Hello all and welcome to my next fanfic, The Search for Ash Ketchum. To add a little fun to this fanfic, I will put in music to play for scenes, and the music will not only be from Pokemon, but other franchises too! Hope you all enjoy!

(plays Pokemon GSC Olivine Lighthouse/Mt. Silver remix by LightUmbreon)

Upon the borders of the Kanto and Johto regions lies Mt. Silver, the largest mountain range of the Pokemon World. This area has been labeled as one of the most dangerous areas in the World of Pokemon, if not the most dangerous, due to its deadly climate like the snowstorms that occur on top of the mountains, frequent avalanches and rockslides, and the many vicious wild Pokemon that live in the area. Because of that, regular civilians are not allowed to enter the area and only trainers who have been approved by certain people high in authority can enter. Though, this doesn't stop certain people from sneaking in from time to time. Case in point, as right now, a Pokemon Poacher has managed to sneak his way into the area, and he is currently at the base of the mountain range, locking various types of Pokemon in cages on his truck with his two Pokemon, Rhyperior and Electrivire.

"Way too easy," the Poacher muttered to himself as he counted a cage full of Donphan and Phanpy, "with 16 Donphan and 20 Phanpy from Mt. Silver, I should make a million without question." He then gave an intimidating glance to the Pokemon in the cage, causing the Phanpy to cower as their parents stand defensively beside them. "And that's not even including all the other Pokemon here that'll make me rich."

The Poacher then turned to around to see Electrivire stacking a cage of Ponyta and Teddiursa onto the truck and Rhyperior walking over to his trainer, planning to do the same for the Donphan and Phanpy. One of the Donphan tried to bash its way out of the cage, but the steel bars proved too sturdy for that. The Poacher saw this and laughed sadistically. "Try that all you like, but you'll never break out! Come on Rhyperior, get these guys on the truck already!"

However, before Rhyperior could pick up the cage, he saw something behind his trainer and pointed. The Poacher followed Rhyperior's finger to see a hooded figure approximately 7 feet behind him. The Poacher couldn't make much of the figure due to his hood, but could see he's about the same height as him, though not as the Poacher really cared as he was interfering with his business.

Annoyed, the Poacher yelled, "What do you want? Get out of here! Can't you see I'm trying to make money over here?!"

There came no reply from the hooded figure. Instead, he only walked a few feet closer to the Poacher, changing the distance between them to 5 feet, along with making a few strands of raven-dark hair slightly visible from the hood. This action only frustrated the Poacher even more now.

"Grr, if you're here to free the Pokemon, good luck with that! I've trained my Pokemon to kill and I'm not afraid to use them!"

There was still no reply from the hooded figure, who then only walked closer to the Poacher, now two feet away from him. Now closer, the figure's hair was now more noticeable than before, and his eyes were also now visibly, though only very slightly, with their brown color slightly shining from the hood. The Poacher was now having enough of this foolishness, so he turned his head to his Rhyperior behind him and commanded him to use Hyper Beam. He then turned back to the mysterious figure and said, "Just know, you brought this to yourself. Rhyperior, end him!" The Pokemon nodded and started charging up a powerful Hyper Beam within his hands, though the figure just stood in his place, not afraid at all. Just then...

(plays From Shadows (starts at 1:19) from RWBY by Jeff and Casey Lee Williams)

A Pikachu suddenly jumped from the hood, somersaulting over the Poacher's head and using Iron Tail on the Rhyperior's head before it could finish charging up the attack. Then a Greninja appeared from behind the hooded figure, swiftly rushing to the Donphan and Phanpy cage and using Night Slash twice on it, completely slicing the cage open, allowing the Pokemon to happily escape. The Poacher stared surprised to see the Pokemon escape and his Rhyperior knocked out from the single attack. He then angrily turned to the hooded figure, now knowing his intentions. "You!" He then turned to his Electrivire next to the truck. "Electrivire, take out the Greninja!"

The large electric type nodded and fired its Thunderbolt attack twice towards the frog ninja, but Greninja easily avoided the attack both times with a cartwheel, then a backflip. Greninja then gave Electrivire a "bring it on" hand gesture, provoking Electrivire to growl and charge towards him with Thunder Punch. When Electrivire got close though, Greninja quickly used Smokescreen to cover the area with a thick cloud of black smoke. Now confused, Electrivire cancelled its attack and look around, searching for Greninja, until he was suddenly repeatedly attacked by a different Pokemon running in. This new Pokemon was a Sceptile and he was using Leaf Blade on him in a non-stop onslaught. After one last Leaf Blade, Electrivire was sent flying through the cloud of smoke and into the tops of two cages next to the truck, destroying the tops and allowing the Pokemon inside to escape. The smoke then cleared revealing both Greninja and Sceptile who fist-bumped.

The Poacher angrily recalled both Rhyperior and Electrivire into their Pokeballs and said, "You think those were the only ones," he then threw four more. "I got plenty more where that came from!" He threw the four Pokeballs, releasing a Tangrowth, Magmortar, Magnezone, and Lickilicky. The four Pokemon surrounded the hooded man and his three Pokemon, but neither of them were scared or worried. Instead, the man grinned and snapped his fingers. Behind the Lickilicky came an Infernape jumping up from underground. The tongue Pokemon turned around, surprised of the sudden new adversary, and Infernape then used Flare Blitz on him, sending both of them to three cages on the other side of the truck, knocking out Lickilicky and destroying the cages, freeing the Pokemon. Infernape also appeared completely unharmed from the attack, which is weird as Flare Blitz usually causes recoil damage. The other three Pokemon of the Poacher stared shocked at the sudden attack, giving Sceptile and Greninja the chance to sneak behind Magmortar and Tangrowth respectively and perform a combo of attacks on them. Greninja kicked Tangrowth into the air, threw a Water Shuriken at him, and then slashes him multiple times with Night Slash. Sceptile tripped Magmortar with a natural leg sweep, but then kicked Magmortar to the ground before he could fall down himself, and as the Magmortar bounced back up, Sceptile somersaults towards and delivers multiple Leaf Blade attacks. Greninja then uses Aerial Ace to kick Tangrowth down to Magmortar, and as the two bounce from the ground, Greninja lands before them a gives them three swift Night Slashes before Sceptile fires them away with Solar Beam. Magmortar and Tangrowth both landed right behind the truck, knocked out, as Infernape was freeing more Pokemon in cages by destroying them with Mach Punch. The Magnezone hovered over Sceptile and Greninja with the intent of attacking them with Discharge, but was hit from behind by Pikachu's Skull Bash, followed by a Thunderbolt, sending the magnet Pokemon towards the truck. Infernape saw the magnet Pokemon coming, so he used Blaze Kick to kick Magnezone to the ground when it got close.

The Poacher was furious as he recalled all his fallen Pokemon. He then saw all his captured Pokemon had escaped except for a shiny Ursaring in a tall cage at the back of his truck and Infernape was just about to free it.

"GET AWAY FROM MY MONEY!" the Poacher yelled as he threw a bomb towards Infernape. The fire monkey saw it in time, allowing him to backflip away from the blast. The Infernape then sensed his trainer wanting him to return to his side for his safety, so he did just that. The Poacher then brought out a machine gun and started firing at the hooded man and his Pokemon, but the man brought out his hand and generated some kind of shield around himself and his Pokemon, protecting them from the bullets.

"You FREAK!" the Poacher shouted as he continued to fire, running to his truck while doing so. When he got to his vehicle, he put his weapon away, got in, and drove away with the Shiny Ursaring still caged in the back, using a secret rocky route close to a mountainside that he used to sneak into the area before. The hooded man was not frustrated at all seeing the Poacher get away. Instead, he just took out two Pokeballs.

As he drove along the secret route, the Poacher grumbled to himself, "Even though I lost all that extra cash, I still got the most valuable prize of all!" grinning as he stared at his rearview mirror to take another glance at the Shiny Ursaring. When we took his eyes back on the road though, he saw a humongous Charizard in the way, with the hooded man and his Pikachu on his back. Not letting anything get in his way, the Poacher sped up the accelerator more, intending to run the three over, but this was a huge mistake as when he got close to the Charizard, the giant dragon grabbed both sides of the front of the vehicle, bringing it to a complete stop thanks to his massive strength. The Poacher looked horrified at the monster in front of him, until he looked at this rearview mirror again to see a Lucario freeing the Shiny Ursaring by destroying its cage with Bone Rush. The Poacher turned away and shouted in desperation, "NO!" as the Shiny Ursaring thanked the jackal Pokemon and ran back to its home. The Lucario then jumped out of the truck and beside the giant Charizard. The Charizard then effortlessly lifted the truck from off the ground, horrifying the Poacher even more as the hooded man then pointed to the truck, cueing the Charizard to use Flamethrower on the vehicle. Upon seeing the dragon's mouth light up with fire, the Poacher quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and jumped out of his truck, though not having a good landing due to the height the Charizard had the truck on in his hands. A huge breath of bright and extremely hot flames engulfed the truck, completely destroying the entire vehicle. The Poacher was on his knees on the ground, so hurt from the fall to get back up, and he saw the hooded man jump off his Charizard and walk towards him. The Poacher had a terrified face when he confronted him. He was now scared of this mysterious man.

(music stops playing)

"Just who are you?!"

There was still no response from the man. The man only brought up his left hand, which was pulsing with some kind of blue energy, and forcefully grabbed the Poacher's shoulder. The Poacher's vision started to become a blur as he passed out.

The Poacher eventually woke up, and much to his surprise, he was now in the streets of Viridian City. He swung his head around in shock and confusion, until several police cars came led by Officer Jenny on her motorcycle with her Growlithe on the sidecar. The police cars stopped around the Poacher and several cops came out and surrounded him, pointing their guns, and Officer Jenny walked towards him with handcuffs in her right arm and she said, "Jerry Frederick, you're under arrest for accessing Mt. Silver without permission, illegal use of firearms, and illegal Pokemon poaching actions! Stay right where you are and don't make a move!" The Poacher was still weak from his encounter with the hooded man, so he did what the officer said: don't move, allowing Jenny to easily handcuff his hands behind his back as he slightly protested.

"Wait, how did I even get here anyway?"

One of the cops responded, "We just found you here lying down the streets," they then got him to a car. "Alright, get in, you sick Pokemon Poacher!"

The cops threw the Poacher in the back seats of the car and drove him away for prison as all the other police cars followed, leaving Jenny and her Growlithe alone as the officer looked up to the direction of Mt. Silver and wondered, "Could it be the rumored Legend of Mt. Silver that was responsible for taking down Jerry Frederick," she then shrugged and went back on her motorcycle with Growlithe hopping back on the sidecar. "I guess we'll never know."

Back at Mt. Silver, the hooded man with his six Pokemon were standing at the edge of a cliff that was at a higher altitude from where the fight between him and the Poacher. The man then patted each of them and said, "Thanks a lot guys. You all did an amazing job." Each Pokemon happily reacted to their trainer's appreciation and touch, pleased to have done a great job for him. The man then turned around and said, "Come on guys. Let's get back to the others." The man made his way up the mountain and his Pokemon followed.

As Lucario walked beside him trainer, he turned his head to him and said, "Master, I hope you know that if it wasn't for your planning, we wouldn't have been able to pull it off in the first place." The other Pokemon nodded in agreement.

The man chuckled and said, "Thanks Lucario, but honestly, you guys put in the most work and I myself couldn't thank you enough. Also Lucario, please stop calling me "Master.""

"Right. Sorry Mas- I mean, Ash."

And that's the prologue of the story: Ash and his Pokemon being badasses! Stay tuned for the next chapter where we hear more of Ash and why he and his Pokemon are at Mt. Silver! I don't own Pokemon and any of the music, I don't forget to leave a review if there's something on my grammar or formatting that I need to improve on, or if just want to send me your general thoughts! Thank you!