Hello, It is the Blueking35. In this story, I'm making it Ash's father died when he was young and Delia will be married to an OC Jackson, he runs a section of Devon Corp that has opened a branch in Kanto. Ash's Kalos Team consists of (Greninja, Talonflame, Hawlucha, Goodra, Noivern, and Auroras.) At this time, Kalos is not over and the updates haven't been seen, but I may add them later. This will be an Ash x Harem fic, the current harem is: May, Dawn, Anabel, Serena. Many more will be added through his journey. I'm willing to take suggestions, I'm not adding Misty, she will have some one.

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Chapter 1: The Return from the Grave

Vermillion City

It was a normal day in Vermillion City. The pokemon center there was particularly busy, there was a tournament in the city and the pokemon center was pulling over time to get the pokemon healed and ready. It was a menagerie of young and adult trainers getting their pokemon healed up, but there was soon to be an interesting guest.

Another person walked in, a young man, he had raven colored hair, covered by a fedora, a leather duster, like from those old western movies, boots, gloves, long pants, and a black shirt. He also wore a partial face mask that covered the lower half of his face. He walked up to the desk area and dropped off his pokemon. The Nurse Joy took them and brought them to be healed. She then saw the man was still at the desk and looking around, "Is there anything else sir?" She asked, "Sorry." The young man replied, "It's just been a while since I was last here, it looks different." "Well we had to rebuild it, there was an incident a few years ago and we had to rebuild the center, a few things changed, but it's mostly the same." The Nurse replied.

The man looked around again, "Yeah, I guess a group with pokemon coming in and attacking would do that." He said. "I guess you heard about it then." She said, a day she wouldn't like to remember. The man replied, "I was here when it happened." The Nurse was surprised, "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't know." The man sighed, "It's okay, it's been five years." He said, he then noticed a scar on her forehead, "Did that come from that day?" The man asked, pointing at her forehead. The Nurse sighed, "Yeah, I got hit in the head by a rock; luckily my Chansey was able to get me out before it collapsed. Were you injured to?" She asked, The man sighed again, "Yeah, I took four bullets to the chest." He said, which caused the Nurse to have a stunned look. She thought about this, 'The only one with gun injuries died, so how could he…Could he be lying?' She then got a good look at the man's face, he had a cover on his mouth and nose and the hat hid most of his hair, but his eyes were very familiar. She soon put it together, but the man covered her mouth before she could speak, "Shhh, don't say it, I want it a secret for now." The man said, as he removed his hand. The Nurse understood and stayed silent, but before the man walked away to get some food, the Nurse said, "Thank you for saving me that day." The man just smiled and said, "Don't mention it."

About two hours later, the man's pokemon were healed up. The nurse handed him his pokemon, "Thanks, Nurse Joy." He said. The Nurse just smiled, "No problem." The man was about to walk out of the center, but then he heard, "Hey, Nursey, you want to spend some time with me?" Some guy trying to hit on the nurse, though she shot him down almost immediately. The man was about to step out the door, but he sensed that the guy wasn't done yet. "Bitch, you don't get to act that way around me!" He yelled and he grabbed the nurse's arm and pulled her in, there was no one else around, or so the guy thought. The Nurse screamed, "Shut up, Bitch!" The guy yelled and was about to slap her, but he felt his right arm grabbed by another, the grip almost snapped his wrist. The man looked at him, eyes glowing blue with aura, "You are going to stop and apologize to the Nurse, or I will break you." He said in a tone of anger. The guy decided to hit him, bad mistake.

The man, with his hands glowing blue with aura, gripped the man's wrist harder, snapping it. He then took his left hand and punched him in the chest, with it glowing with aura, a crack was heard and the guy started to go down. The guy had let go of the Nurse's arm and was about to hit the ground. As he went down, the man then grabbed the back of his head and raised his left knee, slamming the guy's head into his knee, breaking his nose. The guy then hit the ground, with a broken nose, a cracked sternum and ribs, and a broken wrist.

The man looked him over, "Serves you right for trying to harm a nurse." He said coldly, then looking towards the Nurse, "Will you be okay?" The Nurse nodded, "I'll be okay, thanks." She was still a little shaken up. "Just call Officer Jenny, but tell her you didn't know who saved you." The man said. The Nurse understood, as she headed towards a phone. As the man turned around and headed to the door, the Nurse said, "Thank you, Ash." The man froze; he hadn't had someone else call him that in a while, "No problem, but still shhhh." He said, putting a finger over his mouth. He then left, releasing one of his pokeballs, Lucario appeared, "Man, I hate being in that thing for a long time." He said, grunting as he stretched. "Anything happen while I was out?" He asked. Ash looked back and said, "Nothing out of the ordinary." Ash said. They were still near the Center, Lucario used his aura to see inside, he noticed the broken guy, who had the look of being beaten up by an aura wielder. He looked at Ash, Ash just said, "What, he tried to assault a Nurse, now c'mon, let's head out, Pallet is two days away." And with that they headed out, using aura to make them move faster.

Pallet Town, Two days later

Pallet Town was its usual. The people were happy, things were calm, and the Pokemon Laboratory, of Professor Oak's, was busy with its research on Pokemon. Delia Ketchum was in her home as usual; cleaning, gardening, and watching her son, Jack, her second child, 1 ½ years old, with her Mr. Mime helping. Things would be the norm, till an unexpected guest, who was on his way.

Ash, in his outfit from Vermillion City and Lucario walking next to him, walked into the town. He still had a mask over the lower half of his face. He walked through the town, people looking at him oddly, but he ignored it. 'It is still better than walking through town and people seeing a dead man walking.' He thought. They kept going, until they arrived at the local cemetery. Walking through it, they stopped when they reached a grave which had engraved on the stone:

Here lies Ash Ketchum

1998-2015

A great friend, trainer, and son

R.I.P.

Ash looked at the tombstone and smiled, "Well, I knew this would feel weird, but actually doing it is just…" Ash couldn't think of the word, but his Lucario had an idea, "Surreal." Lucario said. "Something to that." He replied. He stayed and looked at the grave for a few minutes, before heading left a flower on the headed towards the Ketchum residence.

When he got there, he immediately noticed, 'Damn, the house got bigger.' he thought. The house was wider and the area around the house was bigger too, it had a green house, a bigger front yard, and Ash could sense a playground in back, 'Well, the guy my mom married has cash on hand at least.' He thought, Lucario agreeing. He walked through the fence, to the door, and knocked.

Delia Ketchum was now in her living room relaxing, watching Jack play with a Growlithe puppy. She then heard a knock on the door, "Wonder who that could be?" She said, she went to the door, Mr. Mime kept an eye on Jack. Delia went towards the door, she looked through a window on the door, and saw a man in a duster, leather long pants, boots, a black shirt, a partial face cover, and fedora. She also saw a Lucario next to him.

She opened the door, "Hello, can I help you?" She asked, suspicious of the man in front of her house. Ash didn't speak, he was trying to hold back tears in his eyes, he had only seen his mom twice in the last five years and both times she didn't even know. "Hello?" Delia asked. "I'm sorry; it's just been a while since I've seen you." Ash said, his mouth cover and aura lowered his voice. Delia was confused, "I'm sorry have we met before?" She asked, still confused. Ash started to take off his mouth cover and hat, he also returned his voice to normal, "Do I look famailiar now?" Ash said. Delia looked for a second, then she covered her mouth in shock, "No, it can't…" She was trying to take this in. The man in front of her was taller, matured, and his voice was slightly lower, but she could see it was her son, "Ash?" she asked, tears in her eyes. Ash smiled, "Yeah mom, it's me." He said, bringing her in for a hug. She started to cry more, she could feel it was her son, she didn't know how he was here, but she didn't care at that moment, Ash was back and Ash was home. He started to cry, "Can I come in?" He asked. Mom said yes and they walked towards the living room.

Some of you may be confused as to why Ash is both in the ground and alive, and is both an aura wielding badass and has a Lucario. Well, that would be best explained through a flashback.

Flashback, 5 years ago, Vermillion City

Ash had just gotten off the ship from Kalos to Vermillion City; he had lost the league there. He was angry, but the adventure had made Ash many friends, both human and pokemon. "Ah, feels good to be back in Kanto." Ash said, Pikachu agreeing on his shoulder. Ash would be heading home in a little bit, but decided to stop and get some rest at the Pokemon Center in town. He got there and let his pokemon out, "All right everyone, let's eat." All his pokemon cheer and get some food. Things were going well, until a group of 10 people entered, to avoid confusion I will label them members #1-10. They were one of those groups who wanted to take over the region, like the evil organizations, but less organized, well supplied, or understood what they were doing.

They wore clothes similar to the second version of Team Plasma, but with symbol on their beret's and fronts was the design of a Moltress, they called themselves the 'New Kanto Order, or NKO.' One of them stepped up, "We are the New Kanto Order, we are here to bring people to our order." Member 1 said, "Those who join us, will be led to a new region where we control and we do what this world has deemed as wrong. We are the visionaries, we are the ultimate, we are the NKO!" He raised his fist into the air, the other 9 following and shouting in response. Most of the people in the center, including Ash and his pokemon ignored them. "All right, if you won't join us, then you will be an example." He then brought out a Rhyhorn and the other members brought out their pokemon as well. "This is going to be good." Member 2 said. "I can't believe we let a psycho like you into the group." Member 3 said, "You're freaking psychotic." "Fuck you, four eyes!" 2 replied. 4 interrupted, "Both of you shut up, it's time for action." She said. They command their pokemon to attack and start attacking the people and the pokemon in the sick bay.

They started to injure and attack everyone, the pokemon in the center were mostly young and inexperienced, except for Ash's. Ash saw what was going on and he and his pokemon went in. The NKO had never seen Ash's pokemon, besides Pikachu, since his species was common in Kanto, and they started to fight. They held off the attackers, while Ash helped get the people and pokemon out.

A member of the NKO saw this, "Kadabra, Use Psybeam on that kid." Member 7 said, the Kadabra fired a beam of psychic energy at Ash. Greninja saw this and got in the way, his dark typing nullifying the damage. "Thanks, Greninja, Dark Pulse." Greninja fired a beam of swirling dark energy at Kadabra, knocking it out. "Hey, get up!" 7 yelled, but his Kadabra was out. "Wake up, you stupid pokemon!" As he kicked it in the side. Ash saw this, a rage he never felt before igniting and he tackled the guy to the ground, "How can you treat your pokemon like that?! They're your friends, not weapons!" Ash yelled, before punching the guy in the head. 7 soon knocked Ash off him and was about to attack Ash, but Greninja went in and used Hydro Pump and knocked him out.

Ash went back to helping the people get out, his pokemon holding their own and winning. 1 was getting annoyed, "How are we losing to one punks team of pokemon?" He asked to another member, 5. "I thought you checked on which trainers would be here?" She asked. "I did, he must have come off the ship that docked earlier." 1 said, "This is a disaster let's get out of here." Said another, number 10. 1 agreed, "NKO members, let's get out of here." He ordered. They all started returning their pokeballs, 10 using his Froslass's Haze as cover for the group. 2 didn't want to leave though, and decided to make this place a really good message. "Lairon, use Earthquake and bring this entire block down!" Lairon agreed and he hit the ground with his paws, causing this building and the ones next to them to start falling apart.

2 was not done with his fun though and he brought out a gun. He walked over to the Nurse Joy, she was making sure the last of the pokemon got out and got lost in the haze. She was soon hit in the head by the end of 2's pistol. She fell to the ground and He pointed the gun to her head, "You better pray to Arceus, Bitch." He said, as he was about to pull the trigger. Ash was got his bag as the building began to fall apart and saw the situation. In a moment of bravery, he rushed over to help and tried to grab the man's gun. They fought for a few seconds, but 2 fought off Ash and kicked him back, Ash hitting the ground, "Trying to be a hero, well here is your reward!" 2 yelled. Ash tried to get up and then the shots went off, 'BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG!'

Everything just went quiet, Ash felt pains through his body. He then fell back onto the ground, "Hurts, doesn't it?" 2 said, but he was soon interrupted by 1, grabbing his wrist. "What the hell, I said we don't use weapons! What is wrong with you?!" 1 yelled. "Hey, we wanted to send a message and what's better than rubble and death?" He said, in a sociopathic tone. Before they could argue more, Ash's pokemon had seen what had happened and attack the two men. They would have killed them, but 2's Lairon blocked the last attacks and used Rock Slide, blocking Ash's pokemon from getting to them and crushing Ash's legs under the rocks. They manage to get away.

Ash's pokemon's main concern now was getting Ash out, the Nurse tried to help. They did what they could, but the building was starting to lose the last of its supports and their chances of getting out were getting slim. That and Ash losing blood fast and his legs crushed, there was no hope. Ash was still awake and realized this. He didn't want them to get crushed and said, "Guys, I want all of you to get out of here and leave me." Ash said, it was strained due to his pain. The pokemon were shocked, they didn't want to leave Ash, "I'm sorry guys, but I'm gone and I don't want you all to be crushed." Ash said, he then looked towards the Nurse, "I'm not going to make it, right?" The Nurse sighed, and nodded, "You won't be able to, I'm sorry." She said, sadly. Ash then told Greninja to get his bag and for all of them to leave. The Nurse helped get the last of the stuff, but was knocked out by a piece of fallen debris, thankfully her Chansey managed to get her out.

Ash's pokemon were about to leave, but Pikachu would not leave Ash's side. No matter what he said, Pikachu wouldn't leave and the building would only hold for a few more seconds, Goodra was holding up the exit, but even he was losing his strength. Ash didn't want Pikachu to die and said, "Pikachu, please, I want you to live. I'll be better knowing you made it out. Please?" Ash said, with the most sympathetic look he could make. Pikachu still didn't want to, but he wanted Ash to know he was safe. He then gave Ash one last hug goodbye and they all ran out. As soon as the last of them left, the building collapsed. Ash was alive for about 6 seconds, his life flashed before his eyes. All the moments, good and bad, all his friends, his pokemon, and 2 seconds before his death, he saw some of the girls and women from his travels, he had a strange feeling he never had before, but it only left him one thought, "Wish I had this feeling before." He said, then his life faded.

Later that day, construction crews cleared the destruction and found Ash's body. Ash's pokemon saw the body and all let out tears and calls of sadness. The police were able to identify the pokemon as his and used the trainer I'd from Ash's bag to identify him as Ash Ketchum. After an autopsy, two days later, the officer Jenny of Vermillion City called Pallet, more specifically Ash's home.

Delia was preparing for her son's return, when she got the call, "Hello?" Delia said, as she picked up the phone. "Yes, is this Delia Ketchum?" The Officer Jenny on the other side asked. "Yes, who is this?" Delia asked. "This is Officer Jenny of Vermillion City, is your son Ash Ketchum?" Delia paused when the Officer said that, "Yes, did something happen to my boy?" Delia asked nervously. "I'm sorry to say, but your son was in an incident. A group of people attacked the pokemon center in Vermillion and caused the building to collapse. Your son was in it and he was killed." The moment Delia heard that, she was in shock. "If possible can you come by Vermillion to confirm and take the body and his pokemon?" The officer asked. Delia told the officer she would be there soon. Delia then hung up the phone, slid down to the ground, and began crying. She cried till the next morning.

The next day, she packed some stuff and headed to Prof. Oak's, to get a ride to Vermillion. She got to the lab and saw Professor Oak, "Oh, hi Delia, has Ash come back already?" Oak said, but then saw Ms. Ketchum, she looked like she had been crying, "Delia, what happened, is something wrong?" Delia was a complete mess, she barely got out the request, "Can you take me to Vermillion City? I need to pick up Ash there." She said, but she was on the verge of breaking into tears again. Oak could tell there was something else to this; "Did something happen to Ash?" Delia then broke down again and explained she had to go pickup Ash's pokemon and his body. Oak heard this and got the jeep ready. Tracey overheard and joined them. The drive would take a few hours.

On the way, Tracy made a call to Misty. Misty was training with her pokemon when she got the call, "Hey, Tracy, what's up?" Misty said answering the call. "Misty," Tracy started to say, in a serious tone, "How fast can you get to Vermillion City?" "Um, a few hours, why?" Misty asked. "Can you meet me, Oak, and Ms. Ketchum at the Vermillion City Morgue?" Misty was surprised by where they wanted to meet. "Why are we meeting at a morgue?" Misty asked with some concern. Tracy sighed before he talked again, "We are going there to pick up Ash, there was an incident and he passed away, we need to pick up his body." Misty heard that last part and couldn't believe it. She decided not to ask anymore, "I'll be there as soon as I can." Misty said, hanging up and heading out.

Tracey told Brock as well, Brock heading straight to Vermillion City. Delia, Tracy and Oak soon arrived at the Morgue, hoping that Ash wasn't there. They were brought to a viewing area, a room with a window facing the examination area. They brought a body out and showed the face. To their horror it was Ash, dead as a door nail. Delia broke down at seeing her boy on the table, Professor Oak comforting her. Tracy went to retrieve Ash's pokemon, they were saddened by the loss of their trainer, especially Pikachu. Brock and Misty soon arrived and saw Ash's body and went to help comfort Delia and Ash's pokemon. They saw that most of Ash's body had 4 bullet holes and his legs were crushed.

Word soon spread, not only through Kanto, but all the other regions as well. Ash's other companions, friends, and even rivals heard of his death. Many people around the world were surprised at his death. There was a funeral service for Ash and it had a lot of people who came to pay their respects. The amount of people were in the hundreds, from trainers who respected Ash, the Gym Leaders of each region, including the Orange Islands, The Elite Fours and Champions of each region, Kanto's Frontier Brains, all those touched by Ash in his life, friends, and even some of Ash's rivals. Many spoke of Ash, through his good and bad moments. Many mourned his death, two especially were Anabel and Serena, both who had feelings for Ash and wished they could have told him, before his death. The ceremony ended with the Cremation by Ash's fire type pokemon. He was buried in a plot in the local cemetery and that was supposedly the end of the life of Ash Ketchum.

The members of the NKO were put on man hunt status for the incident and they were hunted down. 7 members of the group were sentenced to serve life sentences; some were on the line for the death penalty. The other three faded into the shadows, but they were the lighter members and were of less priority.

This is where the story had supposedly ended for Ash, but…

Present time

Delia made some food for her son, she asked Mr. Mime to take Jack to his room for now. She was still wondering how Ash was alive and why he came back now. She gave it to Ash and started the conversation with the main question in her mind, "Ash, how are you alive and how long have you been alive?" Ash put down his food, "About five years now." He said, causing Delia to become wide-eyed, "You've been alive that long and you come to visit me only NOW!" She yelled. Ash took a breath, "I'm sorry, I needed to do some thinking and training and I wasn't ready to see you yet." Delia couldn't stay mad, she was just happy to have her boy back. She then asked, "How did you come back and where have you been?" Ash took a deep breath, "Mom, can I do this tomorrow, when Professor Oak is here, it would be easier if I don't have to explain so many times." Delia could tell her son wanted to wait and accepted that.

Ash spoke, "So I can see you and Jackson are doing well." Delia smiled, "Yeah, he is away in Viridian City for business, but he will be back in a few days." She said, but then realized, "How did you know about Jackson?" She asked. Ash then replied, "I saw you two get married, I talked with him, but he didn't know it was me." Ash said, surprising Delia. "I was the guy who gave you the bouquet of Blue Lillies." Ash said. Delia then remembered a man with a bandaged face who gave the flowers and he even danced with her for a second. "Why didn't you tell me then?" She asked. "I couldn't." Ash replied. "For my training, I had to separate from my loved ones and I wasn't supposed to make contact, my teacher just allowed me to see you, because I wanted to see you on that big day. You looked beautiful in your wedding dress." Delia was happy to know she was able to dance with her son on her wedding day. "There is only one thing I want to ask about him." Ash said, "Does he make you happy?" He asked. Delia was surprised by the question, but he could see it was just a son watching for his mom, "I'm happy with him." She said, "That's all I need to know then." He said.

The rest of the day was spent talking and Ash got to see his little brother, Jack. Jack felt a weird feeling when he held him, he always wanted a brother. They were concerned about what would happen when Jackson returned, but they had a few days.

The Next Day

Ash missed the feeling of sleeping in his bed, his room was unchanged. His mom didn't have the heart to get rid of the room, she kept all his badges and symbols. This made Ash happy, but he was also happy she moved on and found someone. He soon went down and got some breakfast ready. He made some omelets for himself, His mom, and Jack, as well as pokemon food for his pokemon and his mom's. Delia was amazed, she never saw her son cook and the food he made was amazing, Jack and the pokemon agreed. She was amazed at how different her son was, it made her happy, but she could tell that Ash had some secrets. She tried to ask about it, but Ash stone walled her. She decided he would reveal everything over time, she realized he must have been through a lot.

Ash and his mom went to Professor Oak's lab, Ash using his trench coat, fedora, face mask, and other things. He also had changed his voice, making it lower, and changing his eye color with his aura. Jack was at home, Mr. Mime keeping watch of him. As they get to the door, Ash looks over at the Field where all the pokemon were, "Gah, I missed this place." Ash said with a sigh. Professor Oak welcomed them in, Delia told them that her guest was a fan of Professor Oak's and wanted to come into see him.

They soon sat and started talking, Tracey joining them, Ash now waiting for the right moment to speak and tell them who he really was. That moment would soon be arriving, but not how Ash planned. Pikachu soon entered the room, he lived in between Prof. Oak's and the Ketchum Residence and was wearing Ash's first hat in memory. Ash saw Pikachu and smiled, 'It's good to see you again, little buddy.' Ash thought, his eyes tearing up a bit. Pikachu was happy to see Delia, but soon he looked at the visitor she brought and after a second, smiled and started to cry. Everyone noticed, "Pikachu what's wrong?" Oak asked. Then suddenly, Pikachu's cheeks sparked and Ash was struck by the most powerful Thunderbolt he had ever felt. Ash had his aura up, as well as his heavy coat, and still, he felt a lot of the blast. He was stunned for a sec, but he honestly missed that. Everyone freaked out, "Pikachu, why did you do that!?" They all yelled, but the serious tone was soon ended by laughter from Ash. "Good to see you still have that much power." Ash said, his voice returned to normal, shocking Oak and Tracy, they recognized the voice. Ash looked at the two of them, "I guess you two have put two and two together." Ash said, he took off his hat and the face mask, "It's good to see you guys." He said. Oak and Tracey immediately embraced Ash, no homo, happy and surprised that he was back.

After about a minute, They sat back down, Pikachu lying in Ash's lap and Ash scratching behind Pikachu's ears. "Ash," Prof. Oak started to say, "we're overjoyed to see you here and alive, but how are you alive?" "Yeah, Ash, we saw your body, you were dead as a door nail." Tracy added. Ash stopped scratching Pikachu's ears. "Well," Ash started to say, "I know this is going to sound insane, but I was brought back by Arceus." He said, this catching the ear of everyone. Ash continued.

Five years ago, Arceus's Sanctuary

Ash was on a floor, felt like a bunch of pillows. He opens his eyes, he saw clouds and they were around him. He gets up, noticing the clouds around him and that he was in a room surrounded in clouds and a light above him. The last thing he remembered was getting crushed and that he bled out. Ash looked over himself, he felt the four scars, from the bullets, on his chest and some scarring on his legs, "I guess I didn't make it." Ash said sadly, "I hope my pokemon made it." He walked around the room and soon found an exit to a hall. Ash walked down and after traversing the halls, he finds a room with a massive throne. "Am I in heaven?" Ash thought. "In a way, but you won't be staying here." A voice boomed.

Ash then looks, he sees a massive figure, he could barely see as the figure was so bright. The figure soon stopped shining, it was Arceus, the Alpha pokemon. Ash bowed, after recovering from the shock of Arceus in front of him, "You may stand, Ash, the bowing isn't needed." Arceus said. Ash stood up, "Thanks, but what do you mean I won't be staying here?" Is this like a stop before…" Ash asked, but Arceus stopped him. "This is my domain, but I'm not sending you to heaven." He said, concerning Ash, "Why would I send someone who is alive?" Ash was surprised, "Wait, I'm alive?" Ash asked in shock. "Yes, Ash, after we brought you back." Arceus answered. Ash was in serious shock, he then picked out something odd Arceus said, "We?" He asked. Arceus' eyes glowed and then the walls of the room were surrounded by the many legends of the world, all the ones Ash had befriended, saved, etc.

Ash was trying to take this all in, but it wasn't easy by any means. He had died, come back, and now was in Arceus's domain with all the legendaries he had met on his journey, and they all helped bring him back. "It's okay, It must be a lot to take in." Arceus said. Many of the smaller legends like Victini, Meloetta, Azelf, and Mew went around Ash to greet him. "Hey guys, thanks for bringing me back." He said, he then turned to Arceus. "Thanks for bringing me back." "It's no problem, it wasn't your time, plus you saved my life and the lives of my children, consider it a debt that still needs to be paid." Arceus replied, "I'm just glad you are yourself." Ash was confused by the comment, "What does that mean?" He asked.

"Well, it took us a few tries to bring you back, correctly." Arceus explained. Ash then asked, "So how long did it take?" "About four months." Ash then felt his jaw drop, "Wait, so…I've been dead for 4 months?!" "Yes, I know this is a lot to take in." Arceus said. Ash soon calmed down and asked, "Not that I don't appreciate it, but why did it take so long, didn't you create the whole world?" Arceus took a second, "It was easy to create a world, it would evolve and change into what would be today." Arceus explained, "Bring back a specific being, a human nonetheless, was far more difficult. It wasn't much better after your body was cremated." Arceus then showed a mental image of his funeral, his fire pokemon cremating his body. Ash was amazed by this, but what surprised him most was the amount of people who came to his funeral. "Wow, didn't know I knew that many people." He said, but what he noticed most were Anabel and Serena, he heard them both say that they loved him.

The mental image faded. "It took us some time and tries to get you right, personality, memories, and everything physically and anatomically correct." Arceus said. "It took us about 8 tries, until we managed to bring you back to how you are now. Sorry about the scars, but we thought they wouldn't be too bad." Ash sighed, as he looked over the four bullet wounds to his chest and the scarring on his legs, "It's okay, at least I'm back." Ash said, this whole situation was still crazy to him.

Ash then asked. "So how do I repay you for this?" Arceus just looked at him, "Ash, this is a favor for a debt me and my children will never be able to repay for what you have done to help us all." Arceus said, he then extended one of his arms, "And this is just something else to help repay it." Arceus touched Ash's head and sent energy through his body. Ash then felt powerful and his body began to flare with aura around him. It felt amazing, but then Ash was on the ground, in pain. He now could sense energy through aura, unfortunately, having several of the legendary pokemon in one area and Arceus; it was overloading his senses and hurting Ash.

Arceus saw this and ordered his children to leave. They saw that their presence was hurting Ash, so they said goodbye and Arceus sent them away. Arceus could still see Ash was in pain and lowered his energy, Ash was able to get up and he wasn't in pain. "Wow," Ash said, trying to regain his bearings, "That hurt, a lot." "I apologize, Ash." Arceus said, "I had not anticipated your aura would be that strong, usually it takes time and training to sense others." "It's okay," Ash said, "So you activated my aura, thanks."

They both talked for a few moments, then Arceus opened a portal to take Ash to Pallet Town, "Walk through there and you will be back in Pallet town." Arceus said, "Go back and live your life." Ash was happy and began to walk towards the portal to his home.

And that is the end of the first chapter of my new fic. I admit I may have put a lot of crap into the chapter, but I wanted to put all the necessary info for the moment in now. Also I apologize if some parts were hard to follow, any questions just PM me. Favorite, Follow, Pm for ideas, recommend to others, all that Jazz. Hope to see you in the next chapter: The Reunions for the returning hero.