The Evolvers:

Chapter 1: It all Begins

Full summary: There are two people capable of evolving their pokemon without meeting the special requirements, Ash and Leaf two people who can't be in the same city or town as each other due to their seething hatred for one another but events unfold causing them to work together even fall in love.

Rating: M for violence, alcohol consumption, the story will start off with some intensity from the start I hope.

Ash: 20

Leaf: 20

Disclaimer: pokemon doesn't belong to me.

(Ash's POV)

It had been years since I journeyed throughout the different regions in the pokemon world and my partner Pikachu was always by my side during my travels, now I live alone due to the fact I was orphaned thanks to Team Rocket, I looked in my room to find all my badges and trophies that I had wom over the years even though I won less trophies than badges each journey had helped me evolve as a person, there was one person who rivaled my achievements and her name was Leaf a young woman with a light blue sleeveless shirt, a red skirt, a white hat, light blue socks and brown shoes, a woman that I have tried working with but it always turned out for us to fight destroying the surrounding areas.

"Man just thinking about Leaf pisses me off" I told my partner who just looked at me nervously, "I mean I can't even stay in town while she is here" I said angrily while remembering the last time we were on the same street.

I walked out of the house to be greeted by my best friend and rival Gary, "Hey Ash our friend Leaf is going to visit want see her?" Gary asked with a smile.

"Why would I want to meet her Gary? Do you remember the last time we saw her?" I asked Gary who just looked at me and smiled, "Gary we almost wiped out the entire town while fighting" I replied to my own question.

"Ash people grow up" Gary stated happily before patting me on the back.

"Gary we only had that massive fight last month, we hate each other" I said but Gary didn't seem to care, "and not only that we seem to know when the other is in town" I told Gary but he was too excited to even care, "and why do you seem to care so much about her?" I asked my friend.

"Come on Ash I know you love her" Gary teased causing me to get angry, I swung my fist at Gary knocking him to the ground, "dammit Ash that wasn't cool" Gary said while rubbing his face and looking up at me.

"I going to challenge a gym Gary just tell me when Leaf is not here" I ordered Gary trying to keep calm, "Oh and for the record I don't like Leaf!" I yelled at my friend, "if you want to go out with her then go ahead I won't get in your way" I told Gary as I walked out of town to, "Come on Pikachu I need to get out of town for a while anyway" I told my partner pokemon as we walked into the green fields of route one, we looked around to see the trees line the road and the bushes grow around the trees, the blue sky dotted with white clouds and the sun beaming down from above.

"I wonder how the Brock and Misty are going?" I asked myself while walking to Viridian City, I looked around for a while to gather some supplies before I battle the gym leaders, "maybe I should head to another region instead of staying here" I told Pikachu who looked at me with concern, "I just wish I didn't have the ability to evolve pokemon without meeting the special requirements" I wished knowing how many people lost their lives because of me and Leaf.

"Ash that isn't like you" a woman said with concern as she walked up to me.

"Oh hi Misty sorry I just had to leave Pallet Town because Leaf is there" I told the red haired woman with a smile, "I might head to Sinnoh to challenge the Elite Four at least people won't get hurt" I said while walking away.

"Ash Team Rocket are causing problems in Cerulean City and I need some help to remove them" Misty requested, "I have everyone else helping out" Misty said with a grin, "even Leaf is helping out right now" Misty confessed with a proud smile on her face as I pulled my head up and glared at her.

"No I will not help out while she is in the same city as me" I replied angrily, "do you even remember what happened a year ago when we challenged you at your gym?" I asked as Misty looked down towards the ground.

"Yeah you two destroyed the gym" Misty responded sadly, "but that's in the past" Misty told me as I started to walk away, "I thought you could never turn your back on people that needed your help Ash" Misty remarked angrily.

"Really then let me tell you two months ago we almost destroyed Pallet Town during a massive fight" I professed angrily, "We lost two of our pokemon in that fight" I said as I continued to walk away from Misty, "But if you want Cerulean City destroyed then I will go" I told Misty in a serious tone. "But it seems that Team Rocket is an issue" I told Misty.

"So you will help out?" Misty asked me hopefully, I nodded in response, "thanks Ash I really appreciate it" Misty said with a grin.

"But you also need to remember that there is a chance of Leaf and me fighting" I told Misty calmly as I pulled out my pokeball to call out Charizard, "let's go Charizard" I called for an orange pokemon with two large wings a powerful tail with a flame on his tip, "alright let's go to Cerulean City" it old Charizard as me and Misty flew to the city.

"So Ash I have a question" Misty said with a grimace, "why do you hate Leaf so much?" Misty asked me quietly as we continued to fly towards her home city, "I mean she is such a nice person you two would make a lovely couple" Misty declared.

"I have no idea why but it's something about her that makes me want to kill her" I replied with slight anger, "we both have the same ability to evolve our pokemon without meeting the special requirements, she seems to abuse that power and I wish I never had this power" I professed while bringing up my answer.

"But Ash if you hate her so much and she is in Cerulean City helping out against Team Rocket, what makes you want to go?" Misty asked me quietly while we passed through Pewter City airspace.

"I don't know maybe our dislike for each other is unjustified" I retorted with a serious look on my face, "maybe there is a chance things could change" I said hoping that it would, "but we could be destined to fight it out" I professed with a grimace, we had almost reached the city before a powerful attack came our way, "dammit why did Leaf have to attack now?" I asked as Misty and I crashed to the ground.

"Opps so sorry" a brunette with determined blue eyes apologized with sarcasm, "Ash I was going to deal with those clowns from Team Rocket" she said with a grin.

"Leaf why the hell are you trying to kill me" I asked the woman angered by her sneak attack.

"There can be only one evolver and that is me" Leaf declared as she sent out a powerful water type pokemon with a large shell and two cannons protruding from it, "Blastoise use Hydro Pump" Leaf called out for the attack.

"Fuck it seems that I have to battle" I hissed with slight disappointment, "Charizard dodge the attack then use Flamethrower" I calmly instructed my fire type pokemon, Charizard easily dodged the incoming blast of water and sent out a storm of flames at the water pokemon, "Misty I have to fight Leaf here, you deal with Team Rocket" I ordered Misty who just glared at me, "Misty I told you to leave!" I yelled at Misty.

"Sorry Ash I led you two into a trap, I am apart of Team Rocket and you two are a threat to our growing Power" Misty confessed with a menacing grin, "so I will watch you two destroy each other" Misty laughed.

"Wait a second you're not Misty, who the fuck are you?" I asked with great anger as the woman reveled herself to be an executive of Team Rocket.

"Simple I am Sandy a member of Team Rocket, I am from a special group that specializes in disguises and assassination" Sandy professed with a grin, "and you Ash and Leaf fell into our trap hook, line and sinker" Sandy said with a grin, "the final evolvers will be destroyed here and now Team Rocket attack" Sandy ordered the hidden Team Rocket members to attack me and Leaf.

"Leaf we need to team up" I told Leaf as I saw how many people that we were fighting.

"I would never team up with you Ash" Leaf declared as she charged at the opposing army of Team Rocket, "you seem to want to team up every time Ash and yet every time we do so you prove to be absolutely useless" Leaf said in anger as she attacked Team Rocket unmercifully.

"Yeah and you wouldn't hesitate to kill some if they looked at you the wrong way" I told Leaf as I backed her pokemon up, "and yet you seem to charge blindly into battle with no regards to strategy" I stated with anger as I continued to help her Blastoise who was taking an immense amount of punishment.

"Really if you didn't think like a coward maybe we could team up" Leaf stated as she called out another of her pokemon, "you act like a coward not wanting this power to evolve pokemon and utilizing it to help you defeat your enemies" Leaf pointed out as she continued to attack the opposing forces of Team Rocket.

"Yeah this power has also hurt people" I responded quickly as I called out my dark type pokemon, "Zoroark use Dark Pulse" I calmly ordered my fox like pokemon to attack, Zoroark jumped up and fired a wave of dark energy at the opposing Team Rocket forces, "now we are targets for assassination you still don't want to team up?" I asked as Zoroark landed in front of me, "I was hoping that we could learn to get along" I said as a powerful attack went straight at Leaf.

Ash was quick to react and started running towards Leaf who was busy fighting not realizing that there was an attack coming for her, "come on Team Rocket you can do…." Leaf was saying before being pushed to the ground, "Ash you bastard I was in control of that battle!" Leaf yelled in anger.

"Well Leaf if you were in control you would have seen the attack that could have taken your life!" I yelled back, I was immediately pushed back without any thanks from Leaf.

"Ash we will team up for now but I will still destroy you" Leaf declared as she helped me up, we looked at each other and smiled, "let's show them what the last two evolvers can do" Leaf acknowledged with assurance.

"Finally we team up" I said with a grin as we stood next to each other and got ready to face the enemy, "maybe after all of this we can have our fight" I said calmly while looking at Leaf who smirked at the idea, "you seem to enjoy the suggestion Leaf" I said with a grin.

"Giving me the chance to defeat you and be the last evolver, you're really nice Ash" Leaf said with sarcasm, "just make sure you don't battle like a total wimp" Leaf told me as we charged at Team Rocket with our best pokemon, "but being hunted down is much worse!" Leaf yelled out while fighting off the hordes of rocket soldiers.

"Pikachu use Thunderbolt" I called out for my partner pokemon to attack the multitudes of Pokemon Team Rocket was commanding, "Now Zoroark use Shadow Ball" I called out for another attack from my dark type pokemon, the fox like pokemon charged up it's attack before firing the blob at the masses of Team Rocket grunts.

"Not bad Ash you get led into a trap and you can still fight them off" Leaf told me as she smirked slyly.

"Oh shut up Leaf you got led into a trap as well" I snapped back angrily, as I turned around to fight Team Rocket we were hit with a powerful attack, "dammit we can't fight them all off" I said as we began to get pushed back towards a cliff, I took the chance to return my pokemon and looked at Leaf who was also struggling, "Leaf return your pokemon!" I ordered Leaf.

"Don't tell me what to do Ash" Leaf barked back angrily, "we can still win this" Leaf said but things were looking pretty bad for us.

"No Leaf we need to get out of here" I told her as she turned to me and glared, "Leaf we are way out numbered here we need to leave this place and think about our next course of action" I told her but she continue to attack Team Rocket in vain, "dammit Leaf quit trying to one up me" I said angry that Leaf wasn't listening to me.

"Ash if you want to be a coward then go I will fight on" Leaf said while still fighting.

"Leaf discretion is the better part of valor" I said in frustration, in a quick move I took Leaf's pokeball and recalled Blastoise and grabbed Leaf, "Charizard time to get out of here now" I called my fire/flying pokemon.

"Ash what the fuck are you doing we could of still beaten them" Leaf said angrily while we were being chased down by flying type pokemon, "Ash running away is for cowards!" Leaf yelled at me while struggling to break free from my grasp.

"Yeah and I could drop you off here in midflight if I wanted to" I threatened her while being chased by a few pokemon mostly purple in color and had four wings, "shit they have Crobats" I said while gritting my teeth, "damn Team Rocket they are such a pain" I stated while trying to flee from the attackers, "Charizard use Flamethrower" I commanded thinking that I need to get some space between us and Team Rocket, Charizard turned around for a quick fire attack sending the crobats plummeting to the ground, "good now we have the chance to get away from here" I said as I felt a sharp and sudden pain coming from my arm, "oh fuck Leaf what the hell?" I screamed out in pain as I saw Leaf removing her teeth from my arm.

"You proved why you can't win a damn thing" Leaf responded arrogantly, "I had them on the ropes until you showed up" Leaf said angrily while Pikachu glared at her.

"Well I guess a thank you is out of the question you ungrateful bitch" I said annoyed at the fact that Leaf had decided to bite my arm, "Team Rocket are a dangerous group and they would take ut any threat to their power" I remarked calmly ignoring to pain that was coursing through my body.

"Drop me off here Ash I can't stand to be around you" Leaf said bluntly without thinking of the consequences.

"Fine that doesn't bother me unless you want to face Team Rocket on your own" I declared in response while giving Charizard the nod to land on the ground, "good luck Leaf you will need it" I said before flying off leaving Leaf alone to fight Team Rocket.

"Luck is for losers like you Ash!" Leaf yelled out as I flew away.

(Normal POV)

"It seems like the evolvers got away" one of the Rocket grunts said with regret.

"Doesn't matter they are easy to find we just have to follow their trail of destruction when they fight" Sandy said with a grin, "those two can't stand each other" sandy pointed out with a grin, "but we have to avoid them teaming up again in the future" she pointed out with a confident grin, "tell Giovanni to send over the Team Rocket Elite" Sandy ordered her men to ready for the next stage of the plan.

"Ma'am Jessie, James and Meowth will be here as requested" the soldier saluted professionly.

"Soon the last two evolvers will be eliminated" Sandy declared with a grin while another Rocket grunt whispered some news into Sandy's ear, "so one of the evolvers has been left alone this is even better than I hoped" Sandy pointed out, "send out a small squad to attack her I will find the other" Sandy pointed out the plan.

"Ma'am what if the other one returns to save her?" the soldier enquired but Sandy remained calm and looked at the rocket soldier, "ma'am what if he returns?" the soldier asked again trying to get a response.

"I am counting on it" Sandy responded with a smirk, "the seething hatred for each other will be too much for them to resist" Sandy pointed out with a grin, "he will return to save her I don't doubt it, that is when my plan to ambush the two of them again will help us destroy our greatest threats" Sandy said with a grin.

Meanwhile near Vermillion City Leaf was sitting at the docks thinking about what Ash told her during the last second escape, "so they haven't had enough yet" Leaf asked herself as she turned around to see a few Team Rocket grunts glaring at her, "so you want to fight?" Leaf asked with a smirk, Leaf took a pokeball from her belt and called out her Blastoise to battle, "bring it on!" Leaf yelled out while battling off the first few waves of Team Rocket before being overwhelmed by the sheer numbers.

"Charizard quickly use Flamethrower!" Ash yelled out as a flurry of flames slammed into the enemy forces in front of Leaf.

"Great I thought I got rid of him" Leaf hissed in slight anger as Ash landed in front of her, "why did you stop them from attacking?" Leaf asked feeling a little ashamed at him helping.

"Because Team Rocket are also after me as well" Ash professed calmly, "here take this ticket get on board the ship I will hold them off" Ash told Leaf handing her a ticket to leave the area.

"What and run away like a coward" Leaf asked as looked over at Team Rocket, "no way I want to fight" Leaf said with slight disdain towards Ash's gesture.

"Really you want to die because of them of die at my hands" Ash smirked back with confidence.

"Give me the damn ticket at least you're showing some courage" Leaf confessed with slight anger.

"You just need to think strategically" Ash told Leaf causing her to get frustrated at Ash's words again, "you charge in blindly without thinking of any of the consequences of your actions" Ash told Leaf as he continued to attack the marauding forces of Team Rocket, "well what are you waiting for? The ship is about to leave in a few minutes" Ash stated with anger, "dammit I can't believe I am helping you out" Ash said in frustration as Leaf ran towards the ship.

"Ash you better live through this" Leaf said with a slight smile on her, "maybe I was wrong about you" Leaf said while the ship was leaving the harbor and watching Ash fight off the remaining forces of Team Rocket, "you live through this so I can destroy you personally" Leaf said with a grin, "but Team Rocket is a massive problem" Leaf pointed out as the sight of Kanto became nothing more than a mere dot in the distance.

(Ash's POV)

"Finally Team Rocket has been beaten" I said with a confident look on my face, the confidence was soon wiped away when three familiar members of Team Rocket showed up, "you have to be fucken kidding me" I said while panting from exhaustion while seeing a man with short blue hair wearing a black Team Rocket uniform, a woman with long red hair wearing a Team Rocket uniform and a talking Meowth.

"So Ash where is the other evolver?" the man asked with a smile.

"I sent her to another region James" I retorted with a grin, "but you will not catch her on time" I said with intelligence.

"We have our ways of finding the other evolver" Jessie said as she called out her Arbok, James soon followed when he called out his Wheezing, "you're on your own and your pokemon are completely exhausted" Jessie said with a confident laugh.

"So Team Rocket couldn't handle the power of one evolver so they decide to send in three morons" I said with a grin as the two rockets glared at me and started their attack, "you idiots fell for it" I declared with a smile, "Dragonite use Hyper Beam" I called out for my large Dragon pokemon to fire a powerful beam at the two poison pokemon attacking me.

"Damn he is too powerful" Meowth said with slight frustration.

"The reports about the evolvers are true" James said with a grimace, "the evolvers tend to be very powerful due to them evolving without meeting the requirement that is needed" James pointed out, "you're just lucky we were testing your abilities" James professed with a grin before recalling his pokemon from the battle.

"Alright Dragonite take me to the Hoenn region" I told my dragon pokemon before we took off to the next region, "I know that it isn't a good idea but we need to learn to work together" I said while thinking about the battles that are ahead of us, 'and helping her out would be the last thing I would consider' I thought to myself, I flew over the featureless ocean towards the Hoenn region on Dragonite's back, "hey Pikachu are you alright?" I asked my partner pokemon.

(Normal POV)

"Sandy the two evolvers got away it seems like they are heading towards the Hoenn region" Jessie calmly told Sandy.

"So they want to hide from us, fine Jessie, James and Meowth I want you two to follow them, report your findings to us" Sandy told the Team Rocket elite, "take this case inside are items you will require" Sandy pointed out confidently.

"Right tell Giovanni to be ready for our reports" James said promptly before saluting Sandy and disappearing for the next mission.

"Ma'am one of our operatives has spotted the girl in Rustboro City" a rocket grunt reported with a grin, "do you want him to approach and deal with her?" the rocket runt asked calmly.

"No she is too powerful wait for the elite to arrive" Sandy declared quietly, "we can't afford to get careless with these two" Sandy pointed out, "finally you lot have arrived" Sandy said with a grin as a group of people lined up in front of her, "your mission is to find and eliminate these two people, they are a massive threat to Team Rocket" Sandy ordered the lineup of people.

"Team Rocket scared of two people, they must be extremely powerful" one of them said while licking his lips.

"Wow the guy is handsome, maybe I can have some fun with him" a woman said with a grin.

"You eight have been chosen to deal with them, now head out to the Hoenn region" Sandy commanded calmly, "don't fail in your mission, remember you guys will be well rewarded if you succeed" Sandy pointed out with a grin.

"This mission will be finished before I break a sweat" the man in the middle said with a smile.

"Don't get over confident if those two learn to work together pull back and wait reinforcements" Sandy told the eight mercenaries, "remember those two are very powerful, we should have dealt with those two first" Sandy professed with a frown, "out of twenty evolvers those two are the only ones remaining" Sandy stated with a grin, "the girl is extremely bitter because one of the evolvers we killed was her love and seeks to become stronger, while the other one is laid back and will think things through before he acts" Sandy pointed out with a grin.

"So how do we get to them?" the mercenary on the right end asked.

"They have friends in each of the regions use them as hostages to lure them in" Sandy pointed out with a smile of confidence.

Alright that is the first chapter, I fast tracked the release of this chapter so that way you know what the evolvers was going to be all about, this is an Ash/Leaf pairing, I won't be releasing another chapter for a while, this chapter is hopefully just a taste of what's to come in the next few months.

Will Ash and Leaf learn to work together to face the threat of Team Rocket? Or will they destroy each other while being chased by the mighty Team Rocket?

Next time on The Evolvers chapter 2: Firestorm