woah," exclaimed Pikachu through the bond as he looked around in wonder. "This place is pretty big and it looks nicer and bigger than the old guy's. How did your mother afford all this?" He asked as they passed the herd of Tauros, who mooed at Ash before they went back to eating the grass.

"Mom inherited a pretty bug fortune from her parents and she used half of it to open a chain of restaurants called 'Ketchum's'. Not very original but it is pretty famous across Kanto and Johto. She used all her income to get a degree and set up this ranch. She is very smart when it comes to spending and inverting money," said Ah out loud as they were not surrounded by people.

Pikachu nodded in understanding and he finally noticed the big building that was just next to the forest. It was painted white and blue and had many windows. It had two windmills and behind it and many solar panels on the roof. Pikachu looked at it in awe as they approached it and made their way inside. As they walked through the halls, Pikachu noticed a few people looking at pokemon that were sitting or lying on tables. He spotted a tangela, a clefairy and a ditto. The pokemon seemed content as they let the humans examine them with different devices so Pikachu knew that this lab was only functioning to investigate further on Pokemon and there were no ill intents.

They went up the stairs until the las floor and they walked the long hallway and Ash opened the wooden set of doors without knocking. Pikachu stopped two females staring at a laptop and who presumed to be Riolu sitting at the desk, absently throwing a rubber ball against the wall and catching it only to repeat the process.

"Riolu I swear that if you break something I'm going to use Ash's account to pay for it," warned the older looking of the females. She had brown hair that fell to the middle of her back. She was very well endowed and her figure was wrapped in a blouse, a skirt that reached her knees and a lab coat. Pikachu supposed that this was Ash's mother.

"Don't be so hard on him," chuckled the other one when Riolu whined as she typed on the laptop. She had brown hair but on a lighter tone. Her green eyes shone with amusement as she glanced at Riolu who stopped playing with the ball. She was also very well endowed but she was wearing a polo shirt and a tight blue jeans. She was also wearing a lab coat.

Ash frowned at the older one, his mother. "Don't blame me for what he does, mom," said Ash as he stepped towards them, shoving his hands into his pocket.

They looked up at him and Pikachu groaned when they squealed at the sight of him. Both human and Pokemon watched as they stopped what they were doing and walked around the desk and towards them. The young brown haired girl grabbed him around his mid section and pulled him into a very tight hug. It was kind of comfortable to Pikachu since her breasts were very soft. So he purred as he nuzzled his face into her.

"Oh my god he is so cute," said Daisy in a gushing tone as she continued to hug the Pikachu into her chest. She giggled as he began to purr due to her ministrations. "I din't know my grandpa owned a Pikachu!"

Ash shook his head as he scowled. "Well he recently captured him, in a less than pleasant manner and haven had time to tame him yet. Oak told me that Pikachu tended to shock him and I'm sure he was hoping it was the same with me. Luckily, Pikachu only had it against Oak," said Ash with a chuckle at then end.

Delia nodded with a frown on her face as she inspected the pikachu. She knew a lot about Pokemon biology so she was looking for anything wrong with it. She noticed that while a little bit on the skinny side, which was most likely due to an irregular income of food, there was nothing wrong with it. Its fur was shiny and glossy, indicating good health and the color of his cheeks was a very lively red, showing that his stores of electricity were in order.

"At least he gave you a decent pokemon on good health. And it's not like pikachu are weak pokemon. They can't take a lot of hits sure but they can be fast and can hit hard. You just have to train them well, something that I'm sure you are going to do," said Delia with a smile.

Ash nodded his head as he watched Riolu yanking on Pikachu's tail lightly to get his attention. Pikachu looked down and Riolu motioned with his muzzle towards another part of the room. The yellow rodent looked disappointed before nodding and squishing off from Daisy's embrace. He landed on all fours and soon rodent and canine walked away, growls and squeaks coming out as they talked. Ash couldn't understand what they were saying since they weren't using the bond to talk. He shrugged. They were probably getting to know each other better.

The black haired trainer pulled out his pokedex and handed it to his mom. "Can you make the transaction now? I don't want to be sponsored by Oak for too much longer," said Ash with a twist of his mouth.

Delia nodded with her own unpleasant expression on her face as she went to sit on her desk. She connected the Pokedex on her table and set to work. "Oak is sure petty. He gave you a sorely outdated Pokedex. It is the last model but it has the first software so I'm sure he did it himself. I didn't know your grandfather could be so petty Daisy."

The brown haired girl rubbed her arm in embarrassment as she looked to the side. "Well, he likes to think himself as the best in anything so when you came around and got a better lab and better equipment along with much more money he got very jealous. And since I prefer to work with you than with that's only more fuel to the fire. That's not excuse to act like this though," she said with a frown on her face.

"I'm just glad that I don't have to deal with him anymore in the future and I hope that I don't meat Gary on the road," said Ash with a smile as he turned to look towards his two pokemon. They were sitting and Pikachu had an amused glint on his eyes as Riolu growled and pointed at him occasionally. It seemed like he was telling Pikachu of the many times he did something wrong while training with Aura.

Delia stood up from her chair and unplugged the pokedex before walking towards Ash and giving it to him. "I got it linked to the system in my lab and erased any trail of Oak's tampering. It also has the latest software and information about any pokemon from any region. It will also tell you what moves a pokemon can learn and how to teach them to them with examples and demonstrations on videos. I already put your information on it so you don't have to worry about that."

Ash smiled at her in thanks before he pointed the Pokedex at Riolu and then at Pikachu. It beeped before an mechanical androgynous voice was heard.

Riolu. The Emanation Pokemon. The aura that emanates from its body intensifies to alert others if it is afraid or sad. Its body is lithe yet powerful. It can crest three mountains and cross two canyons in one night. This Riolu is male and has the ability Inner Focus. He knows the moves: Endure, Quick Attack, Foresight, Counter, Force Palm, Blaze Kick and Aura Sphere. Note: Blaze Kick is an egg move.

Pikachu. The Mouse Pokemon. This pokemon has electricity-storing pouches on its cheeks. These appear to become electrically charged during the night while pikachu sleeps. It occasionally discharges electricity when it is dozy after waking up. This Pikachu is male and has the ability Static. He knows the moves: Thunder Shock, Thunder Wave, Quick Attack and Double Team. Note: This Pokemon has the egg move Volt Tackle but it has not been unlocked yet.

Ash whistled as he grinned, looking down at his two Pokemon who were know standing looking at him. Riolu looked rather smug with what the pokedex said about him and Pikachu looked like he wanted to blast the damn thing for apparently stating that he was weaker than Riolu. While not untrue, Pikachu had a lot of potential, even more now that he could manipulate the raw Aura within his body.

Daisy was looking at Riolu with wide eyes. "It knows Aura Sphere? Why hasn't he evolved yet?" She asked in confusion as that was the indication that a riolu was ready to become a Lucario.

"That's a good question actually," he said, giving Riolu an inquisitive look getting a shrug from the blue and black jackal.

"I want to get more experience before I evolve. It's gonna be necessary after a turn into a Lucario, trust me." Ash heard on his mind and he nodded his head slightly so Delia and Daisy didn't notice. He was not ready to let them know he could understand Pokemon, nor the explanation that would follow.

Delia reached into her pocket and presented Ash with a black model of an X-Transceiver. "I got this one custom made for you. It's linked to the system, in my lab and your pokedex. I'm sure you know how to use it, also, you see who is slightly thicker than a normal model. You can use it to send me your at anytime. Also, I upped the maximum carry for you from six to eight," she said with a mischievous smile on her face.

Ash nodded his head, a matching smile on his face. "That means I will be able to carry around ten Pokemon at the time."

Daisy cocked her head at him. "Ten?"

Ash nodded again as he pointed at Riolu and Pikachu. "They are not going to be on their pokeballs so I'm going to leave them here. That reminds me…" Ash trailed off ash he pulled out a pokeballs from the ones Oak gave him and chucked it at Riolu. A flash of white and it dinged after shaking three times and Ash opened his palm making the pokeball float towards him. He tapped the release bottom and another flash of white and Riolu materialized again, shaking his head and blinking. "Now, you are officially my second pokemon."

Riolu glared at Ash after the dizziness wore off. "A little warning would've been appreciated thank you," he said sarcastically through the bond.

Pikachu gave Riolu a sympathetic look after glaring heatedly at the pokeball. "Now can you see why I hate them so much? I can't feel my body at all and it's dark, but bright at the same time so it is confusing. Also, I feel way smaller than I actually am. It feels like the walls are coiling around me and…" Ash tuned off Pikachu's ramblings at that moment.

"Now that is an exaggeration." That was the last thing he heard from Riolu before he closed off the bond for himself.

Daisy nodded before she went to the corner of the room and handed him a yellow and black backpack. He ignored Riolu's snickering as he took it and strapped it to his back. ""There you have a tent, a rope, a map, some food for the road and two changes of clothes. When you reach viridian you should stock on potions and other healing items for your Pokemon," she told him.

Ash nodded before he turned to Delia who tapped him on the shoulder and handed twenty pokeballs to him. "Stock on some more pokeballs too as I want you to catch some ground and rock type pokemon for the new rocky terrain I built beneath the mountains. There's a cave too," she told him before wrapping her arms around him and then kissing him on the forehead. "Now get going and have a safe trip. Make me proud like you always do."

Ash smiled at her with pink cheeks that turned red when Daisy also gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Knock 'em dead tiger. I'll be rooting for you." She winked at him and she and her mother giggled as he just turned around and went out of the room. Pikachu and Riolu exchanged confused looks before they shrugged and went after their trainer.

Pikachu jumped and took a sitting position on his back and he patted Ash's cheek to get his attention. "What was all that about?"

Ash blushed before he just looked straight ahead. "Mom was being mom and Daisy just confuses the hell out of me. I don't want to talk about it," said Ash too quickly, only adding to Pikachu's confusion.

Riolu was calmly walking beside Ash. He shrugged when Pikachu sent a confused look his way. "Human mating ritual confuse as much as they do you Pikachu so I'm not your guy."

Ash just got redder in the face as he stepped out of the lab but it settled down when he entered out of his home. He knew that his mother and Daisy knew that he had a big crush on the latter and she apparently enjoyed teasing him about it, which brought rounds of amusement for her and his mother. That teasing had started a year ago and he still wasn't use to it but he was sure that someday he would learn to deal with it.

Ash's hopes of having a peaceful start to his journey were washed away when he noticed Gary Oak standing on the middle of the street looking at him with crossed arms and arrogant expression on his face. His squirtle was standing diagonally in front of him and was trying to imitate his trainer's pose, which was amusing if the mental chuckles of Pikachu and Riolu were anything to go by. Ash groaned as he began to speak and it was only a matter of second before he noticed Riolu standing at his side.

"I knew you were going to come here to speak to your mother. Don't think that out are going to escape a battle with…" As he trailed off, Ash noticed how his eyes widened when he spotted Riolu. "What pokemon is that?" He asked in wonder and shock as he pointed at Riolu with his pokedex.

Riolu. The Emanation Pokemon. Its body is lithe yet powerful. It can crest three mountains and cross two canyons in one night.

Ash frowned at the mechanical female voice. It seemed like Oak had given Gary an international pokedex seeing that it had some information on Riolu.

Gary glared at Ash as he snarled. "How did you get a Sinnoh native pokemon that is even rare on that region?" He asked petulantly as his hand tightened at his side and around his pokedex.

"My mother gave him to me as a birthday present. Don't know how she got him," he lied smoothly before raising an eyebrow when he noticed a second pokeball on Gary's belt. He nodded his head towards it. "It looks like your grandfather did the same for you."

Gary shook his head before smirking. "It doesn't matter anyways. I have the two best pokemon in the world to start my journey and I'm going to prove it too you. Two on two single battles," said Gary before stepping back, creating a safe distance in between them. Squirtle stayed put and got into a ready position in front of Gary, a similar smirk on its round face.

Ash grinned before he looked at Pikachu. "You up for it?" This was an opportunity that he will not let go to waste. He was going to knock down Gary off his pedestal with this pokemon battle and the fall was going to be very, very painful for Gary.

Pikachu sighed but nodded. "This is going to be so boring," said Pikachu as he jumped from Ash's shoulder to land on all fours and sparked his cheeks as he glared at the tortoise.

Gary looked worried for a moment before he smirked. "I'll go first. Squirtle, use bubble!" Gary pointed dramatically at Pikachu, which made him look kind of ridiculous to Ash, and his Pokemon complied. It reared its head back and shot a barrage of bubbles at Pikachu with decent speed.

"Evade them with quick attack. Then use thunder shock," said Ash calmly and Pikachu carried his order perfectly. He evaded the barrage of bubbles nimbly, his body enveloped on the white energy of quick attack as he jumped and ran away from the path of squirtle's attack. When the blue turtle stopped firing bubbles like a machine gun, Pikachu's cheeks sparked and he called his name before a think arc of electricity was shot and it hit Squirtle a second later. The turtle cried out in pain before it got swirl on its eyes and fell back, unconscious.

Ash deadpanned as Pikachu ran back towards him and took his previous position on his backpack. "That was certainly unimpressive and underwhelming," said Ash, making Pikachu and Riolu snicker once again.

Gary got red in the face as he returned his squirtle in a red flash of energy before pulling out his other pokeball. "That was because that rat is an electric type and Squirtle is a water type. Let's see how your pitiful dog compares to this one!" He declared angrily as he released an Eevee. It called its name once it was out and got to a ready position in front of Gary.

Ash nodded to Riolu who shrugged and went to stand in front of Ash as well with an air of boredom around him. Gary's eevee was clearly young judging by the light brown coloration of its fur so Riolu wasn't particularly excited about this match up. Not that he could blame him.

Gary, once again, pointed at Ash's pokemon before giving his order. "Tackle it with quick attack!" He almost barked. The Eevee nodded its head and yipped its name again before charging at Riolu at a fast pace, but it was still slow compared to Pikachu's earlier demonstration of the attack.

Ash sighed. "Endure and counter," he said simply. Riolu nodded before he locked eyes with the eevee. A few seconds later the brown furred evolution pokemon reached him and Riolu easily raised his arm and stopped its charge with no real demonstration of strain. Eevee's eyes widened as Riolu's body was highlighted with red energy before it was hit in the face with a paw. It flew back for a few feet before hitting the ground on its back and bouncing into its stomach. It's eyes were swirls denoting its state of unconsciousness.

Ash smirked at Gary's gob smacked expressions as both of his pokeballs fell from his limp hands. He said nothing as he walked pass the unconscious Eevee and then Gary with Riolu, who was cleaning nonexistent dust from his front paws, in tow. Ash whistled a merry tune as he walked towards the gates of pallet, the snickering of his two friends prominent on his mind as they made their amusement known through the bond they shared.

Winning felt good.

-AM: KOI-

"Alright that's enough walking for today," said Ash once they reached a plain a few hundred feet away from the main root. The sun was high in the sky and Ash looked at his X-Transceiver. Its digital clock told him that it was a few minutes pass one in the afternoon so he guessed that they could stay here and train during the afternoon. They will start to encounter trainers by tomorrow anyway.

Ash sat down on the grass, his hat and long sleeved shirt protected him from the harsh sun. "We are going to train now," started Ash as he reached into his backpacked and pulled out three sandwiches and handed one to Pikachu and one to Riolu and they began to munch on them now. "There are a few things that we are going get you guys started on."

Pikachu had already half of his sandwich as he looked up at Ash with interest. "What kind of things?" He asked before taking another bite of his sandwich.

Ash pointed at Riolu who finished off his sandwich. "He is going to teach you how to manipulate your Aura, which is only going to take a few minutes since it comes easily and naturally for pokemon. Then when you get that down I want you to channel it into your stores of electricity in your cheeks to make them stronger and bigger. Let's see if we can turn your thunder shock into thunderbolt in a week by doing that for two hours every day. Then we will work on teaching you Agility," he said before taking a bite out of his own sandwich.

Pikachu nodded his head as his eyes gleamed as he finished off his sandwich. "Neat,"

"What about me?" Asked Riolu with a raised paw and a curios expression on his face. It felt kind of weird being the one getting instructed by who he considered his student but as a trainer, Ash had more knowledge about this kind of things so it was on his best interest to listen to him and pay attention.

Ash looked at him speculatively, taking bites out of his sandwich, for a few seconds before he answered. "I guess you should work on strengthening force palm. Then we can teach you bulk up so your physical moves get stronger," suggested Ash.

Riolu found that acceptable and he nodded. That would make fighting much easier. "And what are you going to do?" He asked as he and Pikachu stood up so they could begin training.

Ash began to rummage through his bag but he answered nonetheless. "I'm going to arm up my tent and then look for stones and sticks so we can have some fire. Then I'm going to shadow spar and then work on forming that staff with my aura thing. I can keep it for ten seconds without too much focus now," said Ash he pulled out the materials needed to build a tent.

Riolu and Pikachu looked at each other before shrugging and walking towards another part of the plain. They had their own training to do.

-AM: KOI-

"Meowth! Catch up to that rodent and use bite!"

"Don't let it Pikachu. Create an opportunity thunder shock," said Ash calmly as he and Riolu watched the battle between cat and mouse with serene expression on their face. The two pokemon were enveloped in the energy of quick attack as the trainer's meowth followed Pikachu across the field. It was obvious that Pikachu was faster as he was easily keeping his distance from his chaser, who was growing frustrated.

Yesterday's training had been enlightening really. Like Ash had said, Pikachu only needed half an hour on couching on how to manipulate raw Aura and then he spent two hours channeling into the pouches on his cheeks were his electricity was stored. After that they adjusted Pikachu's control over the significant, but not big, increase on his reserves and then they worked on teaching Pikachu Agility, which was already coming along nicely.

After Riolu worked on getting his Force Palm stronger and learned how to do bulk up, which basically was to strain your muscles and then fill them with energy to keep then strained without consciously thinking about it to make you stronger and faster, he and Pikachu had an spar. Pikachu was naturally faster than Riolu but Riolu had more versatility so it was stalemate in which one and the other couldn't get a decisive hit so they had called it a draw after ten minutes. While Riolu was clearly stronger and had more experience, Pikachu was just too hard to hit. And Ash was going to make sure to cultivate that trait like he was doing now.

After a few seconds of hearing Ash's command, Pikachu used double team to create a two doubles of himself that ran alongside him. This confused the meowth and it stopped for a second to consider which w=-one was the real one so he could attack it and that cost him. It turned sharply to the right when it heard a loud cry and was hit by a powerful arc of electricity. Ash noted that the thunder shock was a little thicker and brighter than yesterday so his method to use aura to strengthen Pikachu's electric attacks was working.

Pikachu stopped using thunder shock the moment the cat he was fighting went unconscious. He ignored its blackened and charred form as he happily ran towards Ash and jumped onto his favorite position on his backpack.

Ash raised an eyebrow when the trainer glared at him before returning his downed pokemon and running away. He sighed. It looked like Gary wasn't the only sore loser around. He blinked and then smiled when he heard the ding coming from his pokedex. His pokedex alerted him every time money was added to his personal account. He still didn't know how that worked and how the League could keep track of all the battles but he was sure it had something to do with the pokeballs and the digital trainers ID's.

You have received the sum of two hundred and eighty three pokedollars. Keep up the good work.

Ash smirked as he went towards the nearby river to fill up his can with water. He made sure that it was clean before bending down to pick up the vital liquid. "We are on a roll today; wouldn't you say so, guys?" Ash asked Pikachu and Riolu who were drinking water from the river. It was already mid afternoon and they had won all the battles they have had so far, which were ten counting this one.

Riolu nodded before he gulped down. "You could say that yes but I personally think that this 'fights' had been rather boring except for that feisty little feisty rattata that caught my leg when I attempted to kick it. I think I burned her tongue when I activated Blaze Kick," said Riolu as he rubbed his leg reminding the rather painful bite. It was a good thing that the rodent hadn't known Hyper Fang. It would've been really nasty if it did.

Pikachu clanked at Riolu with some annoyance. "You call that hard? What about that Aipom that thought my tail was something he could yank to his heart's content. It hurts a lot when my tail is treated roughly, you know?" Pikachu cradled his tail tenderly against his body, rubbing it and whispering nothings to it.

Ash stood up and Pikachu jumped onto his favorite spot. "Don't worry too much about your tail Pikachu. One you perfect agility then we are going to get you started on Iron Tail, sound good?" He asked with a grin and Pikachu kept silent. Only Riolu's snickering could be heard through the bond.

Ash began to follow the river, walking placidly as he traded banter with Riolu and Pikachu through the bond. They were only a few hours away from Viridian and if they kept following the river they were going to reach it directly according to the map of the X-Transceiver. Ash had played with all of its applications, except the pokeball transferring one, and he was astounded in all the things he could do with it.

After almost half an hour of walking and talking with his two friends, Ash frowned as he looked up to see the sky darkening with gray clouds. He didn't know that there was a report for raining today but he remembered that it was still summer so rains were fairly common during this time of the year. He began to walk faster, not wanting to get caught in the rain but as his luck would have it, he was stopped before he could even give ten more steps.

"Hey you! Are you up for a battle?" Ash looked up to see an orange haired girl wearing shorts and a yellow tank top sitting on a bike with her foot on the ground to keep her steady. He noticed that she was at least two years older than him and she also was very skinny. He cocked his head as he remembered Daisy at the age of this girl and she had been much better filled than this one.

Ash shook his head, both to get rid of his thoughts and to answer the girl. "I'm sorry miss but it is about to rain and I don't want me or my pokemon getting wet," explained Ash as he made to walk away. He already had his fill of battling for today. He just wanted to reach Viridian, get a hot shower, talk with his mother and Daisy for a bit and then go to sleep on a soft bed.

"Are you walking away from a challenge? I didn't know that trainer these days were cowards," said the orange haired girl with a very infuriating smirk on her face. She pulled out a pokeball and her smirk widened a fraction as she enlarged it.

Ash glared at her before looking down at Riolu. "One more?"

Riolu was also glaring at the orange haired girl. He didn't like for anyone to insult Ash and Gary could attest to that. He hoped he still had nightmares about those pranks he pulled on him. The one with glowing red eyes on the closet was his favorite one. "You know it."

Misty lost her smirk for a second as the unfamiliar Pokemon stepped up but she shook her head. "One on one. Standard rules. I suppose you know them," she taunted but Ash kept silent. She shrugged before she threw three her pokeball without getting off the bike. "Misty calls Staryu!" She released a brown and yellow colored starfish that had a red gem on its center. Its gem pulsed with energy as it made a weird and deep squealing noise. "Water gun!" The star fish pokemon reared its top, center appendage back and from it a pressurized stream of water was shot, aimed directly at Blaze with pin point accuracy.

Ash crossed his arms over his chest. "Don't get hit and get close with quick attack," said Ash in a bored fashion as he leaned his weight on his right leg. Riolu nodded and tilted his body to the side to avoid the water gun attack before it began to run towards Staryu, his body enveloped in the white tendrils of energy that were signature of quick attack.

Misty's eyes widened as she saw this. "Rapid spin!"

Ash smiled. "Blaze kick towards the river," commanded Ash.

Staryu stopped trying to hit the nimble Riolu with pressurized jets of water before it began to spin rapidly on itself and then it shot itself towards Riolu. The jackal pokemon stopped on his tracks and his eyes narrowed as he began to time the precise moment in he would act. Then, his eyes widened and he jumped before his right leg caught on fire and he delivered a very swift roundhouse kick to staryu when it was on him that sent it spinning towards the river and it splashed into the river heavily.

Misty's eyes widened at seeing that but she soon smirked. "It looks like you are an idiot after all. Staryu are water type pokemon and now that it is in the river it is many times stronger, Staryu, use whirlpool!"

Ash smirked. "Walk on it and then end it with force palm."

Misty's eyes widened in shock. "What?!"

Staryu rose up in the water before it forced its will upon it, making it spin rapidly forming a whirlpool that was at least fifteen feet in diameter. The staryu then forced the water to go up and then arch as it was directed at the stationary form of Riolu, the black lumps that framed his face rising as he used his aura. Just when the wide drill made of water was about to hit him, Riolu jumped above it with a front flip and landed on the swirling waters and began to run towards Staryu, much to Misty's astonishment.

Riolu quickly reached the end of the technique and jumped, doing another quick flip before he landed nimble in front of a apparently shocked staryu. The jackal smirked as he pressed a glowing palm on Staryu's jewel and then released the pent up energy that he accumulated previously. The red jewel cracked as a shockwave made the water of the river ripple violently. The star fish pokemon went slack as the jewel began to pulse on and off steadily, denoting unconsciousness.

Ash grinned at Riolu who walked on top of the water with his defeated opponent over his shoulder. The black and blue pokemon deposited it in front of the slaw jacked Misty before he made his way towards Ash calmly, as if nothing he just did just happened. "Well done buddy. Now you have one victory over Pikachu," said Ash with a chuckle.

Pikachu glared at Ash. "Not my fault that you chose him to fight this one instead of me. Besides, that was pretty damn cool. I give him a nine just because he is acting like he just didn't walk on water."

Ash shrugged before fist pumping Riolu in congratulations. He noticed Misty recalling her pokemon and she opened her mouth wide to probably yell something at him, if her red face was anything to go by but she soon was interrupted by a load roar that made Misty's red face go to white in an instant. She closed her mouth and began to ride her bike away from the river at fast as she could.

Ash, Pikachu and Riolu turned towards the river only for it to explode outwards, gallons of water rising up towards the sky and then falling down on, getting them a little wet since they jumped back the moment the water rose. The three looked up and their eyes widened in shock when they came to face with a gigantic, and certainly furious, Gyarados. It roared again when it spotted them and a sphere of molten orange energy began to form on its maw and it was aimed right at them.

Aura and adrenaline flooded through Ash's veins as he jumped into action. "Riolu, Aura Sphere. Don't let it charge up the Hyper Beam. Pikachu, use your strongest thunder shock and fire it into its mouth," said Ash so fast that he momentarily wondered how his tongue didn't twist on itself. His two friends jumped into action.

Riolu jumped high in the air and formed a blue sphere with white energy at its core roughly slightly smaller than his body before he fired it towards the charging Hyper Beam. The two collided and Riolu was pushed back due to the explosion that resulted of destabilizing a devastating attack such as the one the Gyarados was threatening them with. Riolu landed roughly a few meters behind Ash and he noticed how his trainer was pushed back also by the explosion. He was also covering his face with his forearm and his free hand was keeping his hat on his head.

When the smoke cleared it revealed a singed Gyarados but it was still glaring bloody daggers at them. It reared back and roared and Pikachu took his opportunity to jump high in the air and launch an incredibly powerful thunder shock into Gyarados gigantic mouth. As it screeched in pain, Ash noted that these Particular Gyarados could swallow him whole if it desired. Pikachu stopped firing his thunder shock and when he did, the twitching Gyarados fell into the ground, making the ground shake a little as dust was kicked up and the water of the river rippled outwards too.

In spite of all the injuries, the Gyarados was still conscious but instead of glaring at them, it was looking at them with an odd glint on its eyes. Ash approached it and when he was a few feet away from it, he sent a tendril into it.

"Um, sorry about that but you kind of attempted to kill us with an Hyper beam. If you are wondering why you are hearing me in your head then it is because I'm training to become an Aura Guardian and I can use it to speak with pokemon," said Ash sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head.

He heard a raspy, female chuckle on his head and he stared at the gyarados. "I must apologize too. I get grumpy when I'm woken up from my naps forcefully. You guys were the first ones on sight so I decided to take my anger on you. But you managed to defeat me. Quite easily I might add," she stated as she looked at them with the same glint on her eyes.

Ash chuckled in embarrassment. "Well… It was mostly thanks to how easy is to make a chargin hyper beam unstable. That and I have an electric type, a type that your species have a double weakness to," said Ash, downplaying it heavily.

Gyarados chuckled once again. "True but you and your pokemon still need to be strong to defeat me in combat no matter what. I want to get stronger. Would you help me? I'll pledge my loyalty to you and you only if you help me become the strongest Gyarados there is."

Ash's eyes widened and he nodded dumbly. "Let me heal you and scan you first," said Ash before he walked towards the mighty sea serpent and pressed a palm against her horn. He used his Aura to from a Heal Pulse that cured all the damage she sustained except the fatigue. When that was done, Ash sent a pulse of raw Aura into her and she returned it, forming an Aura Bond and giving Gyarados the ability to manipulate raw Aura.

Ash brought his pokedex out and pointed it at Gyarados as she eye smiled at him.

Gyarados. The Atrocious Pokemon. Once it begins to rampage, a Gyarados will burn everything down, even in a harsh storm. Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage. This Gyarados is female and has the ability Intimidate. She knows the moves: Hyper Beam, Hydro Pump, Dragon Rage, Twister and Crunch.

Ash then pulled out a pokeball, enlarged it and threw it at Gyarados, who kept her eye smile. It got sucked into the ball in a flash of white energy. The ball shook three times before it dinged, signifying a successful capture. Ash opened his palm and he stared at the pokeball.

"I just captured a Gyarados on my second day as a trainer," he stated evenly as he continued to stare at the pokeball on his hand.

"Pretty much, yes," said Riolu through the bond in the same even tone.

Pikachu chuckled nervously. "Cheer up guys. It could've gone way worse than this."

The sky flashed.

Thunder rumbled.

Heavy rain began to fall.

Angry caws and chirps were heard not too far away.

Ash and Riolu glared at Pikachu and the yellow rodent shrunk back with more nervous chuckled. "Sorry."

Gyarados chuckled in amusement. It was a terrifying sound indeed.

So… A Riolu appears out of nowhere, teaches him how to wield Aura, fight and talk to pokemon for three years and then he receives a Pikachu from Oak, who doesn't like him because his mother is richer and more knowledgeable than him, that he befriends on the spot. Then links his pokedex with his mother's lab and after that he utterly beats Gary on his first Pokemon Fight. And then he goes and captures a Gyarados in the second day of his journey. An interesting start for an interesting trainer.

Ash is not going to travel with Misty and Brock as you probably noticed. He will have two traveling companions but not for a little while. Another thing, the only pokemon that Ash is going to get from anime are Pikachu, Pidgeot, Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charizard and they are all going to evolve into their final stages. Also, when Ash goes into other regions, don't expect him to catch other Pokemon of the same type. He already will have a very powerful team so it won't be necessary. He will catch wild and rare Pokemon for his mother to study though.

You already know me and how much I like lemons so these series is going to have them. But not for a while, the first one will probably be at the end of this story, and I assure you that is only going to be Ash with other girls, not female Pokemon. Don't know if there's going to be incest but you are warned if that's the case.

Go read the next chapter!